PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM DATA_SET_ID = "MEX-M-MRS-1/2/3-EXT2-1994-V1.0" STANDARD_DATA_PRODUCT_ID = ENB PRODUCER_ID = "SUE" PRODUCT_ID = "M00SUE0L1A_ENB_091781015_00.TXT" PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 2012-06-26T13:18:24.000 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 ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov Wed May 13 01:48:21 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 n4D8mKC13485 for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 01:48:20 -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 n4D8mKPe014834 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified FAIL) for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 08:48:21 GMT Received: from ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.80]) by ALTVIREHTSTAP01.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.72]) with mapi; Wed, 13 May 2009 01:48:20 -0700 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="_000_40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093795A38ALTPHYEMBEVSP_" From: "Espinueva, Ruben P" To: "Espinueva, Ruben P" , "Simpson, Richard A" , "Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int" CC: "Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int" , "Arroyo, Belinda" , "mexmps@esa.int" , "Simpson, Richard A" , "Thompson, Thomas W" Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 01:48:18 -0700 Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests Thread-Topic: June MEX BSR Requests Thread-Index: AcnR6isj3D4aOM7oTA2JD1wZqzR17gAEDmswAGpZ2/A= Message-ID: <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093795A38@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL> References: <200905110340.n4B3e1Q22450@magellan.stanford.edu> <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D90937957FB@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL> In-Reply-To: <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D90937957FB@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093795A38@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.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: ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized Content-Length: 41606 Status: RO --_000_40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093795A38ALTPHYEMBEVSP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jim, Dick, & Erhard, There was a proposal from GSSR (Goldstone Solar System Radar) asking MEX if they can accommodate 5mins. and EOT at 1515. Please advise DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY --- --- --- --- --- --- -------- From: 178 14 1000 1200 1520 1620 T/P BISTATIC R/S To: 1515 1615 - Ruben ________________________________ From: Espinueva, Ruben P Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:33 AM To: Simpson, Richard A; Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int Cc: Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int; Arroyo, Belinda; mexmps@esa.int; Simpson, Richar= d A; Thompson, Thomas W; Espinueva, Ruben P Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests Dick, Please see my response (in blue) to your inquiry. Regards, Ruben -----Original Message----- From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 [mailto:rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu] Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 8:40 PM To: Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int Cc: Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int; Arroyo, Belinda; mexmps@esa.int; Simpson, Richar= d A; Espinueva, Ruben P; Thompson, Thomas W Subject: Re: June MEX BSR Requests >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. - Dick, the DSN require 2hrs of Setup time for this activity. If the SOA is changed to 0820, the precal is 1hr & 50mins. However; the station is not responsible on data outage for late BOT due to insufficient setup time. If you're OK with a BOT=3D1016 (vs 1010) the BSR schedule should look like this on DOY 177 : DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY --- --- --- --- --- --- -------- From: 177 14 0820 1020 1340 1440 T/P BISTATIC R/S To: 0816 1016 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. - As for DOY 178, do you need the exact times as initially scheduled?. Please let me know the desired support times so that I may counter propose if necessary. From: 178 14 1100 1300 1600 1700 T/P BISTATIC R/S To: 1000 1200 1520 1620 From Erhard.Rabenau@esa.int Wed May 13 07:56:04 2009 Return-Path: Received: from esacom90-int.esrin.esa.int (esacom90-ext.esrin.esa.int [192.171.5.18]) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id n4DEu3C13888 for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 07:56:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from esacom66.esrin.esa.int (192-171-5-30.esrin.esa.int [192.171.5.30]) by esacom90-int.esrin.esa.int (8.13.3/8.13.3/ESA-External-v4.0) with ESMTP id n4DEtxVw007168; Wed, 13 May 2009 14:55:59 GMT Received: from esrinmta1.esrin.esa.int (esrinnotesadmin-a.esrin.esa.int [193.204.225.153]) by esacom66.esrin.esa.int (8.12.10/8.12.10/ESA-Internal-v3.2) with ESMTP id n4DEtro0012067; Wed, 13 May 2009 14:55:53 GMT In-Reply-To: <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D9093795A38@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL> From: mexmps@esa.int Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests To: "Espinueva, Ruben P" Cc: "Arroyo, Belinda" , "Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int" , "Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int" , "Simpson, Richard