2010 Data Collection
SABER became operational on January 8, 2002, and remained in Data Collection (DC) mode during 2010 except for the periods noted below.
- May 10-12 - Cooler Power Cycle
- 10 May 18:00 - Command sent to turn off the adaptive scan and cryo-cooler.
- 11 May 18:15 - Command sent to turn the cryco-cooler back on and set the temperature to 74K.
- 12 May 18:32 - Command sent to re-enable adaptive scan and restart nominal DC
- November 25-26 - TIMED demoted to SAFE.
- 25 Nov 23:44 - TIMED demoted to SAFE.
- 26 Nov 18:19 - SABER returns to DC.
Click here for a list of each command sent in 2010 along with a short description of that command's purpose.
2010 Operational Changes
Operational changes made to SABER in 2010 are noted below:
- No operational changes were made to SABER during 2010
2010 Trends
Trended parameters are divided into three sections:
- Housekeeping - plotted parameters directly related to health and monitoring
- Responsivity - responsivity levels plotted for channels 1-10
- Scan Mirror - plot of scan mirror behavior for 2010
Coverage
The plot below shows the dates of TIMED Yaws, and the latitudes between which SABER observed during those Yaws
The small picture below shows the orientation of SABER on TIMED, and the latitudes observed in +X and -X travel
2010 Commanding
The breakdown of commands sent to SABER in 2010 is as follows:
| Command Type | Number of commands |
|---|---|
| Diagnostics or Testing | 0 |
| Memory Dump | 0 |
| Power-Up | 0 |
| Health and Maintenance | 4 |
| Operational Change | 0 |
| Total: | 4 |
For a list of each command sent in 2010 along with a short description of that command's purpose, click here.
2010 Limit Violations
During the year of 2010, there were no reported Red limit violations.