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September 1997
 
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DATE:  01-September-1997
DOY: 244
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell
SCIENTIST: E. Alam
CDS INSTRUMENT: Doors closed today at 13:30 in preparation for
 thruster firing
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  02-September-1997
DOY: 245
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: E. Alam
CDS INSTRUMENT:
  The doors were opened at 16:37 UT
  A parity error was detected in the primary processor memory space. 
  A WATCHDOG error occured at 19:22 UT.  The recovery procedure was completed
  at 20:14 UT and the science plan was restarted at 20:45 UT.  CDS is nominal
  after the recovery.  Roll activities began at 20:45 UT.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Open Doors, Roll Maneuver, Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  03-September-1997
DOY: 246
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell/R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: E. Alam
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.  Roll maneuvers.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  04-September-1997
DOY: 247
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell/R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: E. Alam
CDS INSTRUMENT: Doors closed today at 16:24 UT in preparation for
 thruster firing.  Spacecraft anomaly forced CDS not to run for 6 1/2 hours.
 CDS will not take more data until the previous data has been accepted by the
 spacecraft.  Therefore, CDS waited until telemetry was reacquired before 
 beginning the studies again.  Due to the packet times being corrupted by this
 problem, we need to reboot tomorrow before opening doors.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  05-September-1997
DOY: 248
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: E. Alam
CDS INSTRUMENT:
  The doors were opened at 21:16 UT
  A WATCHDOG error occured at 16:10 UT.  The recovery procedure was completed
  at 16:54 UT.  Since the doors were shut when the error occured, no science
  plan was being run at the time.  CDS is nominal after the recovery.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Open Doors
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  06-September-1997
DOY: 249
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): E. Donaldson
SCIENTIST: A. Fludra
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  07-September-1997
DOY: 250
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): A. Hammond / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: A. Fludra
CDS INSTRUMENT:
  A WATCHDOG error occured at 18:35 UT.  The recovery procedure was completed
  at 21:47 UT and the sciecne plan was restarted at DOY 251 00:00 UT.  During
  the recovery the GIS pactch had to be reloaded.  CDS is nominal after the
  recovery.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  08-September-1997
DOY: 251
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: A. Fudra
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  09-September-1997
DOY: 252
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: A. Fludra
CDS INSTRUMENT: 
  A WATCHDOG error occurred at 23:22 UT.  The recovery procedure was completed
  at 03:01 UT DOY 253 and the science plan was restarted at DOY 253 06:26 UT.
  During the recovery the GIS pactch had to be reloaded.  CDS is nominal 
  after the recovery.  
CDS GROUND SYSTEM:
  The study mslit_1.def was imported to the EOF.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  10-September-1997
DOY: 253
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: A. Fludra
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  11-September-1997
DOY: 254
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: A. Fludra
CDS INSTRUMENT: 
  A parity error was detected in the secondary (science) processor memory 
  space.  The secondary processor was rebooted at 16:44 UT.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  12-September-1997
DOY: 255
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: A. Fludra
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  13-September-1997
DOY: 256
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): A. Hammond / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: P. Brekke
CDS INSTRUMENT: 
  A WATCHDOG error occured at 19:39 UT.  The recovery procedure was completed
  at 23:46 UT and the science plan was restarted at DOY 257 01:00 UT.
  As a result of the the SEU, all three patches on the CDHS were lost and had
  to be reloaded.  CDS is nominal after the recovery.  
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  14-September-1997
DOY: 257
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): E. Donaldson
SCIENTIST: P. Brekke
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  15-September-1997
DOY: 258
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: P. Brekke
CDS INSTRUMENT: 
  A new CDHS patch was uploaded at 16:44 UT.  The new patch replaces the 
  Deferred Module and allows the DCS to store up to 5 days worth of commands.
  A lubrication study was performed.
  Two runs of the flat field calibration study (FFCAL) were performed.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Patch Upload, Lubrication Study, Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  16-September-1997
DOY: 259
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: P. Brekke
CDS INSTRUMENT: 
  A WATCHDOG error occurred at 05:05 UT.  The recovery procedure was completed
  at 08:39 UT and the science plan was restarted at 10:52 UT.  During the
  recovery the GIS pactch had to be reloaded.  CDS is nominal after the
  recovery.  