A" , "Thompson, Thomas W" X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.5 November 30, 2005 Reply-To: mexmps@esa.int Message-ID: Sender: Erhard.Rabenau@esa.int Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 16:55:51 +0200 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on esrinmta1/esrin/ESA at 05/13/2009 16:55:53 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by magellan.stanford.edu id n4DEu3C13888 Content-Length: 5327 Status: RO Ruben, the proposal is fine with MEX. We'll rearrange the BSR accordingly. Erhard |---------+--------------------------------> | | "Espinueva, Ruben P" | | | | | | | | | 13/05/2009 10:48 | |---------+--------------------------------> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: "Espinueva, Ruben P" , "Simpson, Richard A" | | , "Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int" | | cc: "Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int" , "Arroyo, Belinda" | | , "mexmps@esa.int" , "Simpson, Richard A" | | , "Thompson, Thomas W" | | Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Jim, Dick, & Erhard, There was a proposal from GSSR (Goldstone Solar System Radar) asking MEX if they can accommodate 5mins. and EOT at 1515. Please advise DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY --- --- --- --- --- --- -------- From: 178 14 1000 1200 1520 1620 T/P BISTATIC R/S To: 1515 1615 - Ruben From: Espinueva, Ruben P Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:33 AM 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 Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests Dick, Please see my response (in blue) to your inquiry. Regards, Ruben -----Original Message----- From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 [mailto:rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu] Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 8:40 PM To: Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int Cc: Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int; Arroyo, Belinda; mexmps@esa.int; Simpson, Richard A; Espinueva, Ruben P; Thompson, Thomas W Subject: Re: June MEX BSR Requests >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. - Dick, the DSN require 2hrs of Setup time for this activity. If the SOA is changed to 0820, the precal is 1hr & 50mins. However; the station is not responsible on data outage for late BOT due to insufficient setup time. If you're OK with a BOT=1016 (vs 1010) the BSR schedule should look like this on DOY 177 : DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY --- --- --- --- --- --- -------- From: 177 14 0820 1020 1340 1440 T/P BISTATIC R/S To: 0816 1016 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. - As for DOY 178, do you need the exact times as initially scheduled?. Please let me know the desired support times so that I may counter propose if necessary. From: 178 14 1100 1300 1600 1700 T/P BISTATIC R/S To: 1000 1200 1520 1620 Dick From rsimpson Wed May 13 09:28:05 2009 Return-Path: Received: (from rsimpson@localhost) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) id n4DGS4M14129; Wed, 13 May 2009 09:28:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:28:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-Id: <200905131628.n4DGS4M14129@magellan.stanford.edu> To: ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests Cc: Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int, Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int, belinda.arroyo@jpl.nasa.gov, mexmps@esa.int, rsimpson, thomas.w.thompson@jpl.nasa.rov Content-Length: 606 Status: R >There was a proposal from GSSR (Goldstone Solar System Radar) asking MEX if >they can accommodate 5mins. and EOT at 1515. Please advise >DOY DSS SOA BOT EOT EOA ACTIVITY >--- --- --- --- --- --- -------- >From: 178 14 1000 1200 1520 1620 T/P BISTATIC R/S >To: 1515 1615 Ruben: I assume what they really want is EOA at 1615. Do they understand we need 60 minutes for BSR post-cal after EOT? The 5 minute change is not important; if they want 45 minutes, that is more difficult. Dick From ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov Thu May 14 16:43:38 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 n4ENhcC07557 for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 16:43:38 -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 n4ENhZri020834 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified FAIL); Thu, 14 May 2009 23:43:37 GMT Received: from ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.80]) by ALTVIREHTSTAP01.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.72]) with mapi; Thu, 14 May 2009 15:39:46 -0700 From: "Espinueva, Ruben P" To: "Simpson, Richard A" CC: "Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int" , "Arroyo, Belinda" , "Volp, Jim" , "mexmps@esa.int" , "thomas.w.thompson@jpl.nasa.rov" Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:39:46 -0700 Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests Thread-Topic: June MEX BSR Requests Thread-Index: AcnUBZH7ouEbNxdKR563v8kmxIVM6gA3nkDQ Message-ID: <40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D90938EB6A1@ALTPHYEMBEVSP10.RES.AD.JPL> References: <200905132000.n4DK0tV14919@magellan.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <200905132000.n4DK0tV14919@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_40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D90938EB6A1ALTPHYEMBEVSP_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Source-IP: ums-smtp.