PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM DATA_SET_ID = "MEX-M-MRS-1/2/3-EXT2-1991-V1.0" STANDARD_DATA_PRODUCT_ID = ENB PRODUCER_ID = "SUE" PRODUCT_ID = "M00SUE0L1A_ENB_091770849_00.TXT" PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 2012-06-26T09:38:12.000 INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = "MEX" OBJECT = TEXT PUBLICATION_DATE = 2009-08-05 NOTE = "MEX SUE Experimenter Notes" END_OBJECT = TEXT END From ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov Fri May 8 12:31:12 2009 Return-Path: Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (sentrion1.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.139.105]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id n48JVCC17359 for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 12:31:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (altvirehtstap02.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.73]) by mail.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.3.3mp/Switch-3.3.2mp) with ESMTP id n48JV6oE030731 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified FAIL); Fri, 8 May 2009 19:31:09 GMT Received: from ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.80]) by ALTVIREHTSTAP02.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.73]) with mapi; Fri, 8 May 2009 12:31:05 -0700 From: "Espinueva, Ruben P" To: "Simpson, Richard A" , "Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int" CC: "Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int" , "Arroyo, Belinda" , "mexmps@esa.int" , "Simpson, Richard A" , "Thompson, Thomas W" , "Espinueva, Ruben P" Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 12:31:03 -0700 Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests Thread-Topic: June MEX BSR Requests Thread-Index: AcmmqEcWKT10AKm6RC6O/TU9L6wFZApZJA4w Message-ID: <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D90937957CD@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL> References: <200903170229.n2H2TSc06770@magellan.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <200903170229.n2H2TSc06770@magellan.stanford.edu> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D90937957CDALTPHYEMBEVSP_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Source-IP: altvirehtstap02.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.73] X-Source-Sender: ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized Content-Length: 15740 Status: RO --_000_40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D90937957CDALTPHYEMBEVSP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dick & Jim, The Weeks 25 & 26 schedule negotiations had concluded. I was able to negotiate the following BSR times (in blue below). The only BSR support that may be in question is on DOY 178. But given that DSS-63 is down during this period, I think that we're fortunate to have all 3 BSRs, hoping that DOY 178 support times fit your BSR needs. Good Luck, Ruben -----Original Message----- From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 [mailto:rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu] Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 7:29 PM To: Espinueva, Ruben P Cc: Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int; Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int; Arroyo, Belinda; mexmps= @esa.int; Simpson, Richard A; Thompson, Thomas W Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY --- --- --- --- --- --- -------- C1 170 14 1000 1200 1500 1600 T/P BISTATIC R/S C2 0955 1155 1600 1700 C1 177 14 0840 1040 1340 1440 T/P BISTATIC R/S C2 0820 1020 C1 178 14 1100 1300 1600 1700 T/P BISTATIC R/S C2 1000 1200 1520 1620 (Note: sliding to the right impacts a GSSR GBT support) Ruben: I just checked these against my original list ... nice work! Day 170 would give us Stealth; we've already drafted a paper about this area, and another specular track would add significantly to the science. Day 177 gives us BOTH the Viking Lander 1 site and Eberswalde and Holden craters, which are two of the top four candidates for Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). Day 178 gives us a cross section of Valles Marineris. I doubt we will be able to see much inside the canyon, but the high plateau south of the canyon is one of the smoothest surfaces on Mars, based on Earth-based radar; we've never had a BSR track across it. I wouldn't mind doing all three; but let's see what MEX can handle and what the final 70-m scheduling allows. In the meantime, I think you understand how this exercise works. I'm heading home and hope to finish the list for July this evening. Thanks, Dick From Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int Sat May 9 05:01:13 2009 Return-Path: Received: from esa-sf3.esa.gmessaging.net (esa-sf3.esa.gmessaging.net [194.51.201.69]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id n49C1BC20094 for ; Sat, 9 May 2009 05:01:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.esa.gmessaging.