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08/Oct/2004
Philae Lander Commissioning Block 4, pass#3 05:00 UTC

SUMMARY: Romap CVP block 4 test was finalized, but an extensive power consumption was found. Investigation is ongoing. Ptolemy-SD2-Civa Combined Operation was performed successfully. ESS TxRx noise measurement session ended. During the current LOS phase a repetition of Secondary Battery monitoring will be executed.

BLOCK 4 PASS 3 PERFORMANCE REPORT: Lander activities executed from MTL during LOS: Romap CVP block 4 test was finalized. Ptolemy-SD2-Civa Combined operation has been started Lander status prior to operation: Ptolemy-SD2-Civa Combined operation has been started with heating of Civa-M. Lander AOS operation was performed from 17:16 to 01:00 (UTC)

Executed operations during pass 3:

  1. 18:45 (UTC) Ptolemy-SD2-Civa Combined operation continued with the next item and ended successfully.
  2. 00:45 (UTC) ESS TxRx was switched-off. Lander status at end of operation: Lander is in stand-by mode. MTL is prepared to start a repetition of Secondary Battery monitoring at 03:00 (UTC), (Battery heating to 0degC, followed by a monitoring cycle).

Additional notes:

  • Throughout the pass LCC requested data from DDS via ISDN lines.
  • DDS performance was nominal.



 

07/Oct/2004
Philae Lander Commissioning Block 4, pass#2 04:00 UTC

SUMMARY: All activities executed via MTL during LOS between pass 1 and 2 were successfully executed. Cosac-SD2-Civa Combined Operation was performed as expected. Cruise and Extended AFT were successfully performed. Romap was started. During the actual LOS phase Romap CVP block 4 will be finalized.

BLOCK 4 PASS 2 PERFORMANCE REPORT: Lander activities executed from MTL during LOS: Ptolemy Post Launch Mode test was finalized First Secondary Battery Monitoring (with SecBatt at –34 degC) Secondary battery was heated via TCU-2 heater Second Secondary Battery Monitoring (with SecBatt at 0 degC) Lander status prior to operation: Cosac-SD2-Civa Combined operation has been started via MTL, heating of Civa-M was ongoing Lander AOS operation was performed from 17:17 to 02:33 (UTC)

Executed operations during pass 2 (all activities were performed via MTL):

  1. 18:45 (UTC) Cosac-SD2-Civa Combined operation continued with the next item and ended successfully.
  2. 21:15 (UTC) 28V to Landing gear electronics was disabled to keep LG off during the following AFTs (as requested by SSA).
  3. 21:16 (UTC) Cruise AFT LZ-FCP-020, V2 has been executed.
  4. 22:00 (UTC) Extended AFT LZ-FCP-030, V1 was performed.
  5. 00:38 (UTC) Romap CVP block 4 was started (first attempt from MTL failed due to wrong setting in the fixed RSDB command, Romap was started via adapted manual command)

Lander status at end of operation: Romap is switched-on. Additional notes:

  • Access from LCC to DDS was lost from 19:07 to 19:22 (UTC). Neither data requests via FTP nor Request Log view via http was possible during that period.
  • The rest of the pass DDS performance was nominal.



 

06/Oct/2004
Philae Lander Commissioning Block 4, pass#1 04:00 UTC

Lander status prior to operation:

  • ESS was switched-off
  • Lander is in hibernation mode
  • Switch-on temperature levels at ESS and Lander YEbox were given Lander operation was performed from 18:45 to 02:33 (UTC)

Executed operations during pass 1: The following activities were performed via MTL:

  1. 18:45 (UTC) ESS main side and Lander are powered on via OBCP, ESS performance and LCL15A current consumption are nominal.
  2. 18:52 (UTC) ESS/Lander Link Establishment was executed. Lander packets show nominal Lander performance, TCU1 is operating
  3. 18:55 (UTC) Lander has been configured to apply CDMS enhanced mode and use TCU2, TCU1 is switched off.
  4. 19:10 (UTC) A TC parameter upload to prepare Lander for CVP block 4 was executed Between 19:30 and 20:05 (UTC) the return time of LCC requests from DDS shows a delay, probably caused by a large amount of dumped data (from Orbiter dump as well as from Lander dump related to the TC parameter update). Investigation is ongoing. All uploads were executed successfully. The following activities were performed manually:
  5. 19:47 (UTC) ESS TxRx 1 was switched-on to perform a noise measurement.
  6. 20:09 (UTC) LD-CRP-001, V1 was started to verify the carousel position BRAM contents was received as expected as well as carousel movement and final position.
  7. 21:23 (UTC) Cosac S/W upload was successfully executed including Cosac LFT At 23:30 again a delay in return of LCC requests from DDS was observed during a higher Lander TM rate (due to dump of CDMS pages).
  8. 23:37 (UTC) The Re-run of Cosac CV-FCP-241 was executed and successfully performed
  9. Cosac and SD2 BackupRam content was checked and verified, i.e. Cosac-SD2-Civa Combined Operation can be executed as scheduled.
  10. 00:16 (UTC) Ptolemy S/W patch was uploaded
  11. 00:48 (UTC) Ptolemy BackupRam was checked and found OK i.e. Ptolemy-SD2-Civa Combined Operation can be executed as scheduled. The following activities were performed via MTL:
  12. 00:55 (UTC) Ptolemy Cruise Phase Mode CV-FCP-235 was executed
  13. 02:05 (UTC) Ptolemy Post launch Mode CV-FCP-248 was started

