TIPS COS Status: post-servicing --- Tony Keyes --16 July 2009 COS and NCS Pressure 5E-06 COS (LVACPRES) NCS (METPSPR) Pressure (Torr) 4E-06 3E-06 SIC&DH Anomaly FUV HV Turn-on Complete 2E-06 1E-06 0E+00 5/22 5/26 5/30 6/3 6/7 6/11 6/15 6/19 2009
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TIPS COS Status: post-servicing --- Tony Keyes --16 July 2009 COS and NCS Pressure 5E-06 COS (LVACPRES) NCS (METPSPR) Pressure (Torr) 4E-06 3E-06 SIC&DH Anomaly FUV HV Turn-on Complete 2E-06 1E-06 0E+00 5/22 5/26 5/30 6/3 6/7 6/11 6/15 6/19 2009 (UT) 6/23 6/27 7/1 7/5 7/9 7/13 COS NUV Temperature NUV resume NUV ops / FUV turn-on 30 NUV initial turn-on 25 FUV only Temperature (C) 20 15 COS suspend 10 5 Charge Amps (LMCHAMPT) MCE (LMMCETMP) Electronics Box (LNELBOXT) MAMA Tube (LNTUBET) Front Bulkhead (LNUVFBT) SIC&DH Anomaly 0 -5 -10 5/22 5/26 5/30 6/3 6/7 6/11 6/15 6/19 2009 (UT) 6/23 6/27 7/1 7/5 7/9 7/13 COS MAMA Event Counter (LMEVENTS) 400 350 Events (counts) 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 5/22 5/26 5/30 6/3 6/7 6/11 6/15 6/19 2009 (UT) 6/23 6/27 7/1 7/5 7/9 7/13 COS FUV Counters 500 450 400 Fast A (LDCEFECA) Fast B (LDCEFECB) Digital A (LDCEDECA) Digital B (LDCEDECB) SD Port 1 (LDCESDC1) SD Port 2 (LDCESDC2) counts per second 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 5/22 5/26 5/30 6/3 6/7 6/11 6/15 6/19 2009 (UT) 6/23 6/27 7/1 7/5 7/9 7/13 COS Highlights NUV / FUV HV Turn-on complete NUV/FUV Functional Tests complete – – Darks: NUV ~70 counts/sec (10x less than STIS/NUV); FUV ~1 count/resel/3-hours OSM drift: few measures to date, but definitely present; TAGFLASH can remove COS-to-FGS Alignment established COS NUV (imaging) “first light” on 11 June – – F2V astrometric target in NGC-188 Counts ~30% higher than predicted > > within errors on model simulation NUV sensitivity quicklook observations upcoming COS Highlights (continued) COS NUV Optical Alignment established – Final verification visits in progress COS NUV (spectroscopy) “first light” on 14 July – FUV Sensitivity Quicklook > > Range: TV03 estimates +20% / -10% (nominal) Some system throughput to ~1000 Angstroms COS Upcoming Events FUV Optical Alignment (COS26 - 11484) – Mon-Sun 20-26 July: NUV Sensitivity Quicklook (COS34 -11479) – Tues 21 June NUV Internal Flat Fields (COS 22 - 11478) – First 18 (of 72) : Tues-Fri 21-25 July NUV Internal/External Wavecal (COS14 – 11474) Fri/Sat 24-25 July NUV Focus and Alignment Verification (COS18 – 11469) – – Completes 20 July COS SMOV4 NUV Sequence COS-01 Recovery from SAFE COS-06 11467 NUV Internal Functionality & Operation Internal pressure <20 micro-Torr MAMA LV on HST release COS-02 11353 Onboard Memory Check COS-03 11354 Science Data Buffer Check COS-04 11355 NUV Initial HV Turn-on/Ramp-up COS-07 11355 v5 NUV Fold Test COS-05 11466 NUV Dark Measure 24h data 24h data SCI REF COS-08 11468 OTA to FGS Alignment (NUV) Wavelength Ranges OK SIAF update available Uplink 24h data Alignment Not OK COS-10 11496 Internal NUV Wavelength Meas & Grating Eff. Vis 1, 3 – lamp 2 COS-09 11469 NUV Optical Alignment /Focus visit 1-6 24h data COS-17 11477 NUV Ext. Spectr. Perf. Part 2 Enable Wavecaldependent NUV Calibration and Science COS-15 11475 Wavelength Internal NUV Ranges Wavelength Not OK Verify 24h data REF Require Wavelength Scale Update COS-16 11476 NUV Ext. Spectr. Perf. Part 1 Internal pressure <10 micro-Torr BEA Complete ERO FUV SMOV sequence 24h data Uplink COS-19 11479 v2-n NUV Spectr. Sensitivity REF COS-20 11480 NUV Structural & Thermal Stability COS-21 11481 NUV High S/N Verification REF COS-14 11474 NUV Int/External Wavelength Scales Uplink IHB 24h data COS-09 11469 NUV Optical Alignment vis 7-12 External Observations 24h data COS-19 11479 v1 NUV Spectr. Sensitivity Quick COS-10 11470 Internal NUV Wavelength Meas Uplink May require wait 9 April 2009 SIAF update start Uplink 24h data Alignment OK Uplink COS-11 11471 NUV Imaging Acq Verify REF COS-12 11472 NUV Dispersed Acq Verify Uplink REF COS-18 11478 NUV Flat Fields COS-13 11473 NUV Imaging Performance Do NOT Require Wavelength Scale Update COS SMOV4 FUV Sequence Outgassing Concern? XDL at OPER Internal Pressure COS-01 HST COS-02 11353 release COS-03 11354 <100 microTorr COS-22 FUV Detector Door Open BEA Complete uplink 24h data COS-09 11469 NUV Optical Alignment /Focus Uplink COS-34 11492 v1 FUV Spectr. Sensitivity - Quick 24h data SIAF update start May require wait COS-31 11489 FUV Ext. Spectr. Perf. Part 1 Wavelength Ranges OK REF COS-27 11496 Internal FUV Wavelength Meas Vis 2 – lamp 2 SIAF update available COS-30 11488 Wavelength Ranges Internal NUV Not OK Wavelength Verify 24h data Uplink Uplink 24h data COS-26 11484 FUV Optical Alignment /Focus visit 1-4 COS-27 11485 Internal FUV Wavelength Meas – Vis 1 COS-26 11484 FUV Optical Alignment /Focus Verif. – visit 5-6 Alignment OK COS-36 11494 FUV High S/N Verification COS-33 11491 FUV Flat Fields REF COS-34 11492 v2-4 FUV Spectr. Sensitivity REF COS-35 11493 FUV Structural & Thermal Stability REF Require Wavelength Scale Update 24h data COS-28 11486 FUV Dispersed Acq Verify Does NOT Require Wavelength Scale Update COS-32 11490 FUV Ext. Spectr. Perf. Part 2 Enable Wavecaldependent FUV Calibration and Science COS-29 11487 FUV Int/External Wavelength Scales 24h data Uplink External Observations COS-23 11356 FUV Initial HV Turn-on/Ramp-up Pressure Gauge OFF COS-25 11483 FUV Internal Functionality & Operation COS-24 11482 FUV Dark Measure COS-08 11468 NUV Optical Alignment /Focus Internal Pressure <10 microTorr NUV SMOV sequence 24h data 24h data Enable FUV ERO No wavecal 24h data Rapid data turnaround required ERO Required to enable ERO SCI Required to enable science REF Analysis produces reference file IHB Results reported in IHB 9 April 2009 COS SMOV Timeline • • • May 11: SM4 Launch May 16: COS installation (EVA3) May 22 – Jul 27: Beginning COS SMOV engineering and alignment activities • • • ~Aug 30: COS science observations enabled Aug 3-9: COS EROs enabled Jul 22 – Sep 15: General Science Calibration Verification – Engineering Check-out and Detector Turn-on (NUV: May 23 – June 4, FUV: June 5-15) Fast turnaround of turn-on visits – Initial Detector verifications (NUV: June 4-8, FUV: June 16-20) – Optical Alignments (June 11- Jul 27) Fast turnaround of each visit – – – – – – – – TA Verification (FUV: Aug 10, NUV: Aug 22-27) Imaging Verification (Aug 10) Wavelength Calibration (FUV: Jul 27 - Aug 9, NUV: Jul 22 – Aug 6) Flux Calibration (FUV: Aug 10-13, NUV: Aug 18-20 Internal and External Flat Fields (NUV: Jul 22 - Aug 16, FUV: Aug 24-25) High S/N Verification (FUV: Aug 30-31, NUV: Aug 28-29) Spectroscopic Performance (FUV: Aug 16-25, NUV: Aug 17-29) Thermal Stability (FUV: Sep 15, NUV: Aug 30 – Sep 5)