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C4A0304FD; Sat, 9 May 2009 14:01:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from unknown-host by esa-sf3 with queue (Sophos PureMessage Version 5.401) id 22805768-4; Sat, 09 May 2009 11:54:02 GMT Received: from sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int [193.147.152.105]) by esa-sf3.esa.gmessaging.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3748630046; Sat, 9 May 2009 13:54:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sciops.esac.int (scimail.esac.esa.int [193.147.152.87]) by sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73B8B11FAD1; Sat, 9 May 2009 13:54:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.37] (55.Red-79-156-71.staticIP.rima-tde.net [79.156.71.55]) (authenticated bits=0) by sciops.esac.int (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n49Bs6an019961 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 9 May 2009 13:54:07 +0200 Message-ID: <4A056EDE.6050901@sciops.esa.int> Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 13:54:06 +0200 From: Jim Volp Organization: Serco User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Cc: ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov, Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int, belinda.arroyo@jpl.nasa.gov, mexmps@esa.int, thomas.w.thompson@jpl.nasa.gov Subject: Re: June MEX BSR Requests References: <200905082128.n48LS1x17723@magellan.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <200905082128.n48LS1x17723@magellan.stanford.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 3620 Status: RO Dick, Ruben, all, Yes, 170 is conflicting with an attempt to detect water close to Olympus Mons by Marsis which fell right in the middle of the previously allocated groundstation period such that none of the remaining parts were usable for a BSR. With the extra hour you give us now, we could have done a BSR afterwards, but helas we can't adjust the pointing profile at this late stage in our planning process. The given times for 177 and 178 are no longer fully compatible with the pointing profile (PTR) that has been delivered to ESOC. I do not know what this means. I do not know whether ESOC will be able to make adjustments. The current timings affect the preCAL in 177 and 5 min of BSR and the postCAL in 178. Carlos had communicated a BOT of 1010 on 20th April. Is it possible to have SOA at 820 and BOT at 1010 on DoY 177? If possible, please inform us before our usual telcon on Monday afternoon where we will discuss this, greetings, Jim Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 wrote: >> The Weeks 25 & 26 schedule negotiations had concluded. I was able to >> negotiate the following BSR times (in blue below). The only BSR >> support that may be in question is on DOY 178. But given that DSS-63 >> is down during this period, I think that we're fortunate to have all >> 3 BSRs, hoping that DOY 178 support times fit your BSR needs. >> >> DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY >> --- --- --- --- --- --- -------- >> C1 170 14 1000 1200 1500 1600 T/P BISTATIC R/S >> C2 0955 1155 1600 1700 >> >> C1 177 14 0840 1040 1340 1440 T/P BISTATIC R/S >> C2 0820 1020 >> >> C1 178 14 1100 1300 1600 1700 T/P BISTATIC R/S >> C2 1000 1200 1520 1620 >> > > I think Jim said there was a high priority MARSIS observation in > the middle of the pass on day 170 and so that we couldn't do BSR. > There were several messages, but I'm sorry if you didn't receive > them. Jim should confirm, but I think MEX may need to turn this > one back for other users. > > On the other hand, the experiment on day 177 is excellent and gives > us the chance to probe the Viking 1 landing site as well as two > of the four highest priority sites for MSL. Day 178 will be > interesting for radar people because it's been one of the smoothest > areas studied with radar since the 1970s. > > Thanks, Ruben. It was good to meet you (again) on Wednesday, and > I look forward to other productive collaborations in the future. > > Regards, > Dick > kind regards, -- Drs. Jim Volp - Serco Gestion de Negocios S.L. Mars Express Science Operations Centre - MSOC Mars Express Science Ground Segment - MEX SGS European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) - Villafranca