PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM DATA_SET_ID = "MEX-M-MRS-1/2/3-EXT1-1041-V1.0" STANDARD_DATA_PRODUCT_ID = ENB PRODUCER_ID = "SUE" PRODUCT_ID = "M00SUE0L1A_ENB_062220401_00.TXT" PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 2009-05-14T13:12:14.000 INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = "MEX" OBJECT = TEXT PUBLICATION_DATE = 2007-11-29 NOTE = "MEX SUE Experimenter Notes" END_OBJECT = TEXT END From JVelasco@jftl.jpl.nasa.gov Fri Aug 4 13:57:56 2006 Return-Path: Received: from jftl.jpl.nasa.gov (jftl.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.207.22]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p2+Sun/8.11.7) with SMTP id k74KvtF17310 for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2006 13:57:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jftl.jpl.nasa.gov (Not Verified[128.149.207.21]) by jftl.jpl.nasa.gov with MailMarshal (v5,0,3,100) id ; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:00:01 -0700 Received: by jftl-mm.jpl.nasa.gov with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Fri, 4 Aug 2006 13:57:46 -0700 Message-ID: <88AB5DE488E2F84493F94DF423EE26D029DE6A@jftl-mm.jpl.nasa.gov> From: "Velasco, Jesse" To: DSN-NOCC , "Asmar, Sami W" , "Goltz, Gene L" , DSN-PREDICTS , DSN-RMDCT , "'John.Reynolds@esa.int'" , "Kahan, Daniel S" , DSNO&M-DSOT , "'Dick Simpson 650-723-3525'" , CDSCC Cc: "Holmes, Dwight P" , "Thompson, Thomas W" , "Angold, Nigel G" , DSN-MPSETD , "'Gary.Whitehead-esa.int'" , "'Alan.Moorhouse@esa.int'" , "Wallick, Jack" , "Landon, Arthur J" , "Berman, Allen L" , "Hodder, James A" , "Beyer, Patrick E" , "Williams, Raymond C" , "Medina, Margaret" , "Berner, Jeff B" , "Guerrero, Anamaria P" , "Buck, Robert D" , "Klose, J C" , "Recce, David J" , "Marina, Miguel" , "Hodgin, Wendy K" , "Hodder, James A" , "Eaton, Curtis A" , "Davis, Esker B" , "Kurtik, Susan C" Subject: BRIEFING MESSAGE FOR MEX BI STATIC RADAR SUPPORT DOY 222 DSS-43 Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 13:57:18 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_000_01C6B807.8F4081C0" Content-Length: 336975 Status: RO Mars Express (MEX) Briefing Message Level 3 DSS-43 BiStatic Radar Experiment Prepared by: J Velasco / MEX / DSN-MPSETD Origination Date: DOY 214/2000 UTC Revision : Original DSS-43 DOY 222/0330 UTC ROUTING: JFTL / JJPL / ANBE FROM: JFTL / MPSETD / J Velasco SUBJECT: Mars Express Bi-Static Radar Support NOP: 871-049-041, REV.F SCHEDULE: Refer to DSN 7-Day Schedule for actual support times. DOY BOA BOT EOT EOA DSS USER ACTIVITY PASS 222 0330 0530 0825 0925 DSS-43 MEX T/P BISTATIC R/SE 1167 LEVEL / TYPE: Level 3 / Bi-Static Radar support 1. OVERVIEW: Bi Static Radar (BSR) experiment employs the MEX spacecraft's transmitter and a DSN 70-m antenna to receive weak S-band and X-band dual polarized RF signals and Radio Science Receivers (RSRs) to simultaneously receive and record these four signals. At a predetermined time during the pass, the spacecraft slews toward Mars so that its transmitted S-band and X-band RCP signals illuminate the planet's surface. As these RCP signals bounce off the surface, part of the signals change polarization to Left Circular Polarization (LCP) effectively creating four signals; 1) S-band RCP, 2) S-band LCP, 3) X-band RCP and 4) X-band LCP. DSN Mars Express Bistatic Radar (BSR) calibration procedures are performed in three parts: 1) Pre-calibration, 2) Mini- calibration and 3) Post-calibration. Section-5 details the pre-calibration procedures, section-6 details mini-calibration procedures, and section-7 details post calibration procedures. 2. SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION: a. This briefing message b. Bi-Static Radar SOE (see attachment) supersedes DSN SOE. Radio Science shall provide start/stop times of BSR mini-pre-calibrations near real-time. 3. SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS: DOWNLINK: 1) Configure one DTT with table 7041HRX to support X-band operation and to control the 12.5k noise diode. 2) Configure a second DTT with table 7041HRXS for S-band carrier only and to control the 12.5k noise diode. UPLINK: No uplink requirment COMMAND: No commanding required RADIO SCIENCE: a. For remote operations the FSPR must NOT be assigned to the DSS link. The RSRs are controlled and configured remotely by the Radio Science group located at JPL. b. The RSR operator will configure four radio science receivers to simultaneously receive and record S-band and X-band RCP and LCP polarized signals. The RSR equipment requires both S-band and X-band 1-way and 2-way downlink predicts. The actual RSR resources configured for support will depend on availability. NOCT: Ops-Chief / TSS: Transmit X-band up/down, and X-up/S-band down predicts to the station. Comm-Chief: Configure a voice line: DSS /AMMOS / MEX MOC/ RS DSOT: No SLE telemetry return link services required 4. SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATION: The spacecraft shall be reconfigured for X-band and S-band downlink carrier only in accordance with the BSR SOE (see attachment). 5. PRE-CALIBRATION PROCEDURES AND CONFIGURATION a. Pre-calibration procedures are detailed below in step-1 through step-18. The times shown are to illustrate event chronology and event duration: b. Pre-calibration requires configuring the 70m-antenna microwave subsystem so that each receiving downlink channel (S-RCP, S-LCP, X-RCP, X-LCP) can be cycled in sequence through the four configurations listed below. The antenna must be pointed to zenith for pre-calibration. 1. Receiving channel into sky (zenith) with noise diode off 2. Receiving channel into sky (zenith) with noise diode on 3. Receiving channel into ambient load with noise diode off 4. Receiving channel into ambient load with noise diode on NOTE 1: In this briefing message DTT01 is used for X-band and DTT02 is used for S-band, but any available DTT resource can be used. NOTE 2: Do not time stack Operator Directives (ODs). Pass experience has shown that time stacking may result in rejection of ODs or delayed OD execution. c. Link controller perform the procedures in step 1 and advise radio science when completed; wait at this point until directed by radio science to proceed to step 2. Step-01 00:00:00 US43 MOD 102 A Confirm dichroic reflector in place US43 CNF XRA1O1 X-RCP (LNA-1) to Sky US43 CNF XLA2O2 X-LCP (LNA-2) to Sky US43 CNF SLLA2C2O2 S-LCP (LNA-2) low noise to sky US43 CNF SRDA1C1O1 S-RCP (LNA-1) via diplexer to sky AP SCAN OFF CONSCAN Off AP TRK SR Sub-reflector in Tracking Mode Radio science operator set each RSR attenuator using the AUTO feature. After checking for proper signal levels (about -10.0 dB ADC amplitude on each RSR), direct the link controller to proceed to step 2. Step-02 00:04:00 US43 CNF XA1A2O2 LNA-2 to ambient load-1 (X-LCP) US43 CNF XA1A1O1 LNA-1 to ambient load-1 (X-RCP) Step-03 00:06:00 US43 CNF SA2A2C2O2 LNA-2 to ambient load-2 (S-LCP) Step-04 00:08:00 US43 CNF SA1A1C1O1 LNA-1 to ambient load-1 (S-RCP) Link controller and radio science operator after completing steps 2 through 4, perform the following procedures, (1) through (5): (1) Link Controller report ambient load temperatures (S1, S2, and X1) from the PRFREA display and report current weather conditions, (temperature, humidity, and sky conditions) to the