Lander status at end of operation:

  • ESS and Lander are switched-on
  • ESS TxRx is switched-on for continuous noise measurements
  • Lander is prepared for CVP block 4
  • New S/W for Cosac and Ptolemy has been successfully uploaded and both units are prepared for combined operation
  • Ptolemy Post Launch Mode test was started Additional notes:

    a) Whenever Lander dumps data, DDS performance decreases and return on LCC requests were delayed, which will affect and delay Lander operation when manually commanded
    b) Voice loop connection to SONC is very weak and needs to be improved.




 

21/May/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block3, pass#8 02:00 UTC


The following activities were performed successfully during pass#8:
  • Clock drift correction between CONSERT Orbiter and CONSERT Lander
  • Re-run of SESAME commissioning on HPC
  • ESS/LDR switch OFF
  • Switch ON main hibernation heater
ESS/LDR will be switched ON again for start of commissioning block4, currently planned for september 2004.


 

20/May/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block3, pass#7 02:00 UTC


The following activities were performed successfully during pass#7:
  • Carousel (CIVA_SD2) commissioning
  • ROMAP Interference Test with other Lander experiments
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS



 

19/May/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block3, pass#6 01:30 UTC


The following activities were performed successfully during pass#6:
  • Updated ROLIS/CIVA_P commissioning procedure
  • PTOLEMY commissioning part 3
  • SD2 Volume Checker test
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS



 

18/May/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block3, pass#5 02:15 UTC


The following activities were performed successfully during pass#5:
  • SESAME commissioning (new sequence B) on Lander HPC and LPC configuration
  • Investigation on DPU2 status
  • ESS TxRx Checkout with additional noise measurements
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS



 

17/May72004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block3, pass#4 02:00 UTC


The pass was required by ESOC for an Orbiter Trim Manoeuvre. 3 hours for payload operations could be released and were offered for use by the Lander Team.

The following activities were performed successfully during pass#4:
  • Anchor commissioning part 2
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS



 

16/May/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block3, pass#3 04:00 UTC


CONSERT Lander verification Tests were executed successfully during the LOS phase

The following activities were performed successfully during pass#3:

  • CONSERT Interference Tess with CDMS and PSS
  • MUPUS commissioning part 2
  • APXS commissioning part 2
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS



 

15/May/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block3, pass#2 02:00 UTC


The following activities were performed successfully during pass#2:
  • ROMAP CVP part 2 has been finialized
  • CONSERT Lander verification
  • CONSERT Interference Test with other Lander experiments
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS
On request of the CONSERT PI the CONSERT Lander verification will be repeated every 30 minutes during the upcoming LOS phase


 

14/May/2005
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block3, pass#1 02:00 UTC


The following activities were performed successfully during pass#1:
  • Switch OFF main hibernation heater to provide lower temperature level inside the Lander
  • ESS and Lander switch-ON
  • TC parameter upload
    (All activities for Block 3 are now prepared)
  • Switch ON TCU1 heaters to maintain required temperature level inside Lander
  • ROMAP CVP Part 2 has been started
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS


 

15/April/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block2, pass#6 09:00 UTC


All activities of pass#6 were sucessfully performed:
  • PTOLEMY commissioning part 2
  • CIVA_M Heater test
  • Secondary Battery was discharged down to 45% charge level
  • ESS/LDR switch OFF
ESS/LDR will be switched ON again for start of commissioning block3, currently planned for 13/May/2004.


 

14/April/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block2, pass#5 8:30 UTC


All activities of pass#5 were sucessfully performed:
  • ROLIS/CIVA_M commissioning
  • SESAME commissioning re-run
  • ROMAP commissioning
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS


 

13/April/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block2, pass#4 10:00 UTC


All activities of pass#4 were sucessfully performed:
  • APXS commissioning
  • ROLIS/CIVA_P commissioning
  • SESAME commissioning
  • PTOLEMY commissioning (part1)
  • Re-run of MUPUS commissioning
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS


 

12/April/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block2, pass#3 04:00 UTC


At the beginning of pass#3 LPC was switched OFF and LDR reconfigured to forced HPC.

