[Arcsix] ARCSIX Mission Update for Friday 31 May and Monday 3 June

Mon Jun 3 05:16:05 PDT 2024

Good morning!

My apologies for the late update, I didn’t realize until this morning that my Friday email got stuck in my outbox.

On Friday 31 May the P-3 completed her third successful ARCSIX science flight.  After a short delay to accommodate a maintenance action, the plane took off at 0925 local and landed at 1525 for a total of 6 flight hours and 1827 miles flown.

ARCSIX P-3 Science Flight #3 Flight Track
ARCSIX G-III Science Flight #2 Flight Track
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At debrief it was revealed that it was overall an extremely successful flight and our scientists were very happy with the data they were able to collect!

That being said, several science teams reported instrument issues and requested weekend access and power, so we staggered the ground crew to accommodate their needs. It was a successful effort, as one instrument that was completely inoperable was fixed and ready to fly as of mid-morning on Sunday. The others made progress and were operational enough to participate in today’s Science Flight #4.

After the 0415 go/no go message this morning, we had access and power on the plane for instrument teams (thank you, Donnie!), I conducted the pre-flight flight safety briefings for two new P-3 flyers and the plane was towed out for fueling and experimenter access about 0640.  Take off for Science Flight #4 was right around 0800, I’ll provide more details at today’s COB update.

** Hal Maring (NASA HQ, ARCSIX Program Manager) shared an email with the following information regarding social media representation for ARCSIX **

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Have a great day!

Kelly

From: Griffin, Kelly R. (WFF-830.0)[Yulista Solutions, LLC]
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 5:11 PM
To: arcsix at espo.nasa.gov
Cc: Subject: ARCSIX Mission Update and P-3 Schedule For Tomorrow (Friday 31 May)

Hello from Pituffik Space Base!

The P-3 took off right at 0755 this morning for ARCSIX Science Flight #2 and landed at 1520 ADT for a total of 7.4 flight hours. The science team would like to conduct Science Flight #3 tomorrow (Friday 31 May), with the same timeline as today.

The G-III also got off the ground this morning for their first science flight on station:
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Overtime requests:

One of the teams is requesting 30-45 minutes of support after the flight tomorrow so they can remove an instrument from their rack, and the A-ATOFMS team has requested access and power 0800-1630 both Saturday and Sunday.

Friday 31 May
0430    Access and power on P-3 (expect science go/no go determination via WhatsApp some time after 0415)
        ** if it’s a no go, it will be a normal no fly work day, access and power 0800-1630 **
TBD     Flight Safety video for any new flyers
0630    Tow out
~0645   Power back on
0700   Combo preflight/planeside briefing
0730    Doors close
0800    Take off
TBD     RTB at BGTL
RTB+1 hour        Access and power on P-3 for instrument teams

Saturday 1 June & Sunday 2 June
0800-1630 No fly work day, access and power on P-3 for instrument teams

The Archies are getting their summer coats![cid:image004.jpg at 01DAB2B4.547C2350]
Shared on the ARCSIX WhatsApp
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P-3 Planeside Safety Brief this morning
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Thank you all for your continued support, more updates to come!

Have a nice night-

Kelly

From: Griffin, Kelly R. (WFF-830.0)[Yulista Solutions, LLC]
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2024 2:29 PM
To: arcsix at espo.nasa.gov<mailto:arcsix at espo.nasa.gov>
Cc:
Subject: P-3 Schedule Tomorrow (Thursday 30 May)

ARCSIX Team-

** If you’re already on the ARCSIX all list and are getting this twice, please let me know and I’ll leave you off  the cc line **

Tomorrow is scheduled to be science flight #2, P-3 timeline is similar to yesterday:

Thursday 30 May
0430    Access and power on P-3 (expect science go/no go determination via WhatsApp some time after 0415)
        ** if it’s a no go, it will be a normal no fly work day, access and power 0800-1630 **
0500      Flight Safety video for any new flyers
0630    Tow out
~0645   Power back on
0700   Combo preflight/planeside briefing
0730    Doors close
0800    Take off
TBD     RTB at BGTL

See you then!!

Kelly

From: arcsix <arcsix-bounces at espo.nasa.gov<mailto:arcsix-bounces at espo.nasa.gov>> On Behalf Of Griffin, Kelly R. (WFF-830.0)[Yulista Solutions, LLC] via arcsix
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2024 2:23 PM
To: arcsix at espo.nasa.gov<mailto:arcsix at espo.nasa.gov>
Subject: [Arcsix] P-3 Schedule Tomorrow

Hi, all—

Here’s what we’re looking at for the P-3 tonight and tomorrow:

Current Timeline

  *   1800 Tonight: Access and power on P-3

Tuesday 28 May
0430    Access and power on P-3 (expect science go/no go determination via WhatsApp some time after 0415)
        ** if it’s a no go, it will be a normal no fly work day, access and power 0800-1630 **
0615    Tow out
~0630   Power back on
0645    Combo preflight/planeside briefing
0730    Doors close
0800    Take off
TBD     RTB at BGTL

See you then!!

Kelly

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