TEMPO Daily Measurements/Log during Commissioning (June 07, 2023 – October 16, 2023)
Xiong Liu, Jean Fitzmaurice
Last updated on 09/20/2024
For Nominal Operations Daily log (10/17/23 - present), see DailyLog
Reprocessing with SDPC v4.2 (Version 1): 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/21, 8/22, 8/23, 8/25, 8/26 were completed.
Reprocessing with SDPC v4.3 (or Version 2): August-September were completed.
Reprocessing with SDPC v4.4 (or Version 3): August, 2023 - May 12, 2024
| Date | Log |
|---|---|
| 6/8/23 | Dark current (storage & active region, 10 frames each, 178 ms, 15 coadds, ~-21° FPA 29.5° FPE First TEMPO measurement after TEMPO power-on 6/7/23 |
| 6/9/23 | Dark current (storage & active region, 10 frames each, 178 ms, 15 coadds, ~2.9° FPA 29.5° FPE, Initiate dryout-Day 1 |
| 6/12/23 | Dark current (storage & active region, 10 frames each, 178 ms, 15 coadds, ~22.9° FPA 31.5° FPE Initiate dry out-Day 2 |
| 7/12/23 | Dark current (storage & active region, 10 frames each, 178 ms, 15 coadds, ~-20.6° FPA 49.6° FPE, Cool down day 3 |
| 7/13/23 | Dark current (storage & active region, 10 frames each, 178 ms, 15 coadds, ~-21.1° FPA 50.9° FPE, After cool down |
| 7/21/23 | Dark current (storage & active region, 10 frames each, 178 ms, 15 coadds, ~-21.0° FPA 51.0 ° FPE |
| 7/26/23 | Dark current (storage & active region, 10 frames each, 178 ms, 15 coadds, ~-21.0° FPA 50.6° FPE |
| 7/28/23 | storage/active region, 1 frame each, 100 ms, 26 coadds, 2 hours of active region dark current (active region, 26 coadds, 100 ms), storage/active region, 1 frame each, 100 ms, 26 coadds, storage/active region, 10 frame each, 178 ms, 15 coadds, dark current, 1 frame, 178 ms, 15 coadds, Check dark current/fpa & fpe temperature stability, Derive bad pixel map & RTS |
| 7/30/23 | storage/active region, 1 frame each, 100 ms, 26 coadds, 6 hours of dark current (active region, 26 coadds, 100 ms), storage/active region, 1 frame each, 100 ms, 26 coadds, Check dark current/fpa & fpe temperature stability, Derive bad pixel map & RTS |
| 7/31/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 26 coadds, 100 ms) |
| 8/1/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), First light working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (1 frame, 15 coadds, 178 ms) |
| 8/2/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), First light reference solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Storage/Active Dark current (1 frame each, 37 coadds, 72 ms), First light earth scans: 6 nearly hourly scans (1230 mirror steps, 100 ms, 26 coadds), Storage/Active Dark current (1 frame each, 37 coadds, 72 ms) |
| 8/3/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (1 frame, 15 coadds, 178 ms), No Earth scans |
| 8/4/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), 7 sets of dark (0 exposure time, storage with 37 coadds/72 ms, active with 72ms/37coadds, active with 100 ms/26 coadds, active with 178 ms/15 coadds,active with 2.67s/1 coadd, active with 6 s/1 coadd), 11 hourly Earth scans (each Earth scan is followed by Storage/active dark current with 100 ms/26 coadds), Another 7 sets of dark (mostly occur 8/5 T00-T01, still 8/4 in ET), Two times of 7 sets of dark current measurements to understand dark vs integration time, storage region dark current, storage region dark current during readout, Dark current measurements after each hourly scan (check dark current stability) |
| 8/5/23 | Storage/active dark current with 100 ms/26 coadds, 11 hourly Earth scans, Storage/active dark current with 100 ms/26 coadds |
| 8/6/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), 11 hourly Earth scans, Storage/active dark current with 100 ms/26 coadds |
| 8/7/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Storage/active dark current with 100 ms/26 coadds, 11 hourly Earth scans, Storage/active dark current with 100 ms/26 coadds |
| 8/8/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms, Dark current (1 frame, 15 coadds, 178 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 6 hourly Earth scans, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 6 hours of Earth Imaging with IRU Compensation Enabled. |
| 8/9/29 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 11 hourly Earth scans, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), Full ConOps imaging with IRU compensation enabled. |
| 8/10/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms, Dark current (1 frame, 15 coadds, 178 ms) No Earth Scans |
| 8/11/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 11 hourly Earth scans (Uses step sizes of 62.5, 63.6, and 64.6 urad during the middle 6 scans of the day., 61.5 urad for other scans), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), All imaging with IRU Compensation Enabled. < |
