PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM DATA_SET_ID = "MEX-M-MRS-1/2/3-PRM-0587-V1.0" STANDARD_DATA_PRODUCT_ID = ENB PRODUCER_ID = "SUE" PRODUCT_ID = "M00SUE0L1A_ENB_053042037_00.TXT" PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 2008-07-01T11:11:01.000 INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = "MEX" OBJECT = TEXT PUBLICATION_DATE = 2007-05-23 NOTE = "MEX SUE Experimenter Notes" END_OBJECT = TEXT END From Joerg.Selle@unibw-muenchen.de Mon Aug 22 07:48:07 2005 Return-Path: Received: from GreenSrv.rz.unibw-muenchen.de (greensrv.RZ.UniBw-Muenchen.de [137.193.10.35]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id j7MEm6r18244 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:48:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (GreenSrv [127.0.0.1]) by GreenSrv.rz.unibw-muenchen.de (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j7MEifaO003028 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:44:41 +0200 Received: from GreenSrv.rz.unibw-muenchen.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (GreenSrv [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 02973-01-2 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:44:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [137.193.79.23] (Vostok.LRT.UniBw-Muenchen.de [137.193.79.23]) by GreenSrv.rz.unibw-muenchen.de (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j7MEhLnI002947 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:43:21 +0200 X-Remarks: If SPAM is relayed via GreenSrv.rz.unibw-muenchen.de to outside of unibw-muenchen.de, please report it to abuse@unibw-muenchen.de Message-ID: <4309E406.4090805@unibw-muenchen.de> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:41:10 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg_Selle?= Reply-To: Joerg.Selle@unibw-muenchen.de Organization: Institut =?ISO-8859-1?Q?f=FCr_Raumfahrttechnik_der_Un?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?iBw_M=FCnchen?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Windows/20041103) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Simpson Dick Subject: BSR in orbit 2308 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at GreenSrv.rz.unibw-muenchen.de Content-Length: 990 Status: RO Hi Dick, beacause of a HRSC request in orbit 2308 (2005-10-31) we had to shorten the S/C BSR calibration to only 13 min to start not earlier than 2005-10-31 00:00:31. The current timeline is now CAL: 13' SLEW: 30' BSR: 60' (specular point: at 01:14 ERT = 135.07 Long, 47.16 Lat) SLEW: 30' CAL: 30' If you would like to have a longer pre-calibration and shorten the BSR measurement instead, please let me know. The new orbit file for the extended mission should be available at the end of August. I will start finding BSR possibilities as soon as ESA will have provided it. Probably we can talk about it in Brussels. Thanks for your help! Jorg -- Dipl.-Ing. Jorg Selle Institut fur Raumfahrttechnik LRT9 Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39 85577 Neubiberg Gebaude 35, Raum 1406 Tel: ++49 (0) 89 / 6004-3598 Fax: ++49 (0) 89 / 6004-2138 eMail: Joerg.Selle@UniBw-Muenchen.de Infos: http://www.unibw-muenchen.de/campus/LRT9/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From rsimpson Mon Aug 22 08:20:33 2005 Return-Path: Received: (from rsimpson@localhost) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j7MFKSw18498; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:20:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:20:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-Id: <200508221520.j7MFKSw18498@magellan.stanford.edu> To: Joerg.Selle@unibw-muenchen.de Subject: Re: BSR in orbit 2308 Cc: rsimpson Content-Length: 954 Status: R >If you would like to have a longer pre-calibration and shorten the BSR >measurement instead, please let me know. The time line you have suggested is fine. Tanja is correct that we could cut into the BSR time since one hour is more than we can use. But we have a 30 minute BCAL after the BSR, so I think we are well covered. >The new orbit file for the extended mission should be available at the >end of August. I will start finding BSR possibilities as soon as ESA >will have provided it. Probably we can talk about it in Brussels. We should discuss in Brussels; but I will probably not have had a chance to look at the new orbit since I am almost continuously traveling starting tomorrow evening. I arrive at the Brussels airport about 6:30 PM Sunday and leave about 12:30 PM Wednesday. I will be at the Ibis Brussels Ste Catherine, where I stayed during the meeting in July 2004 (assuming I can find it!). Regards, Dick - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From rsimpson Wed Sep 21 17:14:39 2005 Return-Path: Received: (from rsimpson@localhost) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j8M0EWF03815; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:14:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:14:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-Id: <200509220014.j8M0EWF03815@magellan.stanford.edu> To: H.J.Walker@rl.ac.uk, Hannes.Griebel@unibw-muenchen.de, joerg.selle@unibw-muenchen.de, rpischel@rssd.esa.int, rsimpson, tzegers@rssd.esa.int Subject: Re: BSR fine tuning mtp19 Content-Length: 2741 Status: RO >Dear joerg and Dick, >We now have the correct SAF file from JPL for MTP19 and I noticed that the >GS allocation is not quite fitting with the BSR as requested in the MREQs. >i will look into this descrepancy later, but first we need to fine-tune >the BSR timing. I have discussed these situations with Sophia and Joerg previously. We felt it was better to adjust the spacecraft sequence than to lose an already scheduled pass because the orbit timing had shifted. We are OK on both. >For 2308 >The MAD session starts at P-00:29:38 to P+02:30:20 >You have the BSR starting 60.49 ending 120.49 >Slew length take 25 min >At the start there is plenty of time so start is OK >At the end there is currently just a few minutes left for BCAL. If you want >t increase the duration of BCAL at the end you have to cut some of the BSR >at the end, or shift it to earlier