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.72] X-Source-Sender: ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized Content-Length: 6882 Status: RO --_000_40BC4692AACA044EAB511001C8E3AD6D90938EB6A1ALTPHYEMBEVSP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dick, Due to SOA constraint, I am making a slight change to the SOA only; BOT-EOT remain unchanged. C1 178 14 1000 1200 1515 1615 T/P BISTATIC R/S C2 0945 - Ruben -----Original Message----- From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 [mailto:rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:01 PM To: Espinueva, Ruben P Cc: Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int; Arroyo, Belinda; Volp, Jim; mexmps@esa.int; thom= as.w.thompson@jpl.nasa.rov Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests >The DSS-14 BSR schedule on DOY 178 will be as follows. >The GSSR activity will follow and SOA at 1615 : >178 14 1000 1200 1515 1615 T/P BISTATIC R/S Then there is no real impact. Since we often complete the ground post-cal in less than an hour, GSSR may find they have a few extra minutes anyway. Thanks, Dick To: ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests Cc: ^C (Interrupt -- one more to kill letter) Cc: ^CInterrupt ? R To: ruben.p.espinueva@jpl.nasa.gov Subject: RE: June MEX BSR Requests Cc: Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int, belinda.arroyo@jpl.nasa.gov, jim.volp@sciops.esa.int, mexmps@esa.int, thomas.w.thompson@jpl.nasa.rov >Due to SOA constraint, I am making a slight change to the SOA only; BOT-EOT >remain unchanged. >C1 178 14 1000 1200 1515 1615 T/P BISTATIC R/S >C2 0945 Noted. 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; St= efan.Remus@sciops.esa.int; Arroyo, Belinda; len.tyler@stanford.edu; mexmps@= esa.int; mpaetzol@uni-koeln.de; Simpson, Richard A; Thompson, Thomas W; Jam= es.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 Tue Jun 30 13:47:25 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 n5UKlOC27354 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:47:24 -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 n5UKlPW1023380 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified FAIL) for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:47:26 GMT Received: from ALTPHYEMBEVSP30.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.84]) by ALTVIREHTSTAP02.RES.AD.JPL ([128.149.137.73]) with mapi; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:47:25 -0700 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="_000_79D001DEDB0DEC47A247B110F3E8668203ACF395E4ALTPHYEMBEVSP_" 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: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:47:24 -0700 Subject: MEX 2009-178 Bistatic Radar Data Thread-Topic: MEX 2009-178 Bistatic Radar Data Thread-Index: AcnBvc7pAV3j4C4FQRakmyn/J88GbQFv/gNwDF1L9rAAM8xNIA== Message-ID: <79D001DEDB0DEC47A247B110F3E8668203ACF395E4@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: <79D001DEDB0DEC47A247B110F3E8668203ACF395E4@ALTPHYEMBEVSP30.RES.AD.JPL> acceptlanguage: en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Source-IP: altvirehtstap02.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.137.73] X-Source-Sender: daniel.s.kahan@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized Content-Length: 17434 Status: RO --_000_79D001DEDB0DEC47A247B110F3E8668203ACF395E4ALTPHYEMBEVSP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dick, A MEX Bistatic Radar Experiment on DOY 2009-178 was conducted at DSS-14. RSR open-loop data were recorded and played back as follows: - X-band RCP, 1-way - RSR2B3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start = 10:15:00 - stop = 11:35:01 - start = 13:39:58 - stop = 15:52:00 - SFDUs = 50,900 and: - S-band RCP, 1-way - RSR2A3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start = 10:15:00 - stop = 11:35:01 - start = 13:39:58 - stop = 15:52:00 - SFDUs = 50,900 and: - X-band LCP, 1-way - RSR1B3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start = 10:15:00 - stop = 11:35:00 - start = 13:39:58 - stop = 15:52:00 - SFDUs = 50,896 and: - S-band LCP, 1-way - RSR1A3 - 25 kHz, 16 bits - start = 10:15:00 - stop = 11:35:01 - start = 13:39:58 - stop = 15:52:00 - SFDUs = 50,900 plus: - X-band RCP, 1-way - RSR2B4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start = 14:22:00 - stop = 15:00:00 - SFDUs = 45,620 and: - S-band RCP, 1-way - RSR2A4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start = 14:22:00 - stop = 15:00:00 - SFDUs = 45,620 and: - X-band LCP, 1-way - RSR1B4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start = 14:22:00 - stop = 15:00:00 - SFDUs = 45,620 and: - S-band LCP, 1-way - RSR1A4 - 100 kHz, 16 bits - start = 14:22:00 - stop = 15:00:00 - SFDUs = 45,620 These data should now be available for you to query. - Regards, Gene & Danny From Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int Mon Jul 6 12:55:58 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 n66JttC06146 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from esa-sf3.esa.gmessaging.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.esa.gmessaging.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 3438031FE5 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 21:55:43 +0200 (CEST) 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 F249A31FE3 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 21:55:41 +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 1088311FAD9 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 21:55:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.37] (13.Red-88-17-214.