| 8/12/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms),Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms, 32 degree), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 10 hourly Earth scans, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms) |
| 8/13/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), No Earth Scans |
| 8/14/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms, 31 degree)(command load interrupted), No Earth Scans, |
| 8/15/23 | Dark current (1 frame, 15 coadds, 178 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 7 hourly Earth scans, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), scans with IRU compensation |
| 8/16/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 13 hourly Earth scans, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms) |
| 8/17/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), wrong integration time, Working solar (15 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), wrong integration time, Dark current (1 frame, 26 coadds, 100 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 6 hourly Earth scans (4 scans for cloud saturations), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms),(interrupted after 15 frames of solar repeat), Command load started with 6 hourly scans to test cloud saturation (including 50ms+51 coadds, 178ms/15 coadds, 50ms+51 coadds, 178ms/15 coadds, 2 scans of 100ms/26 coadds) |
| 8/18/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Special dark: 50 images 1 coadd at 14 ITs, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 19 Earth scans including optimized in morning/afternoon, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), Special dark: For each IT, collect 50 images with no coadds. IT = 0, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 6000 (max) ms.[14 sets - Active Region Only.], Start optimized scanning |
| 8/19/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 19 Earth scans including optimized in morning/afternoon, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), |
| 8/20/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 19 Earth scans including optimized in morning/afternoon, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), |
| 8/21/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 19 Earth scans including optimized in morning/afternoon, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), |
| 8/22/23 | No WD solar, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 19 Earth scans including optimized in morning/afternoon, Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), |
| 8/23/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (50 frames, 26 coadds, 100 ms), 47 Earth scans (starting from T1043Z until T2200), Lost 3:38 hours of data and dark after earth scans, Special observations over CA-Arizona (but with optimized scans in the east coast in the morning), Lost 3:38 hours of data |
| 8/24/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Dark current (1 frame, 178 ms, 15 coadds), No Earth Scans |
| 8/25/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms) Solar angle 30, 13 hourly Earth scans |
| 8/26/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms ms) Solar angle 29.5, 11 hourly Earth scans (CoNOPS scanning: 11.2 hours due to s/c maneuver |
| 8/27/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms) Solar angle 30, 42 Earth scans, Interleaved 1hr + 1hr Special Observation, 13.64 hrs |
| 8/28/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms) Solar angle 30.5, 17 Earth scans, Optimized scanning, 12.75hrs |
| 8/29/23 | No WD solar, 20 Earth scans, Optimized scanning, 14.5hrs |
| 8/30/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms ms), 13 hourly Earth scans 13.47hrs, CoNOPS scanning, Including twilights for supermoon |
| 8/31/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), 20 Earth scans, Optimized scanning, 14.50 hrs |
| 9/1/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), **19 Earth scans **(S014 missing), Optimized scanning in the middle, 13.50 hrs, Characterization of FOR, E/W (2 times) |
| 9/2/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), 20 Earth scans, Optimized scanning, 13.50 hrs |
| 9/3/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms) 20 Earth scans, Optimized scanning |
| 9/4/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), 20 Earth scans, Optimized scanning |
| 9/5/23 | Dark current (50 frames, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning: 23 Earth scans, Step size characterization in the middle (40%, 60%, 80%, 100%) over New York. Texas, and LA regions, |
| 9/6/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning: 20 Earth scans |
| 9/7/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning: 20 Earth scans |