Radio Science operator. (2) Radio Science operator set each RSR attenuator using AUTO feature (3) RSR operator run radio science recorders (4) RSR operator report to Link Controller when radio science recorders are recording (5) Link controller execute the following procedures at 5 min intervals and report the completion of each step to the RSR operator: Step-05 00:10:00 DC01 DISC DC01 CONN DSS43XO1 Configure DTT 01 to X-RCP DC01 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC01 SET SNT MFQ=ON DC02 DISC DC02 CONN DSS43SO1 Configure DTT 02 to S-RCP DC02 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC02 SET SNT MFQ=ON Step-06 00:15:00 DC01 SNT E Enable X-RCP noise diode Step-07 00:20:00 US43 CNF XRA1O1 X-RCP to sky US43 CNF XLA2O2 X-LCP to sky Step-08 00:25:00 DC01 SNT D Disable X-RCP noise diode DC01 DISC Reconfigure DTT 01 for X-LCP DC01 CONN DSS43XO2 DC01 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC01 SET SNT MFQ=ON Step-09 00:30:00 DC01 SNT E Enable X-LCP noise diode Confirm noise diode selection is 12.5 Step-10 00:35:00 US43 CNF XA1A1O1 X-RCP (LNA-1) to ambient load US43 CNF XA1A2O2 X-LCP (LNA-2) to ambient load 00:36:00 Link controller report ambient load temp (S1, S2, X1) from the PRFREA display to the RS operator. Step-11 00:40:00 DC01 SNT D Disable X-LCP noise diode Step-12 00:45:00 US43 CNF XRA1O1 X-RCP (LNA-1) to sky US43 CNF XLA2O2 X-LCP (LNA-2) to sky Step-13 00:50:00 DC02 SNT E Enable S-RCP noise diode DC01 DISC Reconfigure DTT 01 for X-RCP DC01 CONN DSS43XO1 DC01 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC01 SET SNT MFQ=ON Step-14 00:55:00 US43 CNF SRDA1C1O1 S-RCP (LNA-1) via diplexer to sky Step-15 01:00:00 DC02 SNT D Disable S-RCP noise diode DC02 DISC Reconfigure DTT 02 for S-LCP DC02 CONN DSS43SO2 DC02 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC02 SET SNT MFQ=ON Confirm noise diode is 12.5 Step-16 01:05:00 DC02 SNT E Enable S-LCP noise diode Step-17 01:10:00 US43 CNF SLLA2C2O2 S-LCP (LNA-2) to sky Step-18 01:15:00 DC02 SNT D Disable S-LCP noise diode DC02 DISC Reconfigure DTT 02 for S-RCP DC02 CONN DSS43SO1 DC02 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC02 SET SNT MFQ=ON Link controller report ambient load physical temperatures (S1,S2, and X1) from PRFREA display to the RS operator. 01:20:00 End of BSR noise measurement pre-cal procedure 6. MINI CALIBRATION PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE a. Link controller, shortly after MEX begins its slew and before the BSR surface observations begin, confirm DTT 01 and DTT 02 configurations. b. Link controller confirm DTT 01 is configured for X-RCP; if not, perform the following operator directives: (1) DC01 DISC (2) DC01 CONN DSS43XO1 (3) DC01 SET SNT NDS=12.5 (4) DC01 SET SNT MFQ=ON c. Link controller confirm DTT 02 is configured for S-RCP; if not, perform the following operator directives: (1) DC02 DISC (2) DC02 CONN DSS43SO1 (3) DC02 SET SNT NDS=12.5 (4) DC02 SET SNT MFQ=ON d. RSR operator ensure all radio science Recorders are recording. e. Link controller, at direction from RSR operator, begin the BSR mini-noise calibration procedures. The times shown are to illustrate event chronology and event duration: Step-01 00:00:00 DC01 SNT E Enable X-RCP noise diode Confirm noise diode value is 12.5 Step-02 00:03:00 DC01 SNT D Disable X-RCP noise diode DC02 SNT E Enable S-RCP noise diode DC01 DISC Reconfigure DTT 01 for X-LCP DC01 CONN DSS43XO2 US43 D XMAP Verify configuration DC01 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC01 SET SNT MFQ=ON Step-03 00:06:00 DC02 SNT D Disable S-RCP noise diode DC01 SNT E Enable X-LCP noise diode DC02 DISC Reconfigure DTT 02 for