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ORACLES 08/10/17 Mission Daily Schedule
Plan of the Day - Times in GMT
Friday August 11
0800 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0800 weather/forecast.
0900 Flight Planning Discussion
0820-1530 Instrument access (up to 1600 if needed)
1000 Lunch box ordering closes
1000 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport and 10:20 Airport to Hotel
1600 weather/forecast
1700 All Hands #2
Saturday August 12
Science Flight
Group A: (Crew, ac scientists, forecaster A, ground flight scientist A)
0500 weather briefing
0430 Hotel Limited Breakfast
0500 Weather Briefing
0530 Go-NoGo; If Go, Shuttle Hotel to Airport
0610 2nd Shuttle Run Hotel to Airport
0600 P-3 pilot briefing if necessary
0730 P-3 doors closed
0800 P-3 takeoff
1600 P-3 Landing
1630 Shuttle Airport to Hotel
1730 2nd Shuttle Airport to Hotel
Group B: (Forecasters B, ground flight scientist B)
0900 Weather and chemical weather forecasts based on WRF - Chem predictions for next possible flight day (+1-3)
1000 Daily flight planning meeting - Discussion on targeted science objectives
1200 Preliminary flight plans are produced
Group A&B:
L+15 science team tag-up at airport: flight recap, notice of next day schedule, flight plans distributed
ESPO Numbers:
Bernie Luna +1-650-417-8810 & São Tomé +239-988-4243
Jhony Zavaleta +1-650-224-4825 & São Tomé +239-988-4417
Susan McFadden +1-312-804-1055 & São Tomé +239-988-4245