P.O. Box 78, E-28691 Villanueva de la Canada, Madrid, Spain Phone: +34 918 131 110 - e-mail: Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int From rsimpson Sun May 10 20:40:02 2009 Return-Path: Received: (from rsimpson@localhost) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) id n4B3e1Q22450; Sun, 10 May 2009 20:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 20:40:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-Id: <200905110340.n4B3e1Q22450@magellan.stanford.edu> To: Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int Subject: Re: June MEX BSR Requests Cc: Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int, belinda.arroyo@jpl.nasa.gov, mexmps@esa.int, rsimpson, ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov, thomas.w.thompson@jpl.nasa.gov Content-Length: 1764 Status: RO >Carlos had communicated a BOT of 1010 on 20th April. Is it possible to have >SOA at 820 and BOT at 1010 on DoY 177? Mars is not visible from DSS 14 until 1016, so that is the earliest possible BOT. If there are no complications during the ground pre-cal, we should be able to begin tracking at 1016 if SOA is at 0840. As I have said before, MaRS does not absolutely need to observe the pre-experiment BCAL and BSLW. These are very desirable to include in our recordings; but the important times are passage over the VL1 site at 1102 ERT (1046 SCET) and passage over the MSL sites at about 1118 ERT (1102 SCET). If ESOC can schedule the spacecraft activities so the HGA is following the specular point by 1035-1040 SCET, we have enough redundancy built into the observation that we should be able to recover the science completely. I was expecting some problems with 177; but the above adjustments (if agreeable to ESOC and ESAC) should be fine for MaRS. And I don't think they require any changes from Ruben. > ... and the postCAL in 178. I don't think I understand the problem on day 178. The primary time of interest for science is 1438-1454. Ruben returned C1 178 14 1100 1300 1600 1700 C2 1000 1200 1520 1620 What is the difference between C1 and C2? C1 should be OK; C2 may require some compromises similar to what we need on 177 except they affect the post-experiment activities rather than the pre-experiment activities. If that is the issue, I suggest we let the spacecraft planning proceed as though EOT and EOA were not constrained. We will make the necessary data acquisition decisions on the ground in real time. Dick From Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int Mon Mar 30 08:31:12 2009 Return-Path: Received: from esa-sf1.esa.gmessaging.net (esa-sf1.esa.gmessaging.net [194.51.201.67]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id n2UFVBC25666 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:31:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.esa.gmessaging.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB97D5B812B for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:31:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from unknown-host by esa-sf1 with queue (Sophos PureMessage Version 5.401) id 23903702-2 for rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:27:01 GMT Received: from sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int [193.147.152.105]) by esa-sf1.esa.gmessaging.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E0DE5B809A; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sciops.esac.int (scimail.esac.esa.int [193.147.152.87]) by sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C02511FAC8; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.66.180.52] (ssow11.net3.lan [10.66.180.52]) (authenticated bits=0) by sciops.esac.int (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n2UFR85s017359 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:09 +0200 Message-ID: <49D0E4CC.3090004@sciops.esa.int> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:08 +0200 From: Jim Volp Organization: Serco User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dick Simpson Cc: Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int, mexmps Subject: MTP66: 1st BSR needs earlier BOT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1107 Status: RO Hi Dick, As you noted, we need to have the station a bit earlier. A BOT of 30 minutes earlier (so 1010) would be sufficient. Can you request this to DSN? Thanks! DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY > >--- --- --- --- --- --- -------- > 177 14 0840 1040 1340 1440 T/P BISTATIC R/S greetings, Jim ps I have been given the good news that I will see you in Koln! Looking forward to see your latest results!!!! From sami.w.asmar@jpl.nasa.gov Tue Jun 9 03:14:34 2009 Return-Path: Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (sentrion1.