| 9/8/23 | TEMPO in safe mode No data due to safe mode |
| 9/9/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning |
| 9/10/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning, 10%, 20%, 50%, 100% step size characterization over New York in the middle |
| 9/11/23 | 2nd Reference Solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning, Interleaved special observation over Texas/hourly scans |
| 9/12/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning,10%, 20%, 50%, 100% step size characterization over Texas in the middle |
| 9/13/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning, 10%, 20%, 50%, 100% step size characterization over LA in the middle |
| 9/14/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning |
| 9/15/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms, post mid-night), Optimized scanning, FOR characterization (2 times, Max dy & Min dy) |
| 9/16/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning |
| 9/17/23 | Optimized scanning, 3 hours special observation over Texas (~17-20 UTC), Start weekly solar measurements |
| 9/18/23 | Optimized scanning FOR characterization (2 times, Max dy & Min dy), 3 hours special observation over Texas (~17-20 UTC) |
| 9/19/23 | Optimized scanning, Side slither Midpoint NY, dy=4400 to 0, 1hr, Side slither Midpoint Center FOR, dy=4400 to 0, 1 hr, Side slither Midpoint LA, dy=4400 to 0, 1hr, 2.5 hours special observation over Texas (~17.5-20 UTC) |
| 9/20/23 | Optimized scanning, FOR characterization (2 times, Max dy & Min dy), |
| 9/21/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning |
| 9/22/23 | Optimized scanning, 12.1 hrs imaging, New scan range for Optimized scans started (expanded to include Chicago in morning, other cities in evening) 2/3 FoR (versus 1/2 FoR). |
| 9/23/23 | Optimized scanning (started around 14:20 UTC due to maneuver), 9.7 hrs imaging |
| 9/24/23 | Optimized scanning, 12.1 hrs imaging |
| 9/25/23 | 2 scans City lights (west coast), Optimized scanning, 14.6 hrs imaging, 1 scan City lights, No dark current corresponding to citylight are taken |
| 9/26/23 | 2 scans City lights (west coast), Optimized scanning, 11.7 hrs imaging, No dark current corresponding to citylight are taken |
| 9/27/23 | 2 scans City lights (west coast), Optimized scanning, 14.6 hrs imaging, Texas special observations (~12:20-14:20 UTC), 1 scan City lights, No dark current corresponding to citylight are taken |
| 9/28/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning, 13.3 hrs Earth imaging, Texas special observations (~12:20-14:20 UTC) |
| 9/29/23 | Optimized scanning, 13.3 hrs Earth imaging, Optimized scanning meeting the 1-hour revisit started. Set new parameters: Moved FOR west 1537 urad to meet FOR coverage requirement near west coast(120W, 19N). New parameters of 1180 number of steps and 64 urad step size to meet 1 hr revisit time. (it was 1229 steps and 61.5 urad step size since First Light 8/2/23). |
| 9/30/23 | Optimized scanning, 11.3 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/1/23 | Optimized scanning, 13.3 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/2/23 | Optimized scanning, 13.3 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/3/23 | Optimized scanning, 10.6 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/4/23 | Optimized scanning, 13.3 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/5/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning, 13.3 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/6/23 | 1 scan City lights, Optimized scanning, 14.9 hrs Earth imaging,1 scan City lights, 5 darks in 4 files (1 for citylight, 1 for nominal, 1 for nominal+1 for citylight, 1 for citylight) |
| 10/7/23 | 1 scan City lights, Optimized scanning, 12.6 hrs Earth imaging, 1 scan city lights? (missing L0?),8 dark files (lots of dark for citylights) |
| 10/8/23 | 1 scan City lights, Optimized scanning, 14.9 hrs Earth imaging,1 scan City lights, 6 darks in 4 files (2 for citylights, 1 for nominal, 1 for nominal+1 for citylight, 1 for citylight) |
| 10/9/23 | Optimized scanning, 13.3 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/10/23 | Optimized scanning, (end at ~21UTC) 9.6 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/11/23 | Optimized scanning, 13.3 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/12/23 | Working solar (1 frame, 37 coadds, 72 ms), Optimized scanning, 13.3 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/13/23 | Optimized scanning, 13.3 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/14/23 | Optimized scanning, 10.5 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/15/23 | Optimized scanning, 9 hrs Earth imaging |
| 10/16/23 | Optimized scanning, 12 hours Earth imaging |