S-LCP DC02 CONN DSS43SO2 US43 D SMAP Verify configuration DC02 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC02 SET SNT MFQ=ON Step-04 00:09:00 DC01 SNT D Disable X-LCP noise diode DC02 SNT E Enable S-LCP noise diode DC01 DISC Reconfigure DTT 01 for X-RCP DC01 CONN DSS43XO1 US43 D XMAP Verify configuration DC01 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC01 SET SNT MFQ=ON Step-05 00:12:00 DC02 SNT D Disable S-LCP noise diode DC02 DISC Reconfigure DTT 02 for S-RCP DC02 CONN DSS43SO1 US43 D SMAP Verify configuration DC02 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC02 SET SNT MFQ=ON 00:15:00 End of BSR Mini-Noise Cal. Step-06 Link controller, repeat the BSR mini-noise calibration procedures steps 1-5 after MEX has completed its surface observations and before it returns to Earth point. The start time will be provided by radio science. 7. POST CALIBRATION PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE: Step-01 00:00:00 Link controller move antenna to zenith US43 CNF SA1A1C1O1 S-RCP (LNA-1) to ambient load US43 CNF SA2A2C2O2 S-LCP (LNA-2) to ambient load US43 CNF XA1A1O1 X-RCP (LNA-1) to ambient load US43 CNF XA1A2O2 X-LCP (LNA-2) to ambient load DC01 DISC Confirm DTT 01 for X-RCP DC01 CONN DSS43XO1 DC01 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC01 SET SNT MFQ=ON DC02 DISC Confirm DTT 02 for S-RCP DC02 CONN DSS43SO1 DC02 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC02 SET SNT MFQ=ON a. Link controller advise the RSR operator when the antenna is at zenith and the configurations listed above have been completed. b. Link controller report physical temperatures of each ambient load (S1, S2, and X1) from the downlink PRFREA display. c. RSR operator run all radio science Recorders and record ambient loads for 3 min. At completion, advise the link controller to proceed with the following steps: Step-02 00:03:00 DC01 SNT E Enable X-RCP noise diode Step-03 00:06:00 DC01 SNT D Disable X-RCP noise diode DC02 SNT E Enable S-RCP noise diode DC01 DISC Reconfigure DTT 01 for X-LCP DC01 CONN DSS43XO2 DC01 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC01 SET SNT MFQ=ON Step-04 00:09:00 DC02 SNT D Disable S-RCP noise diode DC01 SNT E Enable X-LCP noise diode DC02 DISC Reconfigure DTT 02 for S-LCP DC02 CONN DSS43SO2 DC02 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC02 SET SNT MFQ=ON Step-05 00:12:00 DC01 SNT D Disable X-LCP noise Diode DC02 SNT E Enable S-LCP noise diode Step-06 00:15:00 US43 CNF SRDA1C1O1 S-RCP (LNA-1) to sky US43 CNF SLLA2C2O2 S-LCP (LNA-2) to sky US43 CNF XRA1O1 X-RCP (LNA-1) to sky US43 CNF XLA2O2 X-LCP (LNA-2) to sky Step-07 00:18:00 DC02 SNT D Disable S-LCP noise diode DC01 SNT E Enable X-LCP noise diode DC02 DISC Reconfigure DTT 02 for S-RCP DC02 CONN DSS43SO1 DC02 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC02 SET SNT MFQ=ON Step-08 00:21:00 DC01 SNT D Disable X-LCP noise diode DC02 SNT E Enable S-RCP noise diode DC01 DISC Reconfigure DTT 01 for X-RCP DC01 CONN DSS43XO1 DC01 SET SNT NDS=12.5 DC01 SET SNT MFQ=ON Step-09 00:24:00 DC02 SNT D Disable S-RCP noise diode DC01 SNT E Enable X-RCP noise diode Step-10 00:27:00 DC01 SNT D Disable X-RCP noise diode 00:30:00 End a. Link Controller report physical temperatures of each ambient load (S1, S2, and X1) from the downlink PRFREA display and report the current weather (temperature, humidity, and sky conditions) to radio science. b. Radio Science operator stop RSRs. c. End of BSR noise post-calibration procedures. d. Link Controller proceed with normal tear-down procedures. e. Re-initialization of the DTTs is recommended. MPSETD POINTS OF CONTACT: DSN-MPSETD@jjpl.jpl.nasa.gov MPSETD OFFICE OPS WORK STATION Jose Valencia (LEAD) (626) 305-6308 (626) 305-6370 (626) 305-6368 Jesse Velasco (NOPE) (626) 305-6315 Romy Paredes (NOPE) (626) 305-6309 Greg Hewitt (NOPE) (626) 305-6292 RADIO SCIENCE WORK STATION (818) 393-0666 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From gene.goltz@jpl.nasa.gov Wed Aug 2 08:11:29 2006 Return-Path: Received: from nmta3.jpl.nasa.gov (nmta.