XMM-Newton Future Instrument Operations Mallorca, 6 th -7 th November 2007 M. Casale, J.R. Muñoz

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XMM-Newton Future Instrument Operations

Mallorca,6th-7th November 2007

M. Casale, J.R. Muñoz

EPIC OCB Meeting

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Summary

• Recap of major MEOR decisions at Instrument operations level

• Impact and status of the implementation– INSCON / SPACON evolution – Future activities at the SOC– Future activities at the MOC

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XMM-Newton (Reduced) Operations

Three major decisions were approved :

1) At the MOC: only one operator (SPACON) for XMM-Newton & Integral Two teams merged into one Reduction from 12 people to 6 (+ one pool spacon shared among all projects)

2) At the SOC: suppression of Real Time operations No INSCONs No RT (i.e. TM) link between MOC and SOC (but see later …) Part of the responsibility on instrument operations (e.g. DB/IFOP

maintenance) transferred to the MOC Engineers Limited support by OSG team outside working hours to the operators. Science data products generated off-line, through raw TM play-back

3) At the MOC: merge of the XMM-Newton & Integral Flight Control Teams Reduction of the total number of Engineers Sharing of Engineers for the on-call function

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XMM-Newton Operations: major changes (1)

Only one operator (SPACON) for XMM-Newton & Integral

Target: 6 SPACONs for XMM-Newton & Integral as of 1st January 2008

Current status: 12 SPACONs have been trained and certified to operate both S/Cs As of 01/11/07 only one SPACON active with the second one in Standby (4 h each) As of 01/01/08 the team will be reduced from 12 to 6 Potential overload of the SPACON will be partially resolved by the automated

commanding function: Currently being implemented in the XMCS SW First SW delivery expected during these days All changes at LELA level (e.g. generation of radiation parameter packets) implemented All required actions for both Instruments & Service module fully specified

In order to resolve conflicts between XMM-Newton and Integral: defined criticality for all instrument contingencies, as per “Risk analysis document”. OOL cross-reference tables (MOC & SOC) updated accordingly

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XMM-Newton: automated commanding function

The automated commanding function and the EPIC’s:

It will cover:

• Radiation alerts (Rad_Mon, instruments) stop exposure / close FW

• EPIC time-out functions reset counter (TBC)

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Suppression of RT operations at the SOC

Target: No INSCONs as of 1st January 2008

Current status:

Until 15/11/07 Inscons team of 5 people allowing 24 x 7 coverage

After 15/11/07 the team could potentially go down by 1/2 priority will be given to the time around perigee (before & after)

For the time the SOC will remain unmanned, the SPACON will be given the possibility of calling the SOC Operations Engineers (“pseudo on call service”).

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Target: Transfer of INSCONs tasks to SPACONs

Current status:

Redistribution of Inscon tasks and responsibilities: RT tasks

The SPACONs are currently being trained to conduct instrument operations and to react to instrument contingencies as if the INSONs were not at the console (“hands off” role)

The exercise started on 08/10/07 and is proceeding satisfactorily

A “SPACON Training manual” was made available by the SOC beginning of October

ToO’s: Procedure being updated and transferred to the Astronomer on call (USG).

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Target: Transfer of INSCONs tasks to SPACONs

Current status:

Redistribution of INSCON tasks and responsibilities: Auxiliary & Support tasks

Will be carried out by OSG team after the Reprocessing: e.g. OLB population, QLA Image inspection, check of FITS files integrity & assessment of science losses, etc (pmsfits will remain a first line product).

Reprocessing to be performed on the off-line raw TM delivered to SOC via ftp.

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Target: Transfer of Instrument Operations tasks to ESOC

Current status:

– the FCT at ESOC will assume part of the responsibilities on instrument operations (e.g. DB / IFOP maintenance, OCR preparation, etc) as of 1st Jan 2008

– due to unexpected problems at the MOC, not all changes to the current layout will be in place until at least April 2008

– for this reason the Real-Time link between MOC and SOC will be maintained accordingly (and possibly in the future).

– SPACON Electronic log-book accessible at any time through Web interface– Possibly one INSCON still available during a few months (TBC)– Training (theoretical, hands-on, …) on-going.

– No change of Interface with respect to PIs

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Merge of the XMM-Newton & Integral FCTs

Mostly transparent to the SOC

Current Status:

Cross-training on Service Module subsystems mostly completed

Lectures on Instrument operations to INTEGRAL team by SOC one day x instrument on instrument functionality (4 days in total) 2 days on System level aspects (eclipses, radiation, thermal aspects, etc)

Definition of redundant roles established but to be re-assessed

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XMM-Newton Future Instrument Operations Mallorca, 6 th -7 th November 2007 M. Casale, J.R. Muñoz