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  17-September-1997
DOY: 260
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: P. Brekke
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  18-September-1997
DOY: 261
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: P. Brekke
CDS INSTRUMENT: 
  A WATCHDOG error occurred at 23:14 UT.  The recovery procedure was completed
  at 00:57 UT DOY 262 and the science plan was restarted at 06:32 UT DOY 262.
  CDS is nominal after the recovery.
  The study FERUPT/v2 ran at the wrong pointing due to an error in predicted
  study durations.  
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  19-September-1997
DOY: 262
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: P. Brekke
CDS INSTRUMENT: 
  The study FERUPT/v2 again began to run at the wrong pointing.  An attempt
  was made to reset the pointing to the correct coordinates, but the wrong
  sequence ID was used when restarting the FERUPT/v2 study.  This caused a 
  MACRO error, and CDS sat idle until 18:36 UT when the error was noticed.  
  The FERUPT/v2 study was restarted correctly at this time.   
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  20-September-1997
DOY: 263
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): A. Hammond / E. Donaldson
SCIENTIST: C. Haskell
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  21-September-1997
DOY: 264
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): A. Hammond / E. Donaldson
SCIENTIST: C. Haskell
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  22-September-1997
DOY: 265
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: C. Haskell
CDS INSTRUMENT: 
  A Setup Register A Failure was detected on the NIS.  
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: 
  The current fits disk was changed to /cdsfits14
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  23-September-1997
DOY: 266
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: C. Haskell
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM:
  The study movie_hi_1.def was imported to the EOF.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  24-September-1997
DOY: 267
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: C. Haskell
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  25-September-1997
DOY: 268
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: C. Haskell
CDS INSTRUMENT: 
  Began a test of Telemetry Submode 3 at 19:08 UT.  The test is scheduled to
  end at DOY 269 00:00 UT.
  The telemetry point CIVMCP (NIS Micro Channel Plate Current) went into
  HIGH-ALARM at 20:08:42 UT.  It returned to normal at 20:09:57 UT.
  The FERUPT study used to support JOP050 was pointed at the incorrect 
  position due to a combination of the pointing being set by the QCM study 
  and an incorrect duration of the SSAR and CORO24W studies.  Basically, 
  SSAR and CORO24W ran over their scheduled durations, and when the FERUPT 
  study, which was timetagged, had executed its 'cb5abort', it prevented the 
  QCM study, which was scheduled to run after CORO24W, from running, which 
  therefore didn't allow the proper pointing to be set.  Adjustments were 
  made to subsequent plans to correct this.  
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Telemetry Submode 3 Test, Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  26-September-1997
DOY: 269
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell / R. Yurow
SCIENTIST: C. Haskell
CDS INSTRUMENT: 
  Ended test of Telemetry Submode 3 (CDS-HIGH RATE) at 00:00 UT.
  Started test of Telemetry Submode 2 (CDS-LOW RATE) at 15:10 UT.
  Ended test of Telemetry Submode 2 (CDS-LOW RATE) at 19:05 UT.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Telemetry Submode 2 Test, Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  27-September-1997
DOY: 270
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): A. Hammond/E. Donaldson
SCIENTIST: D. Zarro
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal. 
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  28-September-1997
DOY: 271
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): A. Hammond/E. Donaldson 
SCIENTIST: D. Zarro
CDS INSTRUMENT: Nominal.
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  29-September-1997
DOY: 272
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell 
SCIENTIST: D. Zarro
CDS INSTRUMENT: Instrument did not run between 14 and 17:30 UT due
 to an operator error.  There was no plan onboard to execute.  
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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DATE:  30-September-1997
DOY: 273
OPERATIONS ENGINEER(S): C. Haskell 
SCIENTIST: D. Zarro
CDS INSTRUMENT: Two watchdogs occurred today:  one at 05:00, and the 
 other at 13:30.  The first occurred just before the end of NRT, 
 therefore the reboot had to wait until the next pass at 09:45.  During
 that pass, station problems only allowed for 30 minutes of NRT.  So,
 the reboot could not be finished.  CDS was left in a safe state but no
 science plan could be loaded.  When telemetry resumed at 16:10, it was
 found that another watchdog had occurred.  During the reboot of this one,
 the GIS would not boot into ready_both mode properly.  CDS was taken to 
 STANDBY mode, but then it began rejecting commands to the CDHS.  Eventually,
 it did take a certain sequence of commands and the reboot was able to 
 complete.   
CDS GROUND SYSTEM: Nominal.
DAY PLAN: Science Operations.
COMMENTS:
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