MSP32.1

This covers 29 Nov 2014 to 01 Feb 2015 (orbits 2256 to 2283). There are manoeuvres planned during December and January, and as the template Bryant plots show several BM1 sessions have been requested for the repeat of the Pitout GI investigations. The manoeuvres will affect the perigees of orbits 2269, 2280, and manoeuvres with C3 will additionally affect 2273, 2276. the ascii listing is on the web, and the Bryant plots are there too, as well as attached below. The deadline for input is 20 August, revised to 25 August.

The draft plan is released on 29 August, with draft Bryant plots and a draft list orbit by orbit of BM1 sessions. The review deadline has been changed to 2 Sep (Close of Business). Two orbits have been left for WBD at the Bow Shock, these will be used for BM2 (2271 and 2282), and WEC will operate C3 internally for the constraints on WBD periods. December is dominated by Pitout repeat BM1 sessions and Magnetopause BM1 periods, and January by Bow Shock BM1 sessions. There are some long periods of no-data-taking on C1, C2 and C3 in January 2015, and the apogee BM3 has been moved to just before the D0 period. The updated plan was released on 9 September - the Bryant plots and the list of D0 periods are attached. The orbit-by-orbit analysis is also attached.

Update 20 Oct: WBD DSN has been scheduled on 4 Jan 2015, so the BM2 scheduled then will be replaced by NM1. WBD DSN has been scheduled for 17 Jan 2015. The BM1 scheduled at the Bow Shock will be replaced by NM1, and the BM2 placeholder on 29 Jan, at the Bow Shock, will be changed to BM1.

Update 29 Oct: Orbit 2271 04/01/15 BM2 runs from 0700-0947, Orbit 2277 17/01/15 BM1 replaced with NM1 and D0 deleted, for WBD DSN/PV, Orbit 2282 BS BM2 changed to BM1, Orbit 2283 30/01/15 PEACE cal inserted, D0 on 31/01/15 extended to 0100-1400, An updated 'final' Bryant plot for January 2015 is attached.

Update 15 Dec: The manoeuvres around 15 Jan have changed dramatically from the original draft, so a short NM1 period has been inserted to stop FGM being in extended mode for more than 24h and the D0 on C3 has been removed since it is now in the manoeuvre margin period. A new pdf of D0 periods is available as an attachment.