SOI/MDI Operations

Early Operations Timeline (8 November 1995)

Description		      Duration	  Start Time	  End Time
				(hrs)	    (GMT)	   (GMT)

LIFT-OFF			0.00	11/23/95 08:00	11/23/95 08:00

Ascent and Parking Orbit Phase	1.83	11/23/95 08:00	11/23/95 09:28

MDI Block 1			27.50	11/23/95 17:39	11/24/95 21:09
1.1 Start CCD Bake-out		2.00	11/23/95 17:39	11/23/95 19:39
1.2 Switch-on Filter Oven Htr	1.50	11/24/95 19:39	11/24/95 21:09

First Midcourse Correction	15.73	11/24/95 00:28	11/24/95 16:12

MDI Block 1 continued		270.33	11/26/95 08:00	12/07/95 14:20
Bake-out continued from LEOP	0.00	11/26/95 08:00	11/26/95 08:00
1.3 Thermal Adjustments		0.33	12/03/95 14:25	12/03/95 14:45
1.4 CCD Thermal Adjustment	0.33	12/07/95 14:00	12/07/95 12:20

MDI Block 2			73.00	11/26/95 14:00	11/29/95 15:00
2.1 Initial Commissioning	4.00	11/26/95 14:00	11/26/95 18:00
2.2 Image Processor Funct. Test	2.00	11/27/95 14:00	11/27/95 16:00
2.3 Table Loads			2.50	11/28/95 14:00	11/28/95 16:30
2.4 Shutter Tests		1.00	11/29/95 14:00	11/29/95 15:00

Second Midcourse Correction	31.77	12/13/95 13:00	12/14/95 20:46

MDI Block 1 continued		16.50	12/26/95 10:00	12/16/95 14:30
Bake-out continued from EarlyOP	0.00	12/15/95 10:00	12/15/95 10:00
1.5 End CCD Bakeout		0.33	12/16/95 13:00	12/16/95 14:30

MDI Block 2 continued		102.00	12/16/95 13:00	12/20/95 19:00
2.5 First Sunlight Images	1.00	12/16/95 13:00	12/16/95 15:00
2.6 Internal Alignment		1.00	12/16/95 15:00	12/16/95 16:00
2.7 ISS & Michelson Tests	2.00	12/17/95 13:00	12/17/95 15:00
2.8 Funct. Tests in Sunlight	4.00	12/18/95 13:00	12/18/95 18:00
2.9 Time Series			6.00	12/20/95 13:00	12/20/95 19:00

MDI Block 3			201.00	 1/02/96 13:00	 1/10/96 22:00
3.1 ISS Calibration		1.00	 1/02/96 13:00	 1/02/96 15:00
3.2 Sensitivity Calibrations	2.00	 1/03/96 13:00	 1/03/96 16:00
3.3 Imaging Calibrations	2.00	 1/04/96 13:00	 1/04/96 16:00
3.4 Flat Field			2.00	 1/06/96 13:00	 1/06/96 16:00
3.5 Michelson Tuning Calib.	9.00	 1/07/96 13:00	 1/07/96 22:00
3.6 Optical System Thermal Cal.	57.00	 1/08/96 13:00	 1/10/96 22:00

MDI Block 4

MDI Block 6
S8 Pointing Stability 		17.00	 1/30/96 13:00	 1/31/96 06:00
   without Experiment Motion
S6/J5 Absolute Pointing Cal.	10.00	 1/31/96 13:00	 1/31/96 23:00
S7 Medium Term Pointing Calib.	13.00	 2/01/96 13:00	 2/02/96 02:00
S9/J4 Pointing Stability	13.00    2/02/96 13:00   2/03/96 02:00    
    during Experiment Motion
SSA7 FPSS A & B Comparison	1.00	 2/03/96 13:00	 2/03/96 15:00
SSA8 SSU A & B Alignment Comp.	4.00	 2/03/96 15:00	 2/03/96 19:00
J1 Calibration Rolls		8.00	 2/04/96 13:00	 2/04/96 22:00
J3.2 Off-pointing for MDI 	6.00	 2/06/96 14:00	 2/06/96 20:00
     Flat-Fielding

MDI Block 5

This page last reviewed and revised 9 November 1995 - SDW

Please address comments and questions to Scott Williams.