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net [88.17.214.13]) (authenticated bits=0) by sciops.esac.int (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n66JtjDZ026482 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 21:55:46 +0200 Message-ID: <17664_1246910143_4A5256BF_17664_1636109_1_4A5256C1.9010500@sciops.esa.int> Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:55:45 +0200 From: Jim Volp Organization: Serco User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dick Simpson Subject: [Fwd: [MEXSGS] [Fwd: Fw: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 --- Wrong Keywords?]] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------060709050406010002020704" Content-Length: 177707 Status: R This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060709050406010002020704 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FYI --------------060709050406010002020704 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="[MEXSGS] [Fwd: Fw: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 --- Wrong Keywords?].eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename*0="[MEXSGS] [Fwd: Fw: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 --- W"; filename*1="rong Keywords?].eml" Return-Path: Received: from sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int [193.147.152.105]) by sciops.esac.int (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n66COMfd006241 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:24:22 +0200 Received: by sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (Postfix) id EDAD611FACC; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:24:21 +0200 (CEST) Delivered-To: jim.volp@sciops.esa.int Received: from sciwww01.esac.esa.int (sciwww01.esac.esa.int [193.147.152.112]) by sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF98611FACB; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:24:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sciwww01.esac.esa.int (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by sciwww01.esac.esa.int (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n66COLlZ032759; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:24:21 +0200 Received: from sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int [193.147.152.105]) by sciwww01.esac.esa.int (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n66COKta032750 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:24:20 +0200 Received: by sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (Postfix) id 0F5E911FACC; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:24:20 +0200 (CEST) Delivered-To: mexsgs@sciops.esa.int Received: from sciops.esac.int (scimail.esac.esa.int [193.147.152.87]) by sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04CE711FACB for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:24:20 +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 n66COJ3h006234 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:24:19 +0200 Message-ID: <4A51ECF1.9040603@sciops.esa.int> Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:24:17 +0200 From: Jim Volp Organization: Serco User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mexsgs@sciops.esa.int Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------030605020307040108030608" Cc: Subject: [MEXSGS] [Fwd: Fw: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 --- Wrong Keywords?] X-BeenThere: mexsgs@sciops.esa.int X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mars Express Science Ground Segment List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: mexsgs-bounces@sciops.esa.int Errors-To: mexsgs-bounces@sciops.esa.int This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030605020307040108030608 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Erhard will update the constraint documentation. Question of course is: can we/ESAC accept that software limits what the spacecraft could deliver. Jim --------------030605020307040108030608 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Fw: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 --- Wrong Keywords?.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename*0="Fw: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 --- Wrong Keywords"; filename*1="?.eml" Return-Path: Received: from sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int [193.147.152.105]) by sciops.esac.int (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n66CLY5o005979 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:21:34 +0200 Received: by sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (Postfix) id BF50F11FACC; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:21:34 +0200 (CEST) Delivered-To: jim.volp@sciops.esa.int Received: from esacom93-int.esac.esa.int (esacom93-ext.esac.esa.int [192.171.2.19]) by sciops-mailgw.vilspa.esa.