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.108]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p2+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id k72FBTF24511 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 08:11:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xmta2.jpl.nasa.gov (xmta2.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.56]) by nmta3.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.1.9/Switch-3.1.9) with ESMTP id k72FBLRM024268; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 08:11:21 -0700 Received: from ggoltz-xp.jpl.nasa.gov (ggoltz-2k.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.78.47]) by xmta2.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.1.9/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k72FBJJR009932; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 08:11:21 -0700 Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.2.20060801123137.0381f018@mail.jpl.nasa.gov> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:49:04 -0700 To: sami Asmar From: Gene Goltz Subject: MEX RS Operations, Week of 14-21 August 2006 Cc: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 , Martin =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E4tzold?= , mueller@geo.Uni-Koeln.DE, walter@geo.Uni-Koeln.DE, audenrie@geo.Uni-Koeln.DE, kuerten@geo.Uni-Koeln.DE, hahn@geo.Uni-Koeln.DE, Daniel.S.Kahan@jpl.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_1660171328==.ALT" X-Source-IP: ggoltz-2k.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.78.47] X-Source-Sender: gene.goltz@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Internal IP Content-Length: 18687 Status: RO --=====================_1660171328==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sami, Below are the Mars Express (MEX) Radio Science activities identified for RSSG support for the week from Monday, 14 August thru Monday, 21 August. This information has been extracted from DSN Keyword File xd135a.00.dkf, and shows RS experiments/supports as follows: - DOY 222, 03:30 to 09:25, DSS-43, pass 1166 (Bistatic Radar) Also, there are no (0) Gravity Field Experiments this week. - Gene MONDAY/1164 ============================================================ ! 041 55 00001 219 140000 TRK D55 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: TKG_PASS] ! 041 55 00015 219 150000 TRK D55 BOT ! 041 55 00016 219 150000 TRK D55 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 55 00017 219 150100 TRK D55 ACQ U/L, X/CH. 18, 10.0KW/LOW ! 041 55 00021 219 154255 TRK D55 ACQ D/L, 2-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 55 00022 219 155103 TRK D55 APOAPSIS ! 041 55 00025 219 181120 TRK D55 TXR OFF, LOW, X ! 041 15 00026 219 184000 TRK D15 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: MDX1] ! 041 55 00036 219 184456 TRK D55 LOS, X/CH. 18 ! 041 55 00037 219 184500 TRK D55 EOT ! 041 15 00039 219 191000 TRK D15 BOT ! 041 15 00050 219 202133 TRK D15 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 TUESDAY/1165 =========================================================== ! 041 15 00056 220 002957 TRK D15 LOS, X/CH. 18 ! 041 15 00057 220 003000 TRK D15 EOT ! 041 26 00059 220 190500 TRK D26 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: MHX1] ! 