Friday 4 June 2021 9.00am EDT
During the last week Chandra completed the observing schedule as planned. A real-time procedure was completed on May 28 to uplink a flight software patch to modify three Electrical Power System (EPS) K-constants. The new settings will prevent the EPS F_Eclipse flag from inadvertently toggling while the spacecraft is in sunlight. The change is needed due to expected long-term changes in solar array characteristics. Additional real-time procedures were executed on May 29-30 to dump OBC-A and -B memory as a follow-up to the patch. The dump will be used to update the baseline memory images maintained on the ground. Additional real-time procedures were executed on Jun 2 to perform a routine self-check of the Electrical Interface Assembly (EIA) Sequencer and to perform a diagnostic dump of the Control Processing Electronics (CPE). Chandra passed through the eighth, ninth, and tenth (and final) eclipses of the season on May 29, Jun 1 and Jun 3 respectively, with nominal power and thermal performance. Real-time procedures were executed on Jun 4 to disable SCS-29 and to dump and clear the EPS glitch counters as post-eclipse season actions. The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes an observation of AT2020xnd, which is a follow-up to a Target of Opportunity accepted on Oct 26, 2020 and is coordinated with NuSTAR, and observations of AT2019avd, which was accepted as a Director's Discretionary Time Target of Opportunity on May 31. |
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CMZMolecularCloud ACIS-I Jun 7 AT2020xnd ACIS-S CMZMolecularCloud ACIS-I TOI-172 ACIS-S M51 ACIS-S CasA ACIS-I Jun 8 WR97 ACIS-S AT2019avd HRC-S /LETG Radiation Belts Jun 9 Westerlund1 ACIS-I 2RXSJ154551.5-17570 ACIS-I AT2019avd HRC-S /LETG 3C273 ACIS-S/HETG Jun 10 Vega HRC-I Vega HRC-S Vega HRC-S Vega HRC-S Vega HRC-S HZ43 HRC-S /LETG Westerlund1 ACIS-I QSOJ1131-1231 ACIS-S Jun 11 Radiation Belts Westerlund1 ACIS-I Jun 12 WR97 ACIS-S HD202772 ACIS-S NGC4485/90 ACIS-S PGC835095 ACIS-S 4U1636-53 ACIS-S/HETG SNR0519-69.0 ACIS-S Jun 13 Westerlund1 ACIS-I
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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.
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