CXC Manager

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CXC Managers Status Report

• Chandra Users Committee Meeting
• Edward M. Mattison
• 19 October 2005

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Topics

• Program Level Status
• Program Management
• Spacecraft
• Mission Planning
• Science Instruments and Calibration
• OCC
• Data Processing
• CXCDS
• CDO
• Education and Outreach
• Mission Metrics
• Chandra Grant Awards

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Program Level Status 1/26/05 10/19/05

• Program Management
• Successfully passed the 6 year milestone on July
  23, 2005
• Budget In FY05 NASA reduced CXC funding about 5
  below the level of the POP05 plan. We absorbed
  the decrease through stretchout of some
  activities, retiming of subcontract funding,
  personnel attrition, and other spending
  reductions. CXC operations were not substantially
  affected, but we remain sensitive to any future
  NASA cuts or increases in SAO overhead rates.
• Staffing Approximately 5 FTE decrease through
  planned reductions and attrition.
• Facilities OCC. Draper Labs has completed
  remodeling work at the OCC. The former conference
  room and 5 offices were eliminated. A new
  conference room was built, and the ACIS equipment
  has been relocated to the TST room. Operations
  have not been affected.
• Facilities Move to Cambridge Discovery Park. The
  CXC Data System group (currently in Harvard
  Square offices) and three EPO personnel (now at
  Porter Exchange OCC) will move 12/2/05 to new
  leased space about 1.5 miles northwest of 60
  Garden Street. To minimize impact on mission
  operations, critical DS software will be released
  prior to the move.

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Program Level Status 1/26/05 10/19/05

• Spacecraft
• Continues to operate extremely well overall
• Nominal passage through summer 2005 eclipses
  uneventful passages through Perseid (8/12) and
  Draconid (10/10) meteor showers
• Patched Flight Software to allow using HRC in
  lieu of EPHIN for radiation sensing (corrected a
  bug in the previous patch) patched On-Board
  Computer for SCS 107 and 84 (improved safety for
  observations at high sun angles)
• ACA dark current calibrations 3/11, 7/10, 9/4
• Anomalies
• ACIS threshold crossing plane latched up was
  cleared routinely
• After an unexpected radiation safing event, the
  LETG remained partially inserted due to a
  low-probability timing condition. A workaround
  was developed to avoid future occurrences.
• Side A of ACIS Digital Electronics Assembly
  (DEA-A) powered off spontaneously. The event was
  similar to two instances of Digital Processor
  Assembly shutdown over 6 years it is assumed to
  have resulted from a single event upset due to a
  cosmic ray. Standard procedures mitigate the
  effect.

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Program Level Status 1/26/05 10/19/05

• Mission Planning
• Temperature control requirements keeping
  propulsion line warm and EPHIN cool resulted in
  added constraints on mission planning
• SCS107 ran 7 times due to high radiation events
  (includes major event in September and unexpected
  August timing anomaly) required replans
• 9 load interrupt TOOs
• Date Target Days
• 4/15/05 GRB050412 1
• 4/20/05 RXJ0513.9-6951 2
• 5/8/05 GRB050509b 2
• 5/11/05 High redshift blazar 1
• 5/16/05 XRF050509C 1
• 6/6/05 SAX J1808.4-3658 1
• 7/12/05 GRB050709 1
• 7/24/95 GRB050724 1

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Program Level Status 1/26/05 10/19/05

• Science Instruments and Calibration
• Operating extremely well overall
• Decided not to bake out ACIS will review
  decision annually
• Changed default aimpoint based on motion of HRM
  optical axis relative to the instrument module
• Made significant calibration updates in
  preparation for Reprocessing 3 new,
  time-dependent trap map for Charge Transfer
  Inefficiency
• 2005 Calibration Workshop will be held 10/31-11/1
• OCC
• Transitioned from serial GSFC interface to the
  Deep Space Network to a direct T1 connection
  (TCP/IP) to JPL
• Migration of ground system software from SGI to
  Linux is nearing completion
• Released 2 Online System versions and 4 Offline
  System version in support of Linux migration
• Promotion to operations is scheduled for 22
  November

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Program Level Status 1/26/05 10/19/05

• Data Processing
• Automatic processing is current data delivery
  averages lt36 hours from end of observation to
  delivery to user
• Nearing start of third over-all data reprocessing
  (Repro 3)
• Completed all data preparation
• Completed and tested scripts for automatic
  operation
• Will use Data System release 7.6.4 after
  completion of testing
• Repro 3 start is planned for Nov-Dec 2005
• CXC Data System Releases
• Date Version Change
• 2/9/05 CIAO 3.2.1 Bugfix enhancement
• 2/15/05 DS7.5.2 Cycle 7 proposer release
• 3/23/05 DS7.5.3 Peer Review release
• 6/14/05 DS7.6 Pipeline tool upgrade Repro3
  infrastructure
• 6/20/05 CIAO 3.2.2 Repro3 mkacisrmf patch
  release
• 6/25/05 DS7.6.2 Repro3 corner cases bugfixes
• 8/25/05 DS7.6.3 Repro3 cleanup
• 10/05 (planned) DS7.6.4 Repro3 patch
• 11/05 (planned) CIAO 3.3 Tool enhancements
  Cycle 8 release

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Program Level Status 1/26/05 10/19/05

• Calibration Database (CalDB) Releases
• 5 releases 3.0.1 (2.8/05) 3.0.2 (3/23/05)
  3.0.3 (5/8/05) 3.0.4 (6/14/05) 3.1.0 (6/23/05)
• GO and Fellows Programs
• Cycle 7 GO Peer Review held 6/22-24/05 Stage 2
  review in process
• Cycle 8 GO Call for Proposals will be released
  12/15/05
• Cycle 8 Fellows review held 1/19/05 4 new
  Fellows selected and appointed
• Cycle 9 Fellows applications due 11/9 review in
  January 06
• Fellows Symposium held 10/11
• Education and Public Outreach
• 2 media telecons (May, October)
• 2 press conferences at AAS meetings
• 14 press releases, 7 image releases
• 162 print articles, 505 web articles resulting
  from releases (through 9/30/05)
• 1 segment on the Today Show (Swarm of black
  holes January)

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Mission MetricsMUPS Fuel Usage
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Mission Metrics (cont)
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Mission Metrics (cont) Scheduled Observing
Efficiency
Scheduled Observations Scheduled Observations
Month Seconds in month (ks) Scheduled Observing Time (ks) Scheduled Observing Efficiency
Oct-04 2678.4 1827.3 0.68
Nov-04 2592.0 1439.6 0.56
Dec-04 2678.4 1796.1 0.67
Jan-05 2678.4 1393.4 0.52
Feb-05 2505.6 1521.4 0.61
Mar-05 2678.4 1723.6 0.64
Apr-05 2592.0 1638.3 0.63
May-05 2678.4 1772.2 0.66
Jun-05 2592.0 1709.0 0.66
Jul-05 2678.4 1781.3 0.67
Aug-05 2678.4 1498.2 0.56
Sep-05 2592.0 1305.1 0.50
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Mission Metrics (cont)Observing Efficiency
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Data Delivery Effectiveness
As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of 10/13/05 As of 10/13/05 As of 10/13/05  
Month Number of Obs Days to Data Delivery Days to Data Delivery Days to Data Delivery Days to Data Delivery Number Deliv Number Outstanding Number Deliv Number Outstanding Obsids Outstanding (see below for details)  
Month Number of Obs Min Avg Avg Max Number Deliv Number Outstanding Number Deliv Number Outstanding Obsids Outstanding (see below for details)  
Oct-04 44 0 4 4 22 44 0 44 0  
Nov-04 36 1 5 5 12 36 0 36 0  
Dec-04 73 0 2 2 7 73 0 73 0  
Jan-05 63 0 1 1 8 63 0 63 0  
Feb-05 67 0 2 2 14 67 0 67 0  
Mar-05 71 0 1 1 8 71 0 71 0  
Apr-05 56 0 1 1 11 56 0 56 0  
May-05 55 0 2 2 13 54 1 55 0  
Jun-05 67 0 1 1 20 67 0 67 0  
Jul-05 83 0 1 1 4 83 0 83 0  
Aug-05 43 0 1 1 9 43 0 43 0  
Sep-05 35 0 1 1 6 35 0 35 0  

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Chandra Grant Awards
As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of 10/13/05 As of 10/13/05 As of 10/13/05
Month of Data Delivery No. Grants (1) No. Grants Awarded No. Outstanding Avg days to award (2) No. Grants Awarded No. Outstanding Outstanding Awards Proposal no, Comments
Grants to Non-Federal Institutions Grants to Non-Federal Institutions Grants to Non-Federal Institutions Grants to Non-Federal Institutions Grants to Non-Federal Institutions
Oct-04 10 2 8 22 10 0
Nov-04 4 0 4 n/a 4 0
Dec-04 31 22 9 25 31 0
Jan-05 52 43 9 28 52 0
Feb-05 14 4 10 23 14 0
Mar-05 9 6 3 20 9 0
Apr-05 13 7 6 16 13 0
May-05 26 26 0 15 26 0
Jun-05 10 7 3 11 10 0
Jul-05 10 9 1 16 10 0
Aug-05 4 4 0 9 4 0
Sep-05 6 2 4 6 2 4 6300120, 6300176, 6610154, 6800198
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Chandra Grant Awards
As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of middle of following month As of 10/13/05 As of 10/13/05 As of 10/13/05
Month of Data Delivery No. Grants (1) No. Grants Awarded No. Outstanding No. Outstanding Avg days to award (2) Avg days to award (2) No. Grants Awarded No. Outstanding Outstanding Awards Proposal no, Comments
Grants to Federal Institutions Grants to Federal Institutions Grants to Federal Institutions Grants to Federal Institutions Grants to Federal Institutions Grants to Federal Institutions Grants to Federal Institutions Grants to Federal Institutions Grants to Federal Institutions Grants to Federal Institutions
Oct-04 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0 0
Nov-04 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0 0
Dec-04 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0 0
Jan-05 (3) 1
Feb-05 3
Mar-05 1
Apr-05 0
May-05 0
Jun-05 2
Jul-05 3
Aug-05 2
Sep-05 4
Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Beginning with Cycle 6, grants to Federal institutions are administered by MSFC. No. Grants column represents the number of such observations reported to MSFC. Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Beginning with Cycle 6, grants to Federal institutions are administered by MSFC. No. Grants column represents the number of such observations reported to MSFC. Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Beginning with Cycle 6, grants to Federal institutions are administered by MSFC. No. Grants column represents the number of such observations reported to MSFC. Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Beginning with Cycle 6, grants to Federal institutions are administered by MSFC. No. Grants column represents the number of such observations reported to MSFC. Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Beginning with Cycle 6, grants to Federal institutions are administered by MSFC. No. Grants column represents the number of such observations reported to MSFC. Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Beginning with Cycle 6, grants to Federal institutions are administered by MSFC. No. Grants column represents the number of such observations reported to MSFC. Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Beginning with Cycle 6, grants to Federal institutions are administered by MSFC. No. Grants column represents the number of such observations reported to MSFC. Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Beginning with Cycle 6, grants to Federal institutions are administered by MSFC. No. Grants column represents the number of such observations reported to MSFC. Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Beginning with Cycle 6, grants to Federal institutions are administered by MSFC. No. Grants column represents the number of such observations reported to MSFC. Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Beginning with Cycle 6, grants to Federal institutions are administered by MSFC. No. Grants column represents the number of such observations reported to MSFC.
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Grant Award Efficiency