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Title: Chandra Users


1
Chandra Users CommitteeCXC Managers Status
ReportFor the period April 09 October 09
  • Edward Mattison
  • CXC Deputy Manager
  • 29 October 2009

2
Topics
  • Program Level Status
  • Program Management
  • Spacecraft
  • Science Instruments and Calibration
  • Mission Planning
  • OCC
  • Data Processing
  • CXCDS
  • Chandra Directors Office
  • Education and Public Outreach
  • Mission Metrics
  • Chandra Grant Awards

3
Top Level Summary
  • Spacecraft and instruments are performing
    superbly
  • The CXC contract extension for up to 10
    additional years and 573M is expected to be
    signed in mid-November

4
Program Level Status Program Management
  • Budget
  • The CXCs budget is on track with the FY09
    Operating Plan
  • CXC contract extension
  • SAO submitted (in July) the requested proposal to
    extend the CXC contract for up to 10 years
  • We are currently working with MSFC and
    subcontractors to resolve audit questions and to
    deal with NGST rate changes that resulted from
    NGSTs corporate reorganization
  • Expect signed contract extension in mid-November

5
Program Level Status Program Management
  • Facilities
  • SAO and NGST studied the feasibility of moving
    the OCC from Kendall Square to Cambridge
    Discovery Park, to save 1M/yr
  • Produced detailed plan and schedule
  • After considering benefits vs. risk, MSFC
    declined to approved the move
  • Reviews and Conferences
  • Peer Review (6/22/09)
  • Supernova Remnant workshop (7/8/09)
  • Quarterly review (9/2/09)
  • Calibration review (9/21/09)
  • Chandras First Decade of Discovery (9/22-25/09)
  • Einstein Fellows Symposium (10/27/09)

6
Program Level Status CXC Organization
7
Program Level Status Operations
  • Spacecraft
  • Continues to operate extremely well overall
  • Nominal passages through summer eclipse season
  • Science Instruments
  • Instruments are operating extremely well

8
Program Level Status Operations
  • Anomalies
  • Momentum Unloading Propulsion System (MUPS)
    pressure drop
  • Propellant pressure reading decreased abruptly
    7/19
  • Cause Pressure transducer operates incorrectly
  • Impact Benign Demonstrated CXCs skill in
    handling anomaly situation
  • Grating status switch operates unexpectedly
  • HETG move flag set to failed 7/7/09 (grating
    move was okay)
  • Cause Previously-failed microswitch unexpectedly
    came to life
  • Impact Benign Updated software to ignore switch
    state
  • Incorrect command sequence uploaded
  • Cause Operator error 8/28
  • Impact Benign (but could have led to safing
    action if not identified) Updated procedures to
    prevent recurrence

9
Program Level Status Operations
  • Mission Planning Load-interrupting TOOs
  • No load-interrupting TOOs during this period
  • Several loads were replanned to respond to
    anomalous conditions
  • Data Processing
  • Automatic processing is current mean time from
    end of observation to delivery to user remains at
    about one day

10
Program Level Status Operations
  • CXC Data System Releases
  • Version Date Main contents
  • DS 7.6.11.13 4/24 CfP11 proposal review support
  • DS 8.0 7/14 Migrate operations to Solaris 10
  • DS 8.1 9/16 Migrate CDO, mission planning
    operations to Linux
  • CIAO 4.1.2 4/20 Port to Solaris 10 release Level
    3 tools
  • CAT 3.1.2 5/21 CSCview, novice user fixes, VO
    cone search
  • GoogleEarth1.0 6/26 Web interface to CSC field
    of view images
  • CAT 3.1.4 9/18 VO cone search verbosity fix
  • CSC Chandra Source Catalog
  • VO Virtual Observatory

11
Program Level Status Operations
  • Calibration Database (CalDB) Releases
  • CalDB 4.1.3 7/7 ACIS T-gain epoch 37
  • CalDB 4.1.4 9/17 ACIS T-gain epoch 38
  • GO and Fellows Program, CXC Directors Office
  • GO peer review 6/22 668 proposals submitted, 207
    approved
  • Einstein Fellows call for proposal posted
    proposals due 11/5
  • Grant issuance is current average time to award
    lt 3 weeks
  • Education and Public Outreach
  • CXCs Beautiful Universe HD podcast series won
    the Communicator Award of Excellence, the
    professional peer-judged award by the same group
    that oversees the Webbys
  • From Earth to the Universe, the International
    Year of Astronomy exhibit developed by the CXCs
    EPO group, has been exhibited in over 200
    locations in 65 countries, including close to 40
    installations in a variety of settings in the US.
    See http//www.fromearthtotheuniverse.org.

12
Mission MetricsMUPS Fuel Usage
13
Mission MetricsThruster Warm Starts
14
Mission MetricsObserving Efficiency
15
Data Delivery Effectiveness
As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of 10/8/09 As of 10/8/09 As of 10/8/09
Month Number of Obs Days to Data Delivery Days to Data Delivery Days to Data Delivery Number Deliv Number Outstanding Number Deliv Number Outstanding Comments
Month Number of Obs Min Avg Max Number Deliv Number Outstanding Number Deliv Number Outstanding Comments
Oct-08 62 0 1 12 62 0 62 0
Nov-08 73 0 1 17 73 0 73 0
Dec-08 68 0 2 13 68 0 68 0
Jan-09 87 0 1 14 86 1 87 0
Feb-09 160 0 1 5 160 0 160 0
Mar-09 76 0 1 12 76 0 77 0
Apr-09 53 0 1 5 53 0 53 0
May-09 62 0 1 5 62 0 62 0
Jun-09 61 0 1 7 61 0 61 0
Jul-09 72 0 1 9 72 0 72 0
Aug-09 62 0 1 19 62 0 62 0
Sep-09 72 0 1 11 72 0 72 0
16
Grant Award Effectiveness
Month of Data Delivery Federal Grants (1,3) SAO Grants (2) SAO Grants (2) SAO Grants (2) SAO Grants (2) SAO Grants (2) SAO Grants (2) SAO Grants (2)
Month of Data Delivery Federal Grants (1,3) As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of 10/8/09 As of 10/8/09 As of 10/8/09
Month of Data Delivery Federal Grants (1,3) Non-Federal Grants (3) No. Grants Awarded No. Outstanding Avg days to award (4) No. Grants Awarded No. Outstanding Outstanding Awards Proposal no, Comments
Oct-08 0 8 5 3 19 8 0
Nov-08 0 18 1 17 5 18 0
Dec-08 0 21 21 0 18 21 0
Jan-09 5 53 42 11 22 53 0
Feb-09 1 16 13 3 15 16 0
Mar-09 1 15 3 12 13 15 0
Apr-09 2 13 11 2 14 13 0
May-09 0 8 5 3 10 8 0
Jun-09 0 17 14 3 12 17 0
Jul-09 0 17 7 10 13 17 0
Aug-09 0 4 4 0 10 4 0
Sep-09 1 5 4 1 8 4 1 10500606
(1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department. (3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. (1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department. (3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. (1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department. (3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. (1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department. (3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. (1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department. (3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. (1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department. (3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. (1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department. (3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. (1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department. (3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. (1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department. (3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer.
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