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.139.105]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id n59AEYC03593 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:14:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (ums-smtp.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.72]) by mail.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.3.3mp/Switch-3.3.2mp) with ESMTP id n59AEYQf014664 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified FAIL) for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 10:14:35 GMT Received: from ALTPHYEMBEVSP20.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.83]) by ALTVIREHTSTAP01.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.72]) with mapi; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:14:34 -0700 From: "Asmar, Sami W" To: "Simpson, Richard A" Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:14:33 -0700 Subject: Re: Visitor Access for MEX BSR Thread-Topic: Visitor Access for MEX BSR Thread-Index: Acno6etUYRTlCXGKp06Y9d1DMgZElQ== Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200906081735.n58HZrB28215@magellan.stanford.edu> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_C65382259483SamiWAsmarjplnasagov_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Source-IP: ums-smtp.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.72] X-Source-Sender: sami.w.asmar@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized Content-Length: 3460 Status: RO --_000_C65382259483SamiWAsmarjplnasagov_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Certainly. On 6/8/09 10:35 AM, "Dick Simpson 650-723-3525" wrote: Sami: Can I get visitor access for the MEX bistatic radar on Friday morning 26 June? The DSN schedule shows the activity running from about 0816 to 1330 UTC with the actual tracking from 1016 to 1230. This is a little tricky because we begin collecting surface echoes almost as soon as the tracking starts (which is at minimum elevation angle). The spacecraft is also heading for pericenter, so there will be lots of FROs. This one is also particularly interesting from a science point of view because the ground track comes close to the Viking Lander 1 site and also two of the four final MSL sites. I have made a reservation on the last Southwest flight Thursday evening, arriving Burbank 9:30 PM PDT and will catch the 8:05 AM flight home the next morning. I toyed with the idea of staying over to watch the BSR on Saturday morning, which starts 2 hours later and finishes 3 hours later. But I concluded that I would not be functional so will leave that one to Gene and/or Danny, who can at least retreat to home between observations. Although it's a good radar target, the science isn't quite as compelling as Friday's. Let me know if you need more. Thanks, Dick From ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov Wed Jun 17 11:38:04 2009 Return-Path: Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (sentrion2.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.139.106]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id n5HIc4C08417 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:38:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (altvirehtstap02.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.73]) by mail.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.3.3mp/Switch-3.3.2mp) with ESMTP id n5HIWxIX030548 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified FAIL); Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:37:57 GMT Received: from ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.80]) by ALTVIREHTSTAP02.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.73]) with mapi; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:37:45 -0700 From: "Espinueva, Ruben P" To: "Simpson, Richard A" , "Volp, Jim" CC: "Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int" , "Arroyo, Belinda" , "mexmps@esa.int" , "Simpson, Richard A" , "Espinueva, Ruben P" , "Thompson, Thomas W" , "Kwok, John H" , "Michel.Denis@esa.int" , "Erhard.Rabenau@esa.int" Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:37:45 -0700 Subject: MEX Track Support, DOY 177 (BSR Support) Thread-Topic: MEX Track Support, DOY 177 (BSR Support) Thread-Index: AcnverSNIeUPANEVTN67oGepswC0vw== Message-ID: <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093A3B57C@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093A3B57CALTPHYEMBEVSP_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Source-IP: altvirehtstap02.