GFO EVENT LOG for 2005 and 2006

Updated on 02/09/2008

 

These events are for 2005 through 2006.  See links below for events in earlier years


TIME
DATE (DAY)
EVENT
REMARKS
0611Z 07 Jan 2005 (007) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of 12 mm/sec @ 0 deg
1450Z
----
18 Jan 2005 (018)
21 Jan 2005 (021)
Satellite CP Reset, Sat
in Safe Mode
Due to an Attitude Control System anomaly, A CPU reset
occurred and the satellite went to its Safe Mode.
The satellite was recovered and returned to normal ops
on 20 January and DDL/FWF resumed on 21 January
1106Z 22 Jan 2005 (022) One Moon Intrusion One moon intrusion into the horizon sensors was noted.
2008Z 08 February 2005 (039) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was increased from 10 deg to 20 deg.
0816Z 18 February 2005 (049) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of 5 mm/sec @ 0 deg
---- 18 February 2005 (049) RA Reset The RA was powered off and on over land
to eliminate some minor telemetry errors
observed since the prior reset (18 Jan)
2243Z 03 March 2005 (062) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was decreased from 20 deg back to 10 deg.
---- 13 March 2005 (072) One RA Calibration
Period Discontinued
One of the two daily RA CALS was discontinued
to collect data over Africa
---- 24 March 2005 (083) Data Outage As of 1658Z the satellite was in a diagnostic mode with
the ground stations obtaining a Fault Frame Dump.
Due to a ground system computer outage, the satellite
 remained in that mode until 2332Z.
0000Z 06 April 2005 (096) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was decreased from 10 deg down to 5 deg.
1800Z 07 April 2005 (097) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was decreased from 5 deg down to 0 deg.
1750Z 27 April 2005 (117) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was decreased from 0 deg down to -5 deg.
0130Z 27 April 2005 (117) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of 11 mm/sec @ 0 deg
0630Z 04 May 2005 (124) ABCAL Maneuver The satellite will be biased off nadir (no propulsion)
to re-calibrate the attitude control
0224Z 09 June 2005 (160) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of 11 mm/sec @ 0 deg
2330Z 29 June 2005 (180) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was returned to 0 deg from -5 deg.
0221Z 13 July 2005 (194) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 2 mm/sec @ 180 deg --
this was a braking maneuver
1940Z 14 July 2005 (195) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was returned to +5 deg from 0 deg.
0221Z 16 July 2005 (197) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 10 mm/sec @ 180 deg --
this was a second braking maneuver as the first on
the 13 was insufficient
0204Z 26 July 2005 (207) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 14 mm/sec @ 0 deg
0137Z 09 Aug 2005 (221) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of 3 mm/sec @ 0 deg
2240Z 09 Aug 2005 (221) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was returned to 0 deg from +5 deg.
---- 24 Aug 2005 (236) Data Outage Due to hurricane Katrina, which caused power and communication outages across the gulf coast,
the NAVO ground system is totally out, the satellite
 remains operational and data is being archived by
the Naval Satellite Operations Center
1222Z 10 Sep 2005 (253) Payload Outage An autonomous payload outage occurred.
The payload was recovered at 1950Z
0215Z
0356Z
15 Sep 2005 (258) Two Moon Intrusions Two moon intrusions into the horizon sensors were noted.
0207Z 16 Sep 2005 (259) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 5 mm/sec @ 180 deg
0532Z 03 Oct 2005 (276) Payload Outage An autonomous payload outage occurred.
The payload was recovered at 1555Z
--- 10 Oct 2005 (283) Reduced Cals For about a month the number of full cal periods will be occasionally reduced to support battery maintenance
0116Z 02 Nov 2005 (305) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 15 mm/sec @ 0 deg
2001Z
2141Z
2322Z
19 Nov 2005 (323) Three Moon Intrusions Three moon intrusions into the horizon sensors were noted.
1900Z 09 Dec 2005 (343) Payload Outage An autonomous payload outage occurred. The payload
was recovered about 2250Z.  The RA patch was installed
at about 0100Z on 10 Dec and the WVR was thermally
stabilized at about 1900Z on 10 Dec.
1832Z 13 Dec 2005 (347) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was increased to +5 deg from 0 deg.
0054Z 15 Dec 2005 (349) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 14 mm/sec @ 0 deg
2240Z 16 Dec 2005 (350) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was decreased to 0 deg from +5 deg.
2247Z 20 Dec 2005 (354) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was increased to +2.5 deg from 0 deg.
2330Z 05 Jan 2006 (005) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was increased to +5 deg from +2.5 deg.
0106Z 07 Jan 2006 (007) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was decreased to +2.5 deg from +5 deg.
2000Z 13 Jan 2006 (013) Payload Outage An autonomous payload outage occurred. The payload
has been recovered and the RA patch installed. The
WVR will remain off temporarily for battery reconditioning
0303Z 19 Jan 2006 (019) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 15 mm/sec @ 0 deg
0106Z 19 Jan 2006 (019) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was increased to +5.0 deg from +2.5 deg.
0106Z 20 Jan 2006 (020) Yaw Maneuver The yaw was decreased to +2.5 deg from +5 deg.
2122Z 25 Jan 2006 (025) WVR restored The WVR was turned back on.  It reached equilibrium
at about 2051Z on 26 Jan
2054Z 02 Mar 2006 (033) ABCAL Maneuver The satellite will be biased off nadir (no propulsion)
to re-calibrate the attitude control
0135Z 13 Apr 2006 (103) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 12 mm/sec @ 0 deg
0143Z 13 Jul 2006 (194) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 3 mm/sec @ 0 deg

0834Z

1153Z

1460Z

02 Aug 2006 (214) Payload Outage Three payload outages occurred due to low voltage conditions on the satellite during eclipse. The RA and WVR will remain off temporarily during testing.
0100Z 27 Sep 2006 (270) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 12 mm/sec @ 0 deg
1300Z 05 Oct 2006 (278) RA restored The RA was  back on, in Track1 and producing data. However the WVR will remain off until further notice
2237Z 12 Nov 2006 (316) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 15 mm/sec @ 0 deg
0249Z 16 Nov 2006 (320) Inclination Maneuver The first of two propulsion maneuvers, this one of
about 150 mm/sec @ 90 deg
0303Z 22 Nov 2006 (326) Inclination Maneuver The second of two propulsion maneuvers, this one of
about 1185 mm/sec @ 90 deg
0051Z 25 Nov 2006 (329) ERO Maneuver A trim maneuver of about 65 mm/sec @ 180 deg
2248Z
0028Z
28 Nov 2006 (332)
29 Nov 2006 (333)
Two ERO Maneuver Two additional trim maneuvers of about
23 mm/sec @ 0 deg each
       

 

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General Notes   1) The moon intrusion angles during the momentary horizon sensor events are no longer being reported since these are only the horizon sensor outputs as a result of the moon intrusions.  With the satellite inertia to be overcome, and given the response time of the attitude control system (the time required to spin up the momentum wheels and turn the satellite), any momentary moon intrusion has likely ended before anything more than a negligible spacecraft motion occurs.

                            2) Yaw changes for battery and thermal management should not affect the users.  All the individual changes may not be reported in this chart.