Gene, Danny:

If I make it to Maryland for my proposal review, I will not be in touch for
the MEX BSR experiment that occurs on days 039/040; the review officially
ends Friday afternoon so I would be either at the airport or on the plane
when the pre-cal starts.  If I don't go or if I get out early (there have
been rumors), I'll let you know.  If you need to reach me while I'm still at
the meeting, the hotel number is 410-785-7000; I'll be with the NASA LASER
Remote Sensing Panel.

The experiment should be very much like the one on 033/034 except that they
are giving us only about 40 minutes on the surface and the LOS is so early
that you can probably go home an hour before the official EOA.


Dick

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2008/039 (UTC)
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21:00  Begin Pre-cal at DSS 63
       FGAIN = 65 dB (X-RCP)
               60 dB (all channels)
       FRO_X = 0; FRO_S = 0 (changes later, but only for 25 kHz)
       Start 4-channel 25 kHz recordings after Step 4
       Stop 25 kHz recording after Step 18

23:00  Begin track (spacecraft is S + X, X-telemetry and ranging ON)

       Resume 25 kHz recording (SCHAN 3)

23:07  X-Band telemetry and ranging OFF

23:17  Begin SLEW #1

23:25  Begin MiniCal #1

23:40  End MiniCal #1 (end of Step 5)

23:45  FRO_X = +16000 Hz (SCHAN 3)
       FRO_S =  +2000 Hz (SCHAN 3)

23:47  End SLEW #1

       Begin 4-channel 100 kHz recordings (SCHAN 4)

       Expect echoes in all channels; RCP and LCP roughly equal

2008/040 (UTC)
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00:27  Begin SLEW #2

       End 100 kHz recording (SCHAN 4)

00:30  Begin Minical #2

00:45  End Minical #2

00:50  FRO_X = 0 (SCHAN 3)

       FRO_S = 0 (SCHAN 3)

00:57  End SLEW #2

00:58  X-Band telemetry ON

       LOS S-Band

01:07  LOS X-Band

01:10  EOT (50 minutes early)

       Begin Post-Cal

03:00  End Post-cal (if not before)

       End 25 kHz recordings

       End of Activity