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.73] X-Source-Sender: ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized Content-Length: 10121 Status: R --_000_40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093A3B57CALTPHYEMBEVSP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dick & Jim, I was advised by the MEX Mission Sequencer here at JPL that an SOA=3D1016 creates a problem in the generation of support products (DSN Keyword File) for the upcoming MEX track support (a BSR pass), on DOY 177. The SOA must start at an even 5 min window(i.e., SOA must be 1020, or 1025, or 1030, etc.) Can the track support SOA=3D1020(vs 1016)?. Dick had previously requested if the pass can SOA=0816 so the BOT=1016(S/C rise) but the S/C rises at around 10:16:06. Therefore, I propose the BSR support be changed to the following times. A prompt response is appreciated. WEEK 26 : DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY --- --- --- --- --- --- -------- From: 177 14 0816 1016 1230 1330 T/P BISTATIC R/S To : 177 14 0820 1020 1230 1330 T/P BISTATIC R/S Note: Changing to a new SOA=3D0820 may still make the BOT at the scheduled S/C rise if the supporting DSS has been fully configured for the BSR support prior to BOT. Best regards, Ruben _______________________________________ Ruben P. Espinueva Jet Propulsion Laboratory Multimission Resource Scheduling Services (MRSS) MARS EXPRESS / CASSINI / ULYSSES / Project Phone:(818) 393-5968 FAX:(818) 393-4658 Cell Phone: 818-653-7864 _______________________________________ From rsimpson Thu Jun 18 09:18:38 2009 Return-Path: Received: (from rsimpson@localhost) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) id n5IGIbW10259; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:18:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:18:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-Id: <200906181618.n5IGIbW10259@magellan.stanford.edu> To: ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov Subject: Re: MEX Track Support, DOY 177 (BSR Support) Cc: Erhard.Rabenau@esa.int, Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int, Michel.Denis@esa.int, belinda.arroyo@jpl.nasa.gov, jim.volp@sciops.esa.int, john.h.kwok@jpl.nasa.gov, mexmps@esa.int, rsimpson, thomas.w.thompson@jpl.nasa.gov Content-Length: 1425 Status: RO >I was advised by the MEX Mission Sequencer here at JPL that an SOA 1016 >creates a problem in the generation of support products (DSN Keyword File) >for the upcoming MEX track support (a BSR pass), on DOY 177. The SOA must >start at an even 5min window(i.e., SOA must be 1020, or 1025, or 1030, etc.) >Can the track support SOA 1020 (vs 1016)? >Dick had previously requested if the pass can SOA 0816 so the BOT 1016 (S/C rise) but the S/C rises at around 10:16:06. Therefore, I propose the >BSR support be changed to the following times. A prompt response is >appreciated. > >WEEK 26 : >DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY >--- --- --- --- --- --- -------- >From: 177 14 0816 1016 1230 1330 T/P BISTATIC R/S >To : 177 14 0820 1020 1230 1330 T/P BISTATIC R/S Ruben: Sorry for the delayed response. I had an afternoon appointment off campus and haven't had a chance to check e-mail since yesterday 11 AM. Is it possible to have SOA = 0815 and BOT = 1017? What you have proposed should work, but the extra five minutes of SOA gives us a little more time for setup in case there are problems. The three minutes extra on BOT gives us a little more data from Mars. I chose 1016 only because that was what is shown on the DSN view-period chart. If the DSN keyword file has already been generated, we can go with what you have. Thanks, Dick From ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov Tue Jun 23 13:37:10 2009 Return-Path: Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (sentrion2.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.139.106]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id n5NKbAC20834 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:37:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (altvirehtstap02.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.73]) by mail.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.3.3mp/Switch-3.3.2mp) with ESMTP id n5NKbBNl018053 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified FAIL) for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:37:11 GMT Received: from ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.80]) by ALTVIREHTSTAP02.