Last updated: Friday, 11 December 1998.
Following are log entries from the PANSAT ground station concerning satellite passes and courses of action taken by NPS PANSAT team members for month of December.
Note the following abbreviations: SLC - status log clear; SLR - read the status log; RFS0 (or RF0) - initialize the RF configuration state.
November 1998
(Time of pass / Max. Elev. / Orbit no.): 18:38:51 26.4 622
PASS PLAN:
SLR 0 - 660
SLC
SYNOPSIS OF PASS:
Attempting Contact at 1838 km. Contact at 1450 mk at 16 degrees. requesting - - 240. 6 Pieces Missing. requesting Second set. Complete. Requesting third. 25 Missing Pieces. Attempted third set again and response was spotty. Running connects to see if PANSAT will respond. No responses. We lost contact with PANSAT as it began its departure.
NOTES:
In previous pass RF state was set to 0
(Time of pass / Max. Elev. / Orbit no.): 17:01 25 607
PASS PLAN:
SLR 0 - 611
SLC
RFS 0
SYNOPSIS OF PASS:
Connected at 1790 km. Requesting 0 -240. Bad link? No Jim typed ctrl-s by acciednt. Restarting manual. connect and Requesting 0 - 240. complete. Requesting 241- 481. 15 pieces missing. Requesting 482 to 611. Complete no resends. Requesting 241-481. Splotchy . Missing 5 pieces.
Attempting SLC. Command not verified
File order 1,4,3
NOTES:
In previous pass RF state was set to 0
(Time of pass / Max. Elev. / Orbit no.): 18:51 26.4 594
PASS PLAN:
SLR 0 - 711
SLC
RFS 0
SYNOPSIS OF PASS:
Rec'd 0 - 280 (missing 2); 281 - 481 (complete); 482 - 711 (missing 22 pieces).
Entered the loader program and requested 482-711 manually; Then 482-662, but very poor comms.
(Time of pass / Max. Elev. / Orbit no.): 18:56 26.5 577
PASS PLAN:
Request 0-660
ctrl rfs 0
slc
SYNOPSIS OF PASS:
Connected at 1770 km; Download 0-240 (complete); 241-481 (complete); 482-711 (complete).
Did loader for SLR, showed 710 records onboard. Performed rfs0_slc script: completed rfs initialization, but had password errors on SLC.
OBJECTIVES MET:
All records retrieved, and rfs initialized (again). Status log may have been cleared (twice rec'd "Password Error).
OBJECTIVES NOT MET:
Verification of SLC command.
NOTES:
(Time of pass / Max. Elev. / Orbit no.): 19:28 26.5 562
PASS PLAN:
Request 0-660
ctrl rfs 0
slc
SYNOPSIS OF PASS:
Attempting connect at 10 degrees and 1826 km. Connect at 1651 km aproaching. requesting 0 - 240. Complete. Reequesting 241- 481. Spotty. Missed 182. Complete. Requesting 481-660. Missing 6 pieces. Missing 1 piece. Complete.
SLR. Still approaching. Attempting RF0 and complete. Did Status log clear. Now just receiving status logs now.
OBJECTIVES MET:
All
OBJECTIVES NOT MET:
None
NOTES:
Excellent pass.
(Time of pass / Max. Elev. / Orbit no.): 25.1 548
PASS PLAN:
Had no plan because the network was hosed.
SYNOPSIS OF PASS:
Got all records and possibly a RF0
OBJECTIVES MET:
OBJECTIVES NOT MET:
NOTES:
At 16:00 pm the newtork access to the internet was down due to work in the ME building. For some reason this affected our networking. We rebooted gs-control just about 1200 km approaching.
(Time of pass / Max. Elev. / Orbit no.): 20:54:34 27.1 519
PASS PLAN:
Request records 0 -711 using scripts
SLC
Snapshots
SYNOPSIS OF PASS:
Attempting connect at 10 degrees and 1833 km approaching. Connect at 1507km.
Requesting 0-240. Complete
Requesting 241-481. Complete at 1205 km approaching
Requesting 482-711. Complete at 1135 km approaching
SLC
Snapshots -2
Upload 58k timed out first attempt, second attempt,
OBJECTIVES MET:
All
OBJECTIVES NOT MET:
None
NOTES:
In previous pass RF state was set to 0
(Time of pass / Max. Elev. / Orbit no.): 20:54:32 26.6 503
PASS PLAN:
Request records 0 -711
SLC
If Time Snapshots since the moon is full
SYNOPSIS OF PASS:
Attempting connect at 10 degrees and 1832 km approaching. Connect at 1546.
Requesting records 0-240. Received all but 53 peices. Link medio Timed out. Requesting 241-481. Complete . Requesting 482-711. Complete. Requesting 0 - 240 again. Complete.
SLC at 1165 km departing. Complete at 1199 km . 20:59:13
Requesting Snapshots. Received no snapshots
OBJECTIVES MET:
SLR, SLC
OBJECTIVES NOT MET:
No snapshots were received
NOTES:
In previous pass RF state was set to 0