The following activities were performed:

  • MUPUS commissioning
    At the end of the CVP procedure, before Health Check execution, no science packets were received from MUPUS anymore
    Health check was re-scheduled within pass#3
  • CONSERT Lander verification
  • CONSERT TC verification
  • CONSERT Patch&Dump
  • Re-run of MUPUS Health check
  • Configuration of LG BackUp RAM for upcoming APXS CVP procedure in next pass
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS


 

11/April/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block2, pass#2 04:00 UTC


Lander was commanded to special configuration settings during pass#2, to meet requirements for PSS commissioning.
All pass activities were performed successfully:
  • LDR configuration to Forced LPC, TCU2
  • Anchore commissioning
  • LDR configuration to Forced LPC, CIU1, TCU2
  • SD2 (Drill) commissioning
  • LDR configuration to Forced HPC, CIU2, TCU1
  • SD2 (Drill) commissioning
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS


 

10/April/2004
Philae Lander Status
Commissioning Block2, pass#1 04:00 UTC


The following activities were performed successfully during pass#1:
  • ESS and Lander switch-ON
  • SD2 (Drill) CVP procedure, to verify carousel position
  • COSAC tapping station recovery; station is back to a defined OPEN position
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS


 

17/March/2004
Philae Lander status
Commissioning block1, pass#5 10:00 UTC


Some activities, originally scheduled for commissioning block3, could already be performed:
  • Flywheel commissioning (part2)
  • ESS TxRx check-out
  • ADS health check (part2)
  • ESS TxRx check-out on redundant branch
  • Lander Cruise AFT
  • ESS/LDR switch OFF
ESS/LDR will be switched ON again for start of commissioning block2, currently planned for 09/April/2004.


 

16/March/2004
Philae Lander status
Commissioning Block1, pass#4 10:00 UTC


Some activities, originally scheduled for commissioning block2, could already be performed:
  • Flywheel commissioning (part1)
  • Central launch lock of the Landing Gear (LG) was released
  • ADS health check (part1)
  • Experiment COSAC (part1)
    Parameter Update necessary; upload and test will be scheduled for CVP Block2
  • Lander Cruise AFT
At the end of the pass ESS/LDR were switched OFF and powered ON again on the redundant branch, as preparation for pass#5
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS


 

15/March/2004
Philae Lander status
Commissioning Block1, pass#3 10:00 UTC


All activities of the day were concluded successfully
  • ESS TxRx check-out on main branch
  • Secondary battery (accumulator) check-out
  • Primary Battery check-out
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS


 

14/March/2004
Philae Lander status
Commissioning Block1, pass#2 10:00 UTC


During the second pass, all activities could be concluded successfully:
  • CDMS commissioning, including Lander transmitter and receiver (TxRx)tests, was completed
  • New software for the MUPUS experiment was uploaded
  • Lander standard checkout test with all units (LDR Cruise AFT) was executed.
    All Lander subsystems and payloads were responding!
ESS/LDR remained powered during LOS


 

13/March/2004
Philae Lander status
Commissioning Block1, pass#1 10:00 UTC


At the beginning of the first pass all ESS/LDR temperatures were within switch-ON range
Executed operations during pass#1:
  • ESS/LDR switch ON
  • Eject Mechanism (MSS) commissioning test successfully started with communication test. Remaining activities will be performed after procedure update. The test will be re-scheduled for Lander CVP Block2.
  • Start of Lander Onboard Computer (CDMS) checkout procedure
  • TCU1 check after launch successful!
ESS/Lander remained powered during LOS


 

02/March/2004
Philae Lander status 17:15 UTC

After the successful Ariane5 Launch and Rosetta separation, the first Lander activity was performed Tuesday, March 2nd, 16:15-17:15 UTC.

The Lander NEAs were successfully released by the Mission Control Team at ESOC.
In the course of this procedure the ESS/Lander was switched ON successfully two times, via ESS main and ESS redundant:

  • Each time ESS and Lander (CDMS) booted correctly,
  • MSS showed same status on both sides
  • ESS/Lander link was established via umbilical without problems
  • CDMS HK data showed boot from EEPROM / DPU1 as primary
  • ESS, CDMS, PSS and TCU2 Telemetry was received
Philae is now in condition for the commissioning phase, which will start on Friday, March 12th, UTC 23:30.