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.73]) with mapi; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:37:10 -0700 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="_000_40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093A3B927ALTPHYEMBEVSP_" From: "Espinueva, Ruben P" To: "Goltz, Gene L" CC: "Simpson, Richard A" , "Kahan, Daniel S" , "Arroyo, Belinda" Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:37:09 -0700 Subject: RE: BSR Support Times (DOYs 177 & 199) Thread-Topic: BSR Support Times (DOYs 177 & 199) Thread-Index: Acnzmn3KusvZlweRTOehmI2FSew03gAZMy6AAA+jmHA= Message-ID: <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093A3B927@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL> References: <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093A3B847@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL> <9AE6C2C97E8734418A238F0D127FEED297D69D0783@ALTPHYEMBEVSP30.RES.AD.JPL> In-Reply-To: <9AE6C2C97E8734418A238F0D127FEED297D69D0783@ALTPHYEMBEVSP30.RES.AD.JPL> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093A3B927@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL> acceptlanguage: en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Source-IP: altvirehtstap02.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.73] X-Source-Sender: ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized Content-Length: 29223 Status: RO --_000_40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093A3B927ALTPHYEMBEVSP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gene, Don't give Dick a heart attack (just kidding). ALL BSR's a GO !. Actual support times as follows : 177 0810 1020 1230 1330 DSS-14 MEX T/P BISTATIC R/S 178 0945 1200 1515 1615 DSS-14 MEX T/P BISTATIC R/S 184 1200 1400 1710 1810 DSS-14 MEX T/P BISTATIC R/S 185 1520 1720 2035 2135 DSS-14 MEX T/P BISTATIC R/S 193 1430 1630 2200 2300 DSS-14 MEX T/P BISTATIC R/S 199 1005 1205 1505 1605 DSS-14 MEX T/P BISTATIC R/S Good Luck, Ruben ________________________________ From: Goltz, Gene L Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 5:53 AM To: Espinueva, Ruben P Cc: Simpson, Richard A; Kahan, Daniel S; Arroyo, Belinda Subject: RE: BSR Support Times (DOYs 177 & 199) Ruben, What about the four BSR supports shown in the MDAP between DOY 177 and DOY 199? Are they still in the schedule, or have they be can- celled? DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY -------------------------------------------------- 177 14 0810 1020 1230 1330 T/P BISTATIC R/S 178 14 1000 1200 1515 1615 T/P BISTATIC R/S ??? 184 14 1300 1400 1710 1810 T/P BISTATIC R/S ??? 185 14 1620 1720 2035 2135 T/P BISTATIC R/S ??? 193 14 1530 1630 2200 2300 T/P BISTATIC R/S ??? 199 14 1005 1205 1505 1605 T/P BISTATIC R/S - Gene ________________________________ From: Espinueva, Ruben P Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 5:35 PM To: Simpson, Richard A; Volp, Jim Cc: Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int; Michel.Denis@esa.int; Olivier.Reboud@esa.int; Stefan.Remus@sciops.esa.int; Arroyo, Belinda; len.tyler@stanford.edu; mexmps@esa.int; mpaetzol@uni-koeln.de; Simpson, Richard A; Thompson, Thomas W; James.Godfrey@esa.int; Goltz, Gene L Subject: BSR Support Times (DOYs 177 & 199) Dick & Jim, The BSR support times for DOYs 177 & 199 are as follows : DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY --- --- --- --- --- --- -------- 177 14 0810 1020 1230 1330 T/P BISTATIC R/S 199 14 1005 1205 1505 1605 T/P BISTATIC R/S Best regards, Ruben _______________________________________ Ruben P. Espinueva Jet Propulsion Laboratory Multimission Resource Scheduling Services (MRSS) MARS EXPRESS / CASSINI / ULYSSES / Project Phone:(818) 393-5968 FAX:(818) 393-4658 Cell Phone: 818-653-7864 _______________________________________ From rsimpson Mon Jun 29 10:20:24 2009 Return-Path: Received: (from rsimpson@localhost) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) id n5THKKW21622; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:20:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:20:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-Id: <200906291720.n5THKKW21622@magellan.stanford.edu> To: Daniel.S.Kahan@jpl.nasa.gov, H.J.Walker@rl.ac.uk, JKlose@jftl.jpl.nasa.gov, JValencia@jftl.jpl.nasa.gov, JVelasco@jftl.jpl.nasa.gov, James.Godfrey@esa.int, Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int, John.Reynolds@esa.int, Matthias.Hahn@uni-koeln.de, Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int, Michel.Denis@esa.int, Olivier.Reboud@esa.int, Stefan.Remus@sciops.esa.int, art.freiley@jpl.nasa.gov, belinda.arroyo@jpl.nasa.gov, bernd.haeusler@unibw-muenchen.de, dfrew@rssd.esa.int, dhinson@stanford.edu, dwight.holmes@jpl.nasa.gov, fred.jansen@esa.int, gene.goltz@jpl.nasa.gov, jim.volp@sciops.esa.int, john.c.klose@jpl.nasa.gov, julia.l.bell@jpl.nasa.gov, kuertent@uni-koeln.de, len.tyler@stanford.edu, ludmila.carone@uni-koeln.de, mexmps@esa.int, mpaetzol@uni-koeln.de, nicolas.altobelli@sciops.esa.int, rsimpson, ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov, sami.asmar@jpl.nasa.gov, stellman@uni-koeln.de, thomas.w.thompson@jpl.nasa.gov, tzegers@rssd.esa.int, walter@geo.uni-koeln.de Subject: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 Content-Length: 1936 Status: RO The MEX bistatic radar experiments on 2009/177 and 2009/178 appear to have been successful. S-Band echoes were weak (not surprising at Earth-Mars ranges of almost 2 AU); but both wavelengths showed echoes through both experiments. The specular point in the first experiment passed near the Viking Lander 1 site, then near the Eberswalde and Holden Crater proposed sites for MSL. Interestingly, the echoes nearly disappeared at VL-1 (probably indicating that the surface is locally rougher than neighboring areas). The echoes from the MSL sites were among the strongest seen on day 177. The specular track on day 178 passed from north to south across Valles Marineris near 81W longitude. As expected from previous Earth-based radar observations, there were strong echoes from the high plateau south of the canyon, consistent with its being very smooth on scales comparable to the 13 and 3.6 cm wavelengths. These were the first bistatic experiments conducted using procedures written into the DSN MEX Network Operations Plan (NOP), rather than experiment-specific briefing messages sent to the station in advance. A minor error in the initial configuration was discovered in the NOP; DSN personnel are investigating. Spacecraft events written into the DSN keyword File for day 178 were mostly wrong (including telemetry transmission after the MEX HGA had been pointed to Mars, and two versions of the HGA slew back to Earth point after the experiments). But the ground antenna needs only to point at Mars, so we built the radio science ground time line around the basic spacecraft events provided by Jim Volp at ESAC and that appears to have been successful. We look forward to processing the experiment data, which should start arriving at JPL in the next few days. Another pair of experiments is scheduled for later this week. Thanks to all who helped make these observations possible. Dick Simpson MaRS BSR Lead From daniel.s.kahan@jpl.nasa.gov Mon Jun 29 12:57:29 2009 Return-Path: Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (sentrion2.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.139.106]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id n5TJvTC22609 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:57:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (ums-smtp.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.72]) by mail.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.3.3mp/Switch-3.3.2mp) with ESMTP id n5TJvRH4016097 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified FAIL) for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:57:28 GMT Received: from ALTPHYEMBEVSP30.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.84]) by ALTVIREHTSTAP01.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.72]) with mapi; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:57:27 -0700 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="_000_79D001DEDB0DEC47A247B110F3E8668203ACF3948CALTPHYEMBEVSP_" From: "Kahan, Daniel S" To: "Simpson, Richard A" CC: "Martin.Paetzold@uni-koeln.de" , "Matthias.Hahn@uni-koeln.de" , "Silvia.Tellmann@uni-koeln.de" , "Thomas.Kuerten@uni-koeln.de" , "Asmar, Sami W" , "Goltz, Gene L" Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:57:26 -0700 Subject: MEX 2009-177 Bistatic Radar Data Thread-Topic: MEX 2009-177 Bistatic Radar Data Thread-Index: AcnBvc7pAV3j4C4FQRakmyn/J88GbQFv/gNwDF1L9rA= Message-ID: <79D001DEDB0DEC47A247B110F3E8668203ACF3948C@ALTPHYEMBEVSP30.RES.AD.JPL> References: <6.2.5.6.2.20090420054251.01e63e68@jpl.nasa.gov> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: <79D001DEDB0DEC47A247B110F3E8668203ACF3948C@ALTPHYEMBEVSP30.RES.AD.JPL> acceptlanguage: en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Source-IP: ums-smtp.