Tohban Report 2013-07-03
| Tohban Reports | |
|---|---|
| Start Date: | 26 June 2013 |
| End Date: | 3 July 2013 |
| Tohban: | Jim McTiernan |
| Tohban email: | jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu |
| Next Tohban: | Jim McTiernan |
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Solar Activity
Activity was mostly weak this week, but is picking up, with an M class flare on 3-July, and an increase in GOES background from ~B3 to ~B6. There are 10 active regions on the disk, including a new small region, 11787, which produced the M1.5 flare. AR 11785, slightly to the west of 11787 is now a large beta-gamma-delta region, which may also produce some large flares.
How many GOES flares occurred?
Flares above B, C, M, X class were 24 18 0 0
And how many of these are listed in the RHESSI flare list?
Flares above B, C, M, X class were 15 11 0 0
And how many had EXCELLENT coverage?
Flares above B, C, M, X class were 9 2 0 0
There were RHESSI flares/GOES flares 182 / 42 over the time range 27-Jun-13 03-Jul-13
Memory Management
The SSR is empty at the end of each set of daily passes.
Spacecraft Status
The cold plates 1 and 2 were at 113.3 K and 119.1 K respectively, on July 1, the most recent daily averages.
Data Gaps
Nothing real, but a dropped monitor rate packet shows up as a data gap, 1-jul-2013 21:55UT.
Detector issues
Nothing unusual...
Other notes
Spin up was preformed between 21:53 and 23:25 UT on 1-Jul-2013. We achieved a spin rate of 14.97 RPM.
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 |