Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Chandrayaan launched!
Congratulations to ISRO's Chandrayaan mission which has just been launched! Best of luck for a successful mission! We'll meet you at the Moon in a few months.
TB-02 Dry Run Completed For Diviner
Diviner field of regard test now ongoing (spacecraft self-portrait) ongoing. Plan is to run CDH DSB test tomorrow morning (~9am) followed by Integrated Instrument Functional dry run.
Getting Ready for TVac: Tues 10/21
Status 10/21: Good day today. Installed the two end +Z test panels. Installed the test enclosure. Removed the HGAS bag and the upper spacecraft bag. Secured the SAS gimbal harness to the enclosure. Starting installation and checkout of the test enclosure thermocouples, heaters and test blankets. We are performing a dry run of the Integrated Payload Functional this evening.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Getting Ready for TVac: Mon 10/20
Status 10/20: We continue to install and test thermocouples and heaters today. We are also dry running some procs. We hope to install the enclosure Tuesday morning. After the enclosure is installed and the contamination bags are removed, we will dry run the Integrated Payload Functional. If things go well, we hope to get to the dry run right after lunch.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
T-Vac Update: LROC Data Flow Problem Overcome!
WOA-02185 was successfully completed with 12 hours of LRO/LROC operation with no LROC data loss or interruptions. This verified the FSW patch works.
The test is being followed by a LROC WAC test "lr-testwac.proc" run at various exposure settings per LROC request as the opportunity presented itself to do this this evening.
T-Vac instrumentation work continued through the evening with completion projected for late tomorrow at the earliest.
The test is being followed by a LROC WAC test "lr-testwac.proc" run at various exposure settings per LROC request as the opportunity presented itself to do this this evening.
T-Vac instrumentation work continued through the evening with completion projected for late tomorrow at the earliest.
Test Enclosure Installation NET Monday Evening.
We don't think the instrumentation/heater check out will be done today. Latest estimates take us to Monday at the end of first shift (4p-5p).
FSW patch 4.3.2.1
We have struggled through power-up and installed the FSW patch 4.3.2.1. Now we are endeavoring to configure the spacecraft for the 12-hour loop. I'm glad that Mike Blau is here.
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