This is a special AIRS, AMSU-A, and HSB weekly operations status report for Tuesday, July 23, 2024.
The purpose of this report is to inform you of the updated AIRS OBC Float test schedule.
Note that L1B data will not be available for the period of this test, while the instrument is in READY mode.
 
The schedule was moved up from July 29-31 to July 25-27 to avoid colliding with the Aqua yaw test campaign, which begins July 31 and continues through most of August.
Here is the updated timeline (UT):

206/TBD		Aqua FOT loads calibration gain table to Aqua ISC
207/17:00	Set AIRS opmode to READY
207/17:00	Load calibration gain table to AIRS
207/17:01	Turn OBC heater off
209/04:20	Rotate scan profile to OBC
209/04:45	Rotate scan profile to nadir
209/05:00	Turn OBC heater on
209/21:00	Load Optimum (nominal) gain table to AIRS
209/21:01	AIRS back in OPERATE mode

Daily plots of noise levels for each AIRS channel are available on the AIRS webpage at https://airs.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/instrument-operations/.
A link there currently points to where the files are hosted at https://thunder.jpl.nasa.gov/nedt_trends/html/airs_channel_nedt_trends.html.
For each channel there are plots for the whole AIRS mission and for the last 2 months.
Going forward, weekly Ops status updates will be archived at the same webpage above,
and are hosted at https://airsteam.jpl.nasa.gov/report/latest and https://airsteam.jpl.nasa.gov/report/archive/.


William Mathews  - AIRS Instrument Operations
NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory