Saturday, 1 May 2010
- 0600-0800 Crew postflight activities - no aircraft access
- 0800-1500 Instrument access - end-of-mission download
Friday, 30 April 2010 (Last GloPac Science Flight)
- 0000 Aircraft towed and readied for flight
- 0300 Representatives for every instrument staff GHOC through takeoff + 2 hours
- 0400 Global Hawk takes off for a 24- to 26-hour flight to the tropic
- 1318 Global Hawk lands after a 9.2-hour mission
Thursday, 29 April 2010
- All day Aircraft fuel and preflight - no instrument access - no power
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
- 0700-1500 Instrument access / power on - instrument
- -- preflight installation must be complete by 1500
- 1030 David Fahey and Paul Newman will give a talk entitled GloPac: The Mission Scientists' Perspective
- -- Building 4801, Large Mezzanine Conference Room
- 1130 End-of-mission group lunch - Global Hawk hangar
- 1500 NASA Dryden preflight procedures sign-off
- -- A representative from each instrument is required for this sign-off
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
- 0700-1500 Instrument access / power on - instrument
- -- preflight installation if desired
Monday, 26 April 2010
- 0700-1500 Aircraft troubleshooting and repair
- -- no investigator access to aircraft
1000 Team Science meeting - location to be announced
- Draft agenda:
- -- A few words from Hal Maring, NASA Headquarters, Radiation Sciences Program Manager
- -- Met summary for Friday/Saturday's flight
- -- Debrief of Friday/Saturday's flight from each instrument team: instrument performance and lessons learned
- -- Lessons learned from the mission perspective
- -- Scientific results from each instrument team: one or two PowerPoint slides
- -- Weather briefing for the next several days
- -- Plans for the next flight
Sunday, 25 April 2010
- 0800-1500 Instrument access - power on
Saturday, 24 April 2010
- 0405-0605 Estimated time of Landing
L-1 hour
- -- Representatives for every instrument staff GHOC (L-2 hours for teams who want a soft power-down)
L (Landing)
- -- Debrief in GHOC immediately after landing
- -- Post flight instrument access TBD
Friday, 23 April 2010 (Science Flight Day)
- 0005 Estimated Time of Take-off (28-30 hour flight)
Thursday, 22 April 2010
- 2000 Aircraft towed and readied for flight
- 2300 Representative for every instrument staff GHOC through takeoff +2 hours
- Don't be late!
- –- In the event of possible weather, etc. issues the estimated landing time could change. Each instrument must have a representative who can report to the GHOC on short notice throughout the flight
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
- 0900 Weather Briefing at which Go/No-Go decision to be made!
- DECISION MADE TO SLIP THE FLIGHT 24 HOURS! (NEW ETD 0005 FRIDAY, 4/23)
- 2000 Aircraft towed and readied for flight
- 2300 Representative for every instrument staff GHOC through takeoff +2 hours
- Don't be late!
- –- In the event of possible weather, etc. issues the estimated landing time could change. Each instrument must have a representative who can report to the GHOC on short notice throughout the flight
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
- Aircraft preflight all day
- –- No instrument access
- –- No aircraft power
Monday, 19 April 2010
- 0700 - 1500 Instrument access
- –- Power on aircraft
- –- Instrument preflight installation must be complete by 1500
- 1500 NASA Dryden preflight procedures sign-off
- –- A representative from each instrument is required for this sign off
Sunday, 18 April 2010
- 0800-1500 Instrument Access / Power
Saturday, 17 April 2010
- Hard down day - No aircraft access
- -- Contact ESPO if hangar access is needed
Friday, 16 April 2010
- 0800-1500 Instrument Access / Power
1500 Team Meeting - Small Mezzanine Conference Room
- Draft Tentative Agenda
- -- Met summary for Tuesday's flight
- -- Debrief of Tuesday's flight from each instrument team
- -- Instrument performance and lessons learned
- -- Scientific results from each instrument team (One or two powerpoint slides)
- -- Weather briefing for next several days
- -- Plans for next week's flight
Thursday, 15 April 2010
- 1000-1300 MTP and Ku Testing on ramp
- 1300-1600 Instrument Access
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
- Estimated Landing 0615
- L-2 hours Instrument representatives that require soft power-down at GHOC
- L-1 Instrument representatives at GHOC
- L **Landing** Debrief in GHOC immediately after landing
- L+2 hours Aircraft postflight - instrument access
- -- Remove Zone 61 hatch
- -- Remove Zone 25 fairing
- -- Remove Zone 12 hatch
- -- Remove Zone 16 hatch
- -- Remove instruments, as required
Tuesday, 13 April 2010 (Science Flight Day)
- 0200-0615 Aircraft towed and readied for flight
- 0500 Representative for every instrument staff GHOC through takeoff +2 hours
- Don't be late!
- –- In the event of possible weather, etc. issues the estimated landing time could change. Each instrument must have a representative who can report to the GHOC on short notice throughout the flight
- ~0615 GH Take-off (24hr flt)
- ~0900-1200 Media Day
Monday, 12 April 2010
- Aircraft preflight all day
- -- No instrument access
- -- No aircraft power
Sunday, 11 April 2010
- 0700-1500 Instrument access
- -- Power on aircraft
- -- Instrument preflight installation must be complete by 1500
- 15:00 NASA Dryden preflight procedures sign-off
- -- A representative from each instrument is required for this sign off
Saturday, 10 April 2010
- DOWN DAY
- -- No Aircraft Access
- -- No Aircraft Power
- Hangar access, with ESPO support, starts at 0800
Friday, 9 April 2010
- 0800-1200 Ku Testing
- 1200-1500 Instrument access
1500 Team Meeting - Small Mezzanine Conference Room
- Draft Agenda:
- -- NASA HQ perspective - Ken Jucks
- -- Weather summary for Wednesday's flight
- -- Debrief of Wednesday's flight from each instrument team: instrument performance, lessons learned
- -- Scientific results from each instrument team (one or two powerpoint slides)
- -- Weather briefing for next several days
- -- Plans for next week's flight
Thursday, 8 April 2010
- 0700-0900 Aircraft postflight - no instrument access
- 0900-1500 Instrument access
- -- Remove Zone 61 hatch
- -- Remove Zone 25 fairing
- -- Remove Zone 12 hatch
- -- Remove Zone 16 hatch
- -- Remove any instruments, as required
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
- 0215-0615 Aircraft towed and readied for flight
- 0500 Representatives for every instrument staff GHOC through takeoff + 2 hours
- ** In the event of possible weather, etc. issues, the estimated landing time could change. Each instrument must have a representative who can report to the GHOC at a moment's notice throughout the flight **
- 0615 Global Hawk takes off for a 12 to 14-hour flight
- 2015-2215 Current estimated landing time
L-1 hour
- -- Representatives for every instrument staff GHOC (L-2 hours for teams who want a soft power-down)
L-0 Landing
- -- Debrief in GHOC immediately after landing
- -- No instrument access until Thursday, 8 April
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
- 0600-0900 Ku test - no aircraft access
- 0900-1200 !! All instruments must be represented at 0900!!
- -- Instrument access / power on - instrument
- -- preflight installation must be complete by 1200
- 1200 NASA Dryden preflight procedures sign-off
- -- A representative from each instrument is required for this sign-off
- 1200-1400 Aircraft preflight - no instrument access
Monday, 5 April 2010
- 0800-1130 Aircraft access / power on
- 1130-1700 Ku test - no aircraft access
- 1500-1600 Science Team Meeting, Building 4840 Room 113B
Sunday, 4 April 2010 (Easter)
- Down day - no aircraft access / no aircraft power
- -- Please notify ESPO or Dave Fratello if you are going to be in the hangar on Sunday
Saturday, 3 April 2010
- Hangar access / no aircraft access / no aircraft power
Friday, 2 April 2010
- !!! Completed first GloPac test flight !!!
- 0200-0600 Aircraft towed and readied for flight
- 0500 Representatives for every instrument staff GHOC through takeoff + 2 hours
- ** In the event of possible weather, etc. issues, the estimated landing time could change. Each instrument must have a representative who can report to the GHOC at a moment's notice throughout the flight **
- 0600 Global Hawk takes off for an up-to-10-hour instrument test flight
- 1500 Current estimated landing time
L-1 hour
- -- Representatives for every instrument staff GHOC (L-2 hours for teams who want a soft power-down)
L-0 Landing
- -- Debrief in GHOC immediately after landing
L+1 Instrument access
- -- Remove Zone 25 fairing
- -- Remove Zone 12 hatch
- -- Remove Zone 16 hatch
- -- Remove Zone 61 hatch
- -- Remove any instruments, as required
L+2 Hands off
Thursday, 1 April 2010
- 0800-1100 !! All instruments must be represented at 0800 !!
- -- Instrument access / power on - contact ESPO if access is needed beyond 1100
- 1200-1400 Global Hawk preflight - no instrument access
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
- 0600-0900 Global Hawk preflight - no instrument access
- 0900 Global Hawk towed to test location
- 1030 Investigators staff GHOC
- 1100 Payload combined systems test (CST) begins TBD - Possible aircraft access in afternoon -contact ESPO if you need access
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
- 0730-0830 PI instrument access (no A/C power)
- 0830-1230 No A/C access (no access to software personnel)
- -- Contact ESPO for exceptions
- 1230-1330 PI instrument access (no A/C power)
- -- All Instruments re-installed
- 1330-1500 Tow plane outside / KU testing
- 1330-1500 PIs be available (in GHOC) for additional communication testing
Monday, 29 March 2010
- 0800-1200 Instrument access (if needed) but no A/C instrument power
- 1200-1300 All instruments must be installed on the A/C
- 1300-1500 PIs be available (in hangar) for potential communication testing
Sunday, 28 March 2010
- 0700-0800 Instruments re-installed
- -- Instrument payload in flight configuration
- -- (no more instrument access until after CST)
- 0800-0900 A/C tow out
- 0900-1300 Software testing
- 1500-1600 PIs Staff GHOC
- -- GCOM test via Iridium
Saturday, 27 March 2010
- 0700-1500 Complete outstanding integration items - notify ESPO if you need aircraft access
- Note: (Pressurization check scheduled for 1100 is cancelled)
- 1500-1700 No aircraft access for investigators
Friday, 26 March 2010
- 0615 Tow aircraft to test location
- 1000 Investigators in GHOC for communications training: please arrive prior to 1000
- 1100 Investigators in GHOC for GCOM II test: debrief immediately following test
- 1200 Aircraft preflight for combined systems test (CST): no aircraft access for investigators
- 1500 Science Team meeting - agenda to include CST and test flight overviews
Thursday, 25 March 2010
- 0800-0900 Install any removed instruments, as well as all hatches, inlet probes, and the radome - the aircraft must be in its final flight configuration for the no-fuel and full-fuel weights
- 1000-1600 Aircraft no-fuel weight performed, refuel, full-fuel weight performed - no aircraft access for investigators
- 1600-1700 Aircraft access / power on
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
- 0600-0800 LN-100 test outside hangar
- 0800 UCATS and UHSAS installed on Global Hawk
- 0900-1000 Investigators in GHOC for GCOM test - arrive prior to 0900
- 1100 Aircraft defueling, no-fuel weight performed, refuel, full-fuel weight performed (will continue until 1600 Thursday)
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
- 0600-1200 Complete cabling work, instrument mounting, etc.
- 1200-1400 Aircraft power and instrument access 1400-1600 LN-100 test outside hangar
Monday, 22 March 2010
- 0800-1400 Complete installation of all instruments
- 1400-1600 Communications test with NASDAT (All instruments) in hangar
Sunday, 21 March 2010
- 0800-1800 Aircraft access for instrument teams - All instrument teams to have a representative available during these hours
- -- Complete fit checks, installations, cable routing and mounting
- -- NASDAT install
- -- Complete operational checkouts, communications, and any instrument modifications
- -- Prepare for Global Hawk COMM test (GCOM)
Saturday, 20 March 2010
- Center-wide IT outage all day Saturday through 1000 Sunday
Friday, 19 March 2010
- 0800-1800 Aircraft access for instrument teams - All instrument teams to have a representative available during these hours
- -- Continue fit checks
- -- Continue GHOC orientation
- -- Begin electrical checks
- -- Begin instrument comm checks on the aircraft
- 1500-1600 - Mission status meeting - small mezzanine conference room (upstairs in the hangar)
Thursday, 18 March 2010
- Aircraft access for instrument teams
- Continue electrical checks
- Begin instrument comm checks on the aircraft
- Begin GHOC orientation
- 1030-1130 - Global Hawk team lunch
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
- Continue aircraft fit checks, integration, and pallet mounting
- Continue electrical cable modifications with fit checks
- Begin electrical checks
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
- Aircraft access for instrument teams
- Continue aircraft fit checks, integration, and pallet mounting.
- Continue electrical cable modifications with fit checks.
Monday, 15 March 2010
- Complete instrument weight and bench comm checks
- Continue aircraft fit checks, integration, and pallet mounting
- Continue electrical cable modifications with fit checks
Sunday, 14 March 2010
- Finish weights and bench checkouts.
- Continue fit checks, integration, and pallet mounting
- Begin modifications of electrical cables with fit checks
Saturday, 13 March 2010
- Instrument weight, power, and bench comm checks continue
- Pallet work begins
- Aircraft fit checks begin
- 1400 GloPac all-hands meeting in the large mezzanine conference room (upstairs in the hangar)
Friday, 12 March 2010
- The rest of the instrument teams arrive at NASA Dryden
- Ku communications work on the aircraft will take place on the ramp
- Instrument integration onto the pallets will continue
Thursday, 11 March 2010
- Global Hawk test flight #8 - 14 hr, in-range flight to test Iridiums
- Scheduled Take-off 0645, ETA ~2100 PST
- Debrief TBD Friday, 12 March
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
- The ACAM and UCATS teams will arrive at NASA Dryden for integration
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
- The Global Hawk test flight #8 scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to Thursday due to forecasted high winds
- MTP team arrived at NASA Dryden for integration
Monday, 8 March 2010
- FCAS,NMASS, and UHSAS Instrument teams arrived at NASA Dryden to begin integration
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