2012 Data Collection
SABER became operational on January 8, 2002, and remained in Data Collection (DC) mode during 2012 except for the periods noted below.
- October 27 - TIMED demoted to SAFE
- 27 Oct 06:19 - TIMED demoted to SAFE.
- 27 Oct 14:36 - SABER returns to DC.
- March 19 - Cooler Power Cycle
- 19 Mar 15:36 - Command sent to turn off the adaptive scan and cryo-cooler.
- 20 Mar 14:12 - Command sent to turn the cryco-cooler back on and set the temperature to 74K.
- 21 Mar 14:28 - Command sent to re-enable adaptive scan and restart nominal DC
Click here for a list of each command sent in 2012 along with a short description of that command's purpose.
2012 Operational Changes
Operational changes made to SABER in 2012 are noted below:
- No operational changes were made to SABER during 2012
2012 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 2012
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
2012 Commanding
The breakdown of commands sent to SABER in 2012 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 2012 along with a short description of that command's purpose, click here.
2012 Limit Violations
During the year of 2012, there were no reported Red limit violations.