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id B28AA11FACB for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:21:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from esacom66.esrin.esa.int (192-171-2-26.esac.esa.int [192.171.2.26]) by esacom93-int.esac.esa.int (8.14.0/8.14.0/ESA-External-v4.0) with ESMTP id n66CLXD4012018 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:21:33 GMT Received: from esrinmta1.esrin.esa.int (esrinnotesadmin-a.esrin.esa.int [193.204.225.153]) by esacom66.esrin.esa.int (8.12.10/8.12.10/ESA-Internal-v3.2) with ESMTP id n66CLQef020401 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:21:26 GMT Subject: Fw: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 --- Wrong Keywords? To: jim.volp@sciops.esa.int X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.5 November 30, 2005 Message-ID: From: Erhard.Rabenau@esa.int Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:20:40 +0200 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on esrinmta1/esrin/ESA at 07/06/2009 14:21:26 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/mixed; Boundary="0__=CEBBFF78DFD03EBC8f9e8a93df938690918cCEBBFF78DFD03EBC" Content-Disposition: inline --0__=CEBBFF78DFD03EBC8f9e8a93df938690918cCEBBFF78DFD03EBC Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable ----- Forwarded by Erhard Rabenau/esoc/ESA on 06/07/2009 14:20 ----- Isabelle Dauvin/esoc/ESA 30/06/2009 08:48 To Michel Denis/esoc/ESA@ESA cc Erhard Rabenau/esoc/ESA@ESA, Olivier Reboud/esoc/ESA@ESA Subject Re: Fw: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 --- Wrong Keywords? (Document link: Erhard Rabenau) Yes indeed KEYS file was wrong as it was mentioned in the delivery e-mail: > Please note that due to the station allocation and partial overlaps, >the advisory messages generated for the 2 BSRs contained in the SOE and >KEYS file may not be correct or complete. The problem of DOY 178 was due to the fact that the station had more slews than expected by MISS. MISS expects this definition of a BSR pass: (Embedded image moved to file: pic04593.jpg) * The TSON shall be completely within the station allocation. * The RSE-BSR entry in the PTR shall cover the sequence Earth pointing / Slew / pointing / Slew / Earth pointing. * The station allocation shall no contain other slew but the ones dedicated to the BSR. and MISS was given that and the first slew screw up the KEYS: (Embedded image moved to file: pic29945.jpg) Regards Isabelle __________________________________________________________ Isabelle Dauvin MARS EXPRESS Mission Planning and DMS/OBSM Engineer VEGA Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG. ESA / ESOC, Robert-Bosch-Str.5, 64293 Darmstadt GERMANY Tel: +49.(0)6151.90.3164 Fax: +49.(0)6151.90.2008 Email: isabelle.dauvin@esa.int VEGA Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG., Europaplatz 5, D-64293 Darmstadt, Germany, Sitz: K=F6ln, Register court/Registergericht: K=F6ln, HRA 19223; Fully Liable Partner/Pers=F6nlich haftende Gesellschafterin: VEGA Deutschland Management GmbH, Sitz: K=F6ln, Register court/Registergericht: K=F6ln, HRB 43189; Managing Directors/Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer: Kurosch Balali, Sigmar Keller, John Lewis, Manfred M=FCller Michel Denis/esoc/ESA 29/06/2009 19:30 To Erhard Rabenau/esoc/ESA@ESA, Olivier Reboud/esoc/ESA@ESA cc Isabelle Dauvin/esoc/ESA@ESA Subject Fw: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 --- Wrong Keywords? 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded by Michel Denis/esoc/ESA on 29/06/2009 19:29 ----- Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 29/06/2009 19:20 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@magellan.stanford.edu, 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 cc Subject MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 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 --0__=CEBBFF78DFD03EBC8f9e8a93df938690918cCEBBFF78DFD03EBC Content-type: image/jpeg; name="pic04593.jpg" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pic04593.jpg" Content-transfer-encoding: base64 /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wBDAAMCAgMCAgMDAwMEAwMEBQgFBQQEBQoHBwYIDAoMDAsK CwsNDhIQDQ4RDgsLEBYQERMUFRUVDA8XGBYUGBIUFRT/2wBDAQMEBAUEBQkFBQkUDQsNFBQUFBQU ... From rsimpson Mon Jul 6 13:11:59 2009 Return-Path: Received: (from rsimpson@localhost) by magellan.stanford.edu (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) id n66KBxB06389; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:11:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:11:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Dick Simpson 650-723-3525 Message-Id: <200907062011.n66KBxB06389@magellan.stanford.edu> To: Jim.Volp@sciops.esa.int Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MEXSGS] [Fwd: Fw: MEX BSR Experiments on Days 178-179 --- Wrong Keywords?]] Cc: rsimpson Content-Length: 1535 Status: RO >The TSON shall be completely within the station allocation. >The RSE-BSR entry in the PTR shall cover the sequence Earth >pointing / Slew / pointing / Slew / Earth pointing. >The station allocation shall no contain other slew but the >ones dedicated to the BSR. I can understand why that requirement might have been included; but it's certainly not necessary so far as BSR is concerned. And it presents a significant conflict when we try to optimize use of the available time (as you would understand). If MEX expects the 70-m antenna to confirm that the spacecraft has returned to normal operation after BSR, that is rarely the case. Without telemetry at the 70-m, all we can do is confirm that the carrier level is approximaetly correct. We usually declare an early EOT when we have monitored the carrier for a few minutes, then begin the post-cal. This usually saves 15-30 minutes, and sometimes more than an hour. I was not present at DSS 14 for the BSR on 178; I was told that the station actually collected telemetry for about an hour before the slew to Mars. That is not expected; the NOPE doesn't want to confuse station personnel with telemetry duties when BSR is the primary activity. On day 178, however, there was about an hour of telemetry shown in the DKF, and the station simply picked it up because there was nothing else to do. If that telemetry reached MEX, it provides some added value from flexible BSR operations. Thanks for the insights.