041 26 00070 220 193500 TRK D26 BOT ! 041 26 00071 220 193500 TRK D26 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 26 00073 220 224456 TRK D26 LOS, X/CH. 18 ! 041 26 00074 220 224500 TRK D26 EOT WEDNESDAY/1166 ========================================================= ! 041 54 00076 221 105000 TRK D54 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: ML21 1150UN004] ! 041 54 00087 221 112000 TRK D54 BOT ! 041 54 00088 221 112000 TRK D54 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 54 00100 221 122000 TRK D54 ACQ U/L, X/CH. 18, 10.0KW/LOW ! 041 54 00104 221 130201 TRK D54 ACQ D/L, 2-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 54 00108 221 164706 TRK D54 TXR OFF, LOW, X ! 041 54 00109 221 172908 TRK D54 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 54 00110 221 172910 TRK D54 LOS, X/CH. 18 ! 041 54 00111 221 173000 TRK D54 EOT ! 041 15 00112 221 174000 TRK D15 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: MM11 2025DN011] ! 041 15 00126 221 185500 TRK D15 BOT ! 041 15 00127 221 185600 TRK D15 ACQ U/L, X/CH. 18, 10.0KW/LOW ! 041 15 00140 221 200650 TRK D15 ACQ D/L, 2-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 15 00154 221 202500 TRK D15 TXR OFF, LOW, X ! 041 15 00155 221 210702 TRK D15 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 15 00157 221 235957 TRK D15 LOS, X/CH. 18 THURSDAY/1167 ========================================================== ! 041 15 00158 222 000000 TRK D15 EOT ! 041 43 00160 222 033000 TRK D43 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: T/P_BISTATIC_R/S] ! 041 43 00173 222 053000 TRK D43 BOT ! 041 43 00174 222 053000 TRK D43 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 43 00182 222 053059 TRK D43 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, S/CH. 18 ! 041 43 00198 222 082500 TRK D43 EOT ! 041 43 00199 222 092500 TRK D43 SPEC ADVISORY [END POST-CAL] ! 041 55 00200 222 105000 TRK D55 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: MP21 1230UN002] ! 041 55 00210 222 112000 TRK D55 BOT ! 041 55 00220 222 115553 TRK D55 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 55 00235 222 130000 TRK D55 ACQ U/L, X/CH. 18, 10.0KW/LOW ! 041 55 00239 222 134204 TRK D55 ACQ D/L, 2-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 26 00241 222 144500 TRK D26 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: MQ11 2105DN007] ! 041 55 00258 222 155500 TRK D55 TXR OFF, LOW, X ! 041 55 00257 222 155500 TRK D55 EOT ! 041 26 00259 222 160000 TRK D26 BOT ! 041 26 00260 222 160000 TRK D26 ACQ D/L, 3-WAY/55, X/CH. 18 ! 041 26 00261 222 160100 TRK D26 ACQ U/L, X/CH. 18, 10.0KW/LOW ! 041 26 00266 222 163705 TRK D26 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 26 00267 222 164305 TRK D26 ACQ D/L, 2-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 26 00271 222 200833 TRK D26 TXR OFF, LOW, X ! 041 26 00273 222 205038 TRK D26 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 26 00274 222 205038 TRK D26 LOS, X/CH. 18 ! 041 26 00291 222 221757 TRK D26 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 FRIDAY/1168 ============================================================ ! 041 26 00296 223 001957 TRK D26 LOS, X/CH. 18 ! 041 26 00297 223 002000 TRK D26 EOT ! 041 15 00299 223 181500 TRK D15 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: MA11 2205DN011] ! 041 15 00313 223 193000 TRK D15 BOT ! 041 15 00314 223 193000 TRK D15 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 15 00315 223 193100 TRK D15 ACQ U/L, X/CH. 18, 10.0KW/LOW ! 041 15 00319 223 201308 TRK D15 ACQ D/L, 2-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 15 00330 223 220500 TRK D15 TXR OFF, LOW, X ! 