18th GIST Meeting14th–16th May 2003

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Commissioning update

B.C.StewartRAL

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Topics

• History• Functional tests• Calibration tests

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History

• 11th Dec SUNBLOCK– Torque level 4

• 12th Dec 16:01 – 13th Dec 09:48 NORMAL (262)– Earth view centered

• 16th Dec 13:47 - 18th Dec 16:35 NORMAL (262)

• 15th Jan 16:41 – 16th Jan 13:08 NORMAL (262)• 16th Jan 13:40 – 22nd Jan 10:55 NORMAL (282)

– Extended Earth scan, Torque Level 3, SEVERI ON/OFF• 22nd Jan 11:14 – 22nd Jan 12:09 NORMAL (262)

– TOT + TOT, asymmetries

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History(2)

• 22rd Jan 12:17 – 24th Jan 14:15 0.0° step size ‘NORMAL’ mode– Fixed mirror angle– CALMON diode v. detector signal variation over ~48 hours– Attempt at limb observation– Moon observations 23rd Jan 15:39 – 17:17

• 24th Jan 14:23 – 30th Jan 17:15 NORMAL (262), TL 3– 28th Jan 10:03-12:57 TL’s 1 and 2– 2 days (25th-26th) when SEVERI OFF

• 30th Jan 17:26 – 31st Jan 15:00 PSF ‘whole Earth’ at x5 resolution

• 31st Jan 15:12 – 3rd Feb 15:53 NORMAL (262)– 1st – 2nd Feb SEVERI OFF

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History(3)

• 3rd Feb 16:05 – 6th Feb 09:45 Deep Space (262+260)– Heaters 1, 2 ON/ OFF over ~2 days– Serendipitous lunar observations– Stray light

• 6th Feb 09:47 – 10th Feb 13:51 NORMAL (262)– Includes change to Earth sensor

• 10th Feb 13:55 -14:08 Alpha value scan– Attempt

• 10th Feb 15:10 – 15:42 SW CAL – ‘serendipitous’ Earth limb in ‘dark’ observation

• 10th Feb 15:47 – 28th April SAFE mode– Sun avoidance period

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Current/ future

• 28th April 11:44 – 13:30 SUNBLOCK TCF ‘null’ ON/OFF 15:23 – 16:11 SUNBLOCK TCF ‘step’ ON/OFF

• 28th April 16:13 – 9th May 14:49 NORMAL mode– 1st May 11:16 – 19:28 Sensor swaps– SW CAL 30th April 14:53

• 9th May 14:49 - SAFE mode• 13th May – MSG manoeuvre• 19th May -

– Alpha values– Mirror timing

• Correlated observations with CERES –last 2 weeks in May, early June

• 6th June – PSF

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Functional tests

• MSG System Commissioning [GIFRPT] GERB Instrument Functional Test Report covers (DRAFT 29/01/03)– Mode switching (OFF, ROM, SNOOZE, SAFE, SUNBLOCK, NORMAL)– Descan Mirror operation– Quartz Filter operation– Detector operation– TMTC– Scanning timing– Thermal control– Safety procedures and limit checking– Patch and dump– Torque levels + TCFs

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CalibrationsTests

• Verification of the on ground characterisation of the pixel time constant corrections (to be done)

• Characterisation of the Calibration Monitor (2 SW CAL + 48hr mirror fixed)

• Assessment of the deep space scan (24 hour obs)• Evaluation of the lunar scan for calibration purposes (1 obs)• Evaluation of each detector’s PSF (1 day whole Earth + SW CAL ‘dark’)• Evaluation of the GERB calibration modes• In-flight characterisation of misalignment (N.B. addressed by RMIB

analysis early in the mission and after each manoeuvre throughout the mission).

New• Mirror face offsets (to be done)• Stray light (to be done)