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MISSION STATUS:
On April 19 HESSI was moved to Bldg 1555 at VAFB -
the Orbital Sciences facility where the spacecraft will
be mated with the Pegasus rocket. The move went smoothly
and the spacecraft is now in tests leading up to integration
with the rocket. LAUNCH IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 7,
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HESSI
is at Bldg 1555, VAFB
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MAJOR HESSI EVENTS DURING 2001
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April 2001 (VAFB):
- Continuing Attitude Control System simulations
and tests.
- Continuing to practice flight operation
procedures.
- Moved spacecraft to Bldg 1555 at VAFB.
March
2001 (VAFB):
- Completed setup of Hot Bench at UCB
and performed Attitude Control System simulations and tests.
- Moved spacecraft and GSE to Building
1610 on higher ground at VAFB to avoid power outages and flooding.
- Completed 4 Day No Command test.
- Practising flight operations procedures.
February 2001 (VAFB):
- Attached solar panels and performed 1st
Motion Test.
- Repeated spacecraft and instrument functional
tests.
- Reviewed and tested flight operations procedures.
- Presented mission status and readiness to PreShipment and
Red Team Reviews.
January 2001 (JPL and VAFB):
- Spacecraft returns to thermal vacuum for testing of cryocooler
performance at 50W and amplifier trims. Thermal Vacuum successfully
concluded on January 8.
- Mass Properties Measurements and Spin Balance performed
on January 9 and 10.
- Spacecraft transported to VAFB on January 12.
- Setup and Safe-to-Mate testing performed January 13-14.
- Spacecraft functionals and calibrations successfully performed
on Jan 15-17.
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MAJOR HESSI EVENTS DURING 2000
December:
- Solar array deployment in thermal vacuum successfully tested.
- Endurance thermal-vacuum testing including hot and cold
dwells and extended thermal balance testing.
- Learned that spectrometer is colder than expected at planned
cryocooler power level. Good news: we can operate with less
power.
- Observed hf noise on two detectors.
- Made amplifier trims to correct noise problem.
November:
- Spacecraft transported to JPL on November 1-2.
- Preliminary setup and testing performed.
- Solar Arrays attached and deployment tested.
- Vibration testing of X , Y and Z axes successfully completed.
- Separation/shock testing successfully completed.
October:
- Flight battery reconditioned and installed.
- Spacecraft fully functional and running.
- Red Team and Pre-Environmental Reviews.
September:
- Ran and passed the following spacecraft functional tests:
command and data handling, inertia adjustment device, thermal,
launch vehicle interface, electrical power system.
August:
- The Spacecraft Electronics Module, Solid
State Recorder, Sun Sensors and Magnetometer have been returned
from subcontractors and re-installed on the spacecraft. All
units checked out OK.
- Requalified Transponder and RF Switch
received and installed on the spacecraft.
- Safe-to-Mate functional tests run for
all components.
July:
- Solid State Recorder, Transponder, RF
Switch, Sun Sensors and Magnetometer all removed from the
spacecraft and delivered to the
subcontractors for retesting and qualification.
- The Spacecraft Electronics Module completed
testing at Spectrum Astro by the end of the month and checked
out OK.
June:
- New deck completed and installed.
- Refurbished bus structure completed and
aligned.
- New imager support ring completed and
installed.
- Implementing several plans running in
parallel to provide new spectrometer cryocooler.
- New solar array substrates completed
at COI.
- Requests for Action received from May
review team. Spacecraft Electronics Module shipped back
to Spectrum Astro.
- GPMC authorizes new integration, test
and launch plan on condition that cryocooler issue is resolved
by September. New launch date set for March 2001.
May:
- Spacecraft minus imager and spectrometer
taken to Bell Labs for thermal test. From May 2 to May
5 spacecraft undergoes 6 cycles between +45 and -20C.
Spacecraft passes all functional tests except for firing of
frangibolts. Problem is found to be a broken wire
which is fixed. All other wiring is scrutinized and
plans prepared for high pot and other testing.
- Designed stronger imager support ring.
- Decided to repair broken solar panels
and also contract new panels to have two options and choose
the best in future.
- Honeycomb deck found to be slightly warped.
Began fabrication of new deck.
- Spectrometer cryocooler found to have
deteriorating performance since mishap.
- Spectrometer cryocooler flight spare
starts also exhibiting problems during burn-in tests.
- Termination/Recovery Review held at UCB
on May 15 and 16.
- HESSI Test Mishap Investigation Board
issues their report on May 18.
- After the thermal test and fix of frangibolt
wiring, spacecraft is powered up and running most days.
- Flight operations team continues preparations,
including simulations of Launch and Early Orbit plus regular
passes.
April:
- Spacecraft carefully inspected and found
to be in good shape with the following exceptions: two
damaged solar arrays, broken imager support ring,
one strained cable.
- Review meeting between GSFC and UCB held
on April 4. Recommendation is to do more inspection
plus a thermal test.
- Imager (which rests on the broken imager
support ring) shipped to PSI so they can fully test and recalibrate.
- Spectrometer removed and tested for leaks.
None found.
March:
- Solar arrays integrated and thermal blankets
installed.
- Spacecraft shipped to JPL.
- Pass EMC testing.
- Pass random vibration testing.
- Spacecraft over-vibrated in sine-burst
test (20 G's applied instead of 2 G's for 200 milliseconds).
- Review team gathered to investigate the
over-test.
- Spacecraft shipped back to UCB for inspection
and evaluation.
January/February:
- Spacecraft Bus delivered to UC Berkeley.
- All instruments successfully integrated
and tested at UCB's Spacecraft Integration Facility.
- Pass Environmental Reviews.
- Successful end-to-end testing of telemetry
and commands between spacecraft and ground system via the
11 meter antenna.
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