Tohban Report 2013-06-19
| Tohban Reports | |
|---|---|
| Start Date: | 12 June 2013 |
| End Date: | 19 June 2013 |
| Tohban: | Lindsay Glesener |
| Tohban email: | glesener@ssl.berkeley.edu |
| Next Tohban: | Partymaster Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros |
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Solar Activity
This was a very quiet week. There are 9 active regions on the disk, but not much activity. It's expected that the Sun will stay quiet.
How many GOES flares occurred?
Flares above B, C, M, X class were 25 12 0 0
And how many of these are listed in the RHESSI flare list?
Flares above B, C, M, X class were 19 9 0 0
And how many had EXCELLENT coverage?
Flares above B, C, M, X class were 12 3 0 0
over the time range 12-Jun-13 19-Jun-13
Memory Management
No memory issues.
Spacecraft Status
There was discussion of the cryostat temperatures; see Brian's presentation. Upshot is that although earlier this year it seemed that the cold plate temperature was increasing at a very fast rate (30 K/yr), looking at the long-term trend over the past seven months shows that the rate is 10K/yr average. Good news, as it means we've got several years to go before hitting 150K. Brian will continue to monitor this, as should everyone.
It was noted that the CPC temperature is high (51.2 deg C). This is likely due to the day length and Jeremy expects that it will start trending down tomorrow. However, since this is a high value for this parameter it should be monitored.
Data Gaps
None!
Detector issues
I didn't see any problems with the detectors. Det9 rate fluctuations have stopped again.
Other notes
There was more discussion of the "anomalous" spin-ups that occasionally occur when the ACS system does not properly measure the spin rate (because of magnetic field alignment). Today's discussion centered around the behavior of the PMTRAS during anomalous spin-ups. It was determined that there is no degradation in the system during the anomalies and so there should be no impact on RHESSI data analysis. There are a few odds and ends to clean up (i.e. what is the interesting behavior that occurs in the eclipse after one anomaly? And has the spin-down rate actually increased throughout the mission?) but in general this issue is not considered a concern. See Martin's presentation on PMTRAS performance.
Spacecraft Management
| Decimation | Normal/Vigorous |
| HLAT Decimation | Rear decimation weight 6, no front decimation |
| Night time data (fronts) | +/- 4 minutes |
| Night time data (rears) | Enabled |
| Require extra passes? | No |
| Requirement for moving pointer? | No |
| Attenuator operation | Normal |
| Detector problems? | None |