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Operations CXO Status ReportWednesday 5/10/00 12:00pm EDTDuring last week the observing schedule was replanned to include two observations of the target XTE J1550-564 which was accepted as a Target Of Opportunity (TOO) on 4/30 following a major X-ray flux increase detected by the ASM of RXTE. The revised schedule from May 3 on: --------------------------------------------- XTE J1550-564 TOO ACIS-S/HETG May 3 Radiation Belts None CL 0848.6+4453 ACIS-I May 4 NGC 4261 ACIS-S May 5 XTE J1550-564 TOO ACIS-S/HETG May 6 Radiation Belts None SN 1993J ACIS-S May 7 M82 ACIS-I Proxima Centauri ACIS-S/HETG Abell 1995 ACIS-S May 8 ---------------------------------------------An anomaly related to the High Energy Transmission Grating (HETG) was detected on 5/8 after the grating did not insert when commanded by the daily load. Telemetry from the previous retraction on 5/6 showed that the grating had retracted but had not triped a limit switch near the end of travel. The limit switch changes the state of a bi-level flag that is checked during the software start-up prior to any insertion. If the flag is not set to "retract" the software will not insert the HETG. The data and event time-line point to a faulty A-side limit switch as the cause. Real-time procedures were run at 1pm EDT 5/8 and 6.30pm EDT 5/9 to collect additional A-side data and to verify that the B-side electronics and limit switch function as expected. The daily load for the remainder of the week was replanned to include imaging observations only, and uplinked to the spacecraft at 6.30pm EDT 5/9. An additional test is planned to complete B-side checkout before resuming HETG observations from the daily load. Work has begun to develop an approach to restore A-side redundancy, e.g., by using potentiometer data in place of the limit-switch state to signal the HETG retraction state. Real-time procedures were also run on 5/1/00 to perform the third ACIS squeegee mode test, and on 5/4/00 to perform a routine Ephemeris Coefficient Update. All spacecraft subsystems, with the exception of HETG as above, continued to operate nominally. Return to 2000 Status Reports |
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