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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Happy Friday, all. Here is this week’s commissioning update. Enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">PACE weekly commissioning update: Launch through 21 February 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Summary<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Spacecraft commissioning activities continued this week, with expected completion around the time of this writing (early morning 22 Feb 2024). All systems continue to be GO. The instrument
commissioning phase of in-orbit checkout begins later today! So, stay tuned for next week’s communication, which will provide the first update on instruments’ health and preliminary performances. On a side note, it’s been wonderful to experience community
excitement and enthusiasm for our mission at the AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting this week. We cannot wait to see the discoveries you make with the forthcoming data streams.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Commissioning<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The PACE Project has planned 60 days of in-orbit checkout. Science data will start flowing publicly no later than the end of this commissioning period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Accomplishments this week:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Science calibration (lunar, solar) dry run slews<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Altitude adjustment burn<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tilt system tests<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Inertial Reference Unit (IRU) calibration slews<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ka band downlink adjustments<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">UPDATE SINCE THE TIME OF WRITING</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: HARP2 engineering data has been transferred completely to and processed by the Science Data Segment
and the OCI rotating telescope has started spinning!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Notable events planned for the next week:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The beginning of instrument commissioning<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Of course, we’re all super excited to have the instrument begin collecting data in the coming week(s)! Our hope is to have
<b>science first light</b> released roughly one month from now. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Other information<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This update is being sent to a series of mailing lists, while also being posted online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. P. Jeremy Werdell (he/him)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">"Werdell, Jeremy (GSFC-6160)" <jeremy.werdell@nasa.gov><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, February 16, 2024 at 8:57 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"staff@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov" <staff@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov>, "pvst@oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov" <pvst@oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov>, "pace-st@oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov" <pace-st@oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov>, "pace-cop@oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov" <pace-cop@oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
"pace-pax@espo.nasa.gov" <pace-pax@espo.nasa.gov><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Lorenzoni, Laura (HQ-DK000)" <laura.lorenzoni@nasa.gov>, "Turner, Woody (HQ-DK000)" <woody.turner@nasa.gov>, "Jephson, Erin Urquhart (HQ-DK000)" <erin.urquhart.jephson@nasa.gov><br>
<b>Subject: </b>PACE weekly commissioning update: Launch through 14 February 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Greetings, all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thinking that you’d all like to know what’s going on with the PACE observatory now that it’s on orbit, I plan to send weekly messages out each Friday during our commissioning period (= the next two months).
We’ll find more clever ways for longer-term communication. Here is the first edition. Enjoy and cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">J<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Launch<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Shortly before midnight local time on 7 Feb 2024, the weather report announced favorable upper-level winds and a very low likelihood of weather impacting PACE’s launch. Over the next hour,
the PACE team prepared and monitored the spacecraft and performed readiness polls. At T-15 mins, the spacecraft was configured to internal power, and launch commenced as planned at 1:33am local time on 8 Feb 2024.
<i>After two days of waiting, PACE was finally a GO</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The launch and ascent went off without issue, including fairing separation, first stage landing, and spacecraft separation. Roughly 30 min after launch, the power team reported that PACE was
power positive, and minutes later, the systems team confirmed that the solar array was fully deployed and pointing at the sun. Over the course of the evening, the GPS was powered on and the Science Data Segment (SDS) at GSFC confirmed that it was received
housekeeping files from the spacecraft. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Commissioning<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The PACE Project has planned 60 days of in-orbit checkout. Science data will start flowing publicly no later than the end of this commissioning period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Accomplishments to date:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Launch<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Verify spacecraft is stable and power-positive<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">S-band (spacecraft telemetry and housekeeping) checkout<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">GPS turn on<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Deploy solar arrays<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Release tilt launch locks<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Achieve nadir pointing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Power on all three instruments<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attitude control system (ACS) sensor and slews checkout<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thrusters checkout<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ka-band (science data) checkout<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Notable events planned for the next week:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Science calibration (lunar and solar) dry run slews<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Altitude and inclination burns<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tilt system tests<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Other space craft slews<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The beginning of instrument commissioning<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Of course, we’re all super excited to have the instrument begin collecting data in the coming week(s)! Our hope is to have
<b>science first light</b> released roughly one month from now. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Other information<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pictures have a thousand words, and we thought it’d be exciting to include a few. But, there are too many amazing ones to choose from, so instead,
<b>I’ll direct you to an album</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://images.nasa.gov/album/SpaceX_PACE">https://images.nasa.gov/album/SpaceX_PACE</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Finally, this update is being sent to a series of mailing lists, while also being posted online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In early March (TBD), we’ll only send this update to a single email list.
<b>If you’d like to continue to receive email updates</b>, become a member of our Community of Practice. Sign up here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. P. Jeremy Werdell (he/him)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">PACE Project Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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