This is OK. We do not need a long BCAL at the end. Please use whatever time remains after SLEW2 and before the end of track (304/0210) for the BCAL; that is enough. Then the spacecraft can resume its normal activities. >2325 >MAD session starts at P+00:48:26 to P+03:48:24 >Slew length take 25 min >In the current MREQ we have 2325 FIX 1 MaRS BSR 54.53 94.53 FIX >So the BSR start before we have the GS. >Here you would have to do without the BCAL before the BSR, and start right >away with the BSR at P+00:48:26 (with the slew prior to that. >After the BSR there is plenty of time for the BCAL This is also OK. We did an experiment on 24 April (orbit 1631) in which we did not see the signal before the BSR period. You may cancel the BCAL before the BSR (or set its duration to 0); we will only see it if the ground calibrations are completed very early, and that is not a good reason. We can use the BCAL after the experiment. In this case, there is actually 65 minutes of unneeded time. The spacecraft could resume normal activities at P+02:43:26. The sequence is: P+00:48:26 Begin BSR P+01:48:26 Begin slew back to Earth P+02:13:26 Begin BCAL P+02:43:26 End BCAL P+03:48:24 End of track You could even give the last hour back to Sophia; we will probably begin the ground post-calibration at about P+02:45:00 and release the antenna an hour later. That means the ERT 2140-2240, which is presently scheduled for the post-cal, will not be used. >Can you send either send us a new MREQ for just the BSR's or indicate in an >email how you want the timing to be, then we can change it in the MREQ ? >We need this as soon as possible. I will cc Hannes; Joerg will not be back in Munich until 27 September. Or, perhaps this e-mail is sufficient. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From rsimpson Fri Nov 4 20:55:56 2005 Return-Path: Received: (from rsimpson@localhost) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id jA54tk613648; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:55:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:55:46 -0800 (PST) From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-Id: <200511050455.jA54tk613648@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, M.J.Ricketts@rl.ac.uk, 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, joerg.selle@unibw-muenchen.de, john.c.klose@jpl.nasa.gov, jtwicken@stanford.edu, len.tyler@stanford.edu, mexmps@esa.int, mueller@geo.uni-koeln.de, paetzold@geo.uni-koeln.de, rene.pischel@rssd.esa.int, rsimpson, sami.asmar@jpl.nasa.gov, stanzel@geo.uni-koeln.de, stupar@geo.uni-koeln.de, thomas.w.thompson@jpl.nasa.gov, tzegers@rssd.esa.int, walter@geo.uni-koeln.de Subject: MEX BSR 304 and 308 Content-Length: 1546 Status: RO The Mars Express bistatic radar experiments on days 304 and 308 were both successful. I was not present at JPL for the first observation, so delayed my brief report until I had seen the quick-look processing results at Stanford. On day 304 there was rain at the DSS 63 station, and that will make the absolute calibration of the received signals very challenging; the background noise varies by a factor of at least 2 at X-band as rain showers drifted into and out of the DSS 63 beam. Fortunately, the rain signature appears to be very similar in both polarizations; since we calculate a ratio, the net effect may simply be an increase in the error bars on the derived dielectric constant. On day 308 the real-time echoes were visible for about 15 minutes in X-band in both polarizations. They seemed to have equal strength, suggesting that the dielectric constant is less than 3. The echoes peaked about 2 minutes earlier than expected. The meaning of this is not clear; but we were looking at the flank of Alba Patera and there may be either some large scale surface slopes or variation in surface scattering properties with position. At S-band, there was an echo but it was transient -- never very well defined in either time or frequency. These are very preliminary notes intended to provide quick feedback to the people who planned and executed these experiments. Please do not forward the contents of this message further without the permission of the MaRS Team PI, Martin Paetzold. Regards, Dick Simpson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From Daniel.S.Kahan-121461@jpl.nasa.gov Wed Nov 2 16:46:38 2005 Return-Path: Received: from nmta2.jpl.nasa.gov (nmta2.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.215]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id jA30kcr01259 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:46:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from xmta1.jpl.nasa.gov (xmta1.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.144]) by nmta2.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id jA30kbeG031006 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:46:37 -0800 Received: from jpl.nasa.gov (eis-msg-065.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.102]) by xmta1.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id jA30kbmu000716 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:46:37 -0800 Received: from [137.78.160.72] (Forwarded-For: [137.78.78.85]) by mailhost4.jpl.nasa.gov (mshttpd); Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:46:37 -0800 From: Daniel S Kahan To: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-ID: <31c9f359c6.359c631c9f@jpl.nasa.gov> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:46:37 -0800 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: en Subject: MEX BSR on DOY 303 X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Source-IP: eis-msg-065.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.102] X-Source-Sender: Daniel.S.Kahan-121461@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Internal IP Content-Length: 339 Status: RO Dick, All the Mars Express BiStatic Radar data from DOY 303 have been placed in your MEX subdirectory on rsops2 as follows: 25 KHz (all four channels) 20:37:01-21:50:00 23:47:00-00:59:00 00:59:01-01:29:00 01:29:01-02:10:00 02:10:01-02:50:00 100 KHz (all four channels) 00:59:01-01:14:00 01:14:01-01:29:00 Regards, Danny