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.72] X-Source-Sender: daniel.s.kahan@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized Content-Length: 13066 Status: RO --_000_79D001DEDB0DEC47A247B110F3E8668203ACF3948CALTPHYEMBEVSP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dick, A MEX Bistatic Radar Experiment on DOY 2009-177 was conducted at DSS-14. RSR open-loop data were recorded and played back as follows: - X-band RCP, 1-way - RSR3B3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start =3D 08:49:00 - stop =3D 13:10:00 - SFDUs =3D 62,644 and: - S-band RCP, 1-way - RSR3A3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start =3D 08:49:00 - stop =3D 13:10:00 - SFDUs =3D 62,644 and: - X-band LCP, 1-way - RSR1B3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start =3D 08:49:00 - stop =3D 13:10:00 - SFDUs =3D 62,644 and: - S-band LCP, 1-way - RSR1A3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start =3D 08:49:00 - stop =3D 13:10:00 - SFDUs =3D 62,644 plus: - X-band RCP, 1-way - RSR3B4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start =3D 10:45:00 - stop =3D 11:53:00 - SFDUs =3D 81,620 and: - S-band RCP, 1-way - RSR3A4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start =3D 10:45:00 - stop =3D 11:53:00 - SFDUs =3D 81,620 and: - X-band LCP, 1-way - RSR1B4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start =3D 10:45:00 - stop =3D 11:53:00 - SFDUs =3D 81,620 and: - S-band LCP, 1-way - RSR1A4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start =3D 10:45:00 - stop =3D 11:53:00 - SFDUs =3D 81,620 These data should now be available for you to query. - Regards, Gene & Danny From owitasse@rssd.esa.int Tue Jun 30 02:02:36 2009 Return-Path: Received: from rssd-gw.estec.esa.int (rssd-gw.estec.esa.int [195.169.141.1]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id n5U92ZC11501 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:02:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [131.176.105.90] by rssd-gw.estec.esa.int (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTPSA id <0KM1002FONSBQK30@rssd-gw.estec.esa.int> for rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:02:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:02:47 +0200 From: Olivier Witasse Subject: Re: [MEXSGS] MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 In-reply-to: <200906291720.n5THKKW21622@magellan.stanford.edu> To: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-id: <4A49D4B7.9000902@rssd.esa.int> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <200906291720.n5THKKW21622@magellan.stanford.edu> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) Content-Length: 2224 Status: RO Hello Dick Looking forward to seeing the results! Olivier > The MEX bistatic radar experiments on 2009/177 and 2009/178 appear > to have been successful. S-Band echoes were weak (not surprising > at Earth-Mars ranges of almost 2 AU); but both wavelengths showed > echoes through both experiments. > > The specular point in the first experiment passed near the Viking > Lander 1 site, then near the Eberswalde and Holden Crater proposed > sites for MSL. Interestingly, the echoes nearly disappeared at > VL-1 (probably indicating that the surface is locally rougher than > neighboring areas). The echoes from the MSL sites were among the > strongest seen on day 177. > > The specular track on day 178 passed from north to south across > Valles Marineris near 81W longitude. As expected from previous > Earth-based radar observations, there were strong echoes from the > high plateau south of the canyon, consistent with its being very > smooth on scales comparable to the 13 and 3.6 cm wavelengths. > > These were the first bistatic experiments conducted using procedures > written into the DSN MEX Network Operations Plan (NOP), rather than > experiment-specific briefing messages sent to the station in > advance. A minor error in the initial configuration was discovered > in the NOP; DSN personnel are investigating. > > Spacecraft events written into the DSN keyword File for day 178 > were mostly wrong (including telemetry transmission after the MEX > HGA had been pointed to Mars, and two versions of the HGA slew back > to Earth point after the experiments). But the ground antenna > needs only to point at Mars, so we built the radio science ground > time line around the basic spacecraft events provided by Jim Volp > at ESAC and that appears to have been successful. > > We look forward to processing the experiment data, which should > start arriving at JPL in the next few days. Another pair of > experiments is scheduled for later this week. > > Thanks to all who helped make these observations possible. > > Dick Simpson > MaRS BSR Lead > > > _______________________________________________ > MEXSGS mailing list > MEXSGS@sciops.esa.int > http://www.sciops.esa.int/mailman/listinfo/mexsgs >