041 15 00331 223 224708 TRK D15 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 15 00332 223 231611 TRK D15 LOS, X/CH. 18 ! 041 15 00333 223 232000 TRK D15 EOT SATURDAY/1169 ========================================================== ! 041 54 00335 224 160000 TRK D54 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: MW21] ! 041 54 00348 224 163000 TRK D54 BOT ! 041 54 00350 224 165408 TRK D54 ACQ U/L, X/CH. 18, 10.0KW/LOW ! 041 54 00363 224 174216 TRK D54 ACQ D/L, 2-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 54 00370 224 183748 TRK D54 TXR OFF, LOW, X ! 041 54 00371 224 191956 TRK D54 LOS, X/CH. 18 ! 041 54 00372 224 192000 TRK D54 EOT SUNDAY/1170 ============================================================ ! 041 54 00374 225 115000 TRK D54 SPEC ADVISORY [BEGIN PRE-CAL; @ ACTIVITY: MK21 1430UN004] ! 041 54 00385 225 122000 TRK D54 BOT ! 041 54 00386 225 122000 TRK D54 ACQ D/L, 1-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 54 00398 225 150000 TRK D54 ACQ U/L, X/CH. 18, 10.0KW/LOW ! 041 54 00402 225 154214 TRK D54 ACQ D/L, 2-WAY, X/CH. 18 ! 041 54 00406 225 181516 TRK D54 TXR OFF, LOW, X ! 041 54 00407 225 185726 TRK D54 LOS, X/CH. 18 ! 041 54 00408 225 192000 TRK D54 EOT MONDAY/1171 ============================================================ From rsimpson Thu Aug 10 17:15:52 2006 Return-Path: Received: (from rsimpson@localhost) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p2+Sun/8.11.7) id k7B0FqB24454; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:15:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:15:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-Id: <200608110015.k7B0FqB24454@magellan.stanford.edu> To: Daniel.S.Kahan@jpl.nasa.gov, H.J.Walker@rl.ac.uk, JValencia@jftl.jpl.nasa.gov, JVelasco@jftl.jpl.nasa.gov, John.Reynolds@esa.int, Michel.Denis@esa.int, Olivier.Reboud@esa.int, Ricardo.G.Torres@jpl.nasa.gov, Sophia.M.No@jpl.nasa.gov, art.freiley@jpl.nasa.gov, audenrie@geo.uni-koeln.de, bernd.haeusler@unibw-muenchen.de, carone@geo.uni-koeln.de, dhinson@stanford.edu, dwight.holmes@jpl.nasa.gov, fred.jansen@esa.int, gene.goltz@jpl.nasa.gov, hahn@geo.uni-koeln.de, john.c.klose@jpl.nasa.gov, jtwicken@stanford.edu, kuerten@geo.uni-koeln.de, len.tyler@stanford.edu, mexmps@esa.int, paetzold@geo.uni-koeln.de, rene.pischel@rssd.esa.int, rsimpson, sami.asmar@jpl.nasa.gov, stanzel@geo.uni-koeln.de, thomas.w.thompson@jpl.nasa.gov, tzegers@rssd.esa.int, walter@geo.uni-koeln.de Subject: MEX BSR 2006/222 Content-Length: 1512 Status: R The MEX bistatic radar experiment conducted earlier today using DSS 43 appears to have met its objectives. Although Mars is now more than 2.3 AU from Earth, we had good surface echoes through the 45 minute specular track in both X-RCP and X-LCP -- including over the Phoenix B proposed landing site. The fact that the incidence angle was 62 deg at PHX B means that there was roughly equal power in the two echo signals, increasing our confidence in the dielectric constant we hope to extract after data processing. There were no real-time indications of an S-Band signal, either directly from the spacecraft or via the surface path. The S-Band carrier was visible before and after the spacecraft slewed to begin the specular track; so the lack of signals during the experiment time is probably a casualty of the extreme distance. WE may yet find something after processing the digital data, which will begin after they have been transferred from DSS 43 to STanford - a process that will take a few days. This is the last MEX bistatic radar experiment that has been scheduled. In fact, the entire MEX science platform will be shut down within a few days to conserve power as MEX goes into a season of very long eclipses magnified by its being near aphelion. WE are hopeful that there will be additional opportunities for bistatic radar after the eclipse season (and after solar conjunction); planning for those will begin when planning orbits for November and beyond have been released by the Project. From kahan@jpl.nasa.gov Mon Aug 14 12:56:40 2006 Return-Path: Received: from nmta1.jpl.nasa.gov (nmta.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.214]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p2+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id k7EJueF15725 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:56:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xmta2.jpl.nasa.gov (xmta2.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.56]) by nmta1.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.1.9/Switch-3.1.9) with ESMTP id k7EJuddL032614; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:56:39 -0700 Received: from mprox1.jpl.nasa.gov (mprox1.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.140]) by xmta2.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.1.9/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k7EJudMn020706; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:56:39 -0700 Received: from webmail.jpl.nasa.gov (localhost.jpl.nasa.gov [127.0.0.1]) by mprox1.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.1.9/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k7EJucFr014262; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:56:38 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Daniel.S.Kahan-121461@jpl.nasa.gov Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:56:38 -0700 From: "Daniel S Kahan" Message-Id: <1155585398-1515.00018.00203-smmsdV2.1.4@localhost> X-SMMS-Source: 137.78.78.85 To: "Dick Simpson 650-723-3525" Subject: MEX 2006/222 Bi-Static Radar Data In-Reply-To: <68d3c63934.6393468d3c@jpl.nasa.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Source-IP: mprox1.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.140] X-Source-Sender: kahan@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Internal IP Content-Length: 1274 Status: R Dick, MEX Bi-Static Radar RSR open-loop data from DOY 222 at DSS-43 (pass 1167) have been played back to the TDS as follows: - X-band, RCP, 1-way - RSR2B3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start = 04:00:00 - stop = 05:10:00 - start = 05:49:00 - stop = 09:06:00 - SFDUs = 64,088 and: - S-band, RCP, 1-way - RSR2A3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start = 04:00:00 - stop = 05:10:00 - start = 05:49:00 - stop = 09:06:00 - SFDUs = 64,088 and: - X-band, LCP, 1-way - RSR1B3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start = 04:00:01 - stop = 05:10:00 - start = 05:49:00 - stop = 09:06:00 - SFDUs = 64,084 and: - S-band, LCP, 1-way - RSR1A3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start = 04:00:01 - stop = 05:10:00 - start = 05:49:00 - stop = 09:06:00 - SFDUs = 64,084 and: - X-band, RCP, 1-way - RSR2B4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start = 06:43:59 - stop = 07:32:00 - SFDUs = 57,640 and: - S-band, RCP, 1-way - RSR2A4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start = 06:43:59 - stop = 07:31:59 - SFDUs = 57,620 and: - X-band, LCP, 1-way - RSR1B4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start = 06:44:00 - stop = 07:32:00 - SFDUs = 57,620 and: - S-band, LCP, 1-way - RSR1A4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start = 06:44:00 - stop = 07:31:59 - SFDUs = 57,600 These data should now be available for you to query. Regards, Danny