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The Long Range Plan: Cycle 17 update September 2009 Dave Adler

The Long Range Plan: Cycle 17 update September 2009 Dave Adler. Current state of the LRP. SMOV not included in totals. Some programs have more than one SI prime. cycle 17 cycle 17 tail. How the Operational LRP was built.

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The Long Range Plan: Cycle 17 update September 2009 Dave Adler

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  1. The Long Range Plan: Cycle 17 updateSeptember 2009Dave Adler

  2. Current state of the LRP • SMOV not included in totals. • Some programs have more than one SI prime. cycle 17 cycle 17 tail TIPS – LRP – 17 September 2009

  3. How the Operational LRP was built • Cycle 17 runs from August 17, 2009 – Sept 1, 2010 • Aimed for 80 orbits/week - historical 3-Gyro average • Resulting plan has 10.19 orbits/day in the cycle • including “unplanned” visits adds 1.21 orbits/day • 11.4 orbits/day  80 orbits/week – full subscription • Cycle 17 tail (post-9/1/10) includes 830 orbits • Early priorities in the LRP - from HSTMO: • SMOV – most pre-cycle, butsome planned in cycle • EROs – most pre-cycle • ERS – 2 programs, 214 orbits • finish c15/16 – currently planned: 348 orbits • GTOs early, if possible – ~300 orbits • cals early, as needed • keep programs together when possible TIPS – LRP – 17 September 2009

  4. Early Cycle 17 issues • SMOV additions/delays caused the start of the cycle to be heavily oversubscribed. • 410 orbits of SMOV/science/cals in first three weeks! • Solution pushed some things later in cycle: • some COS, NIC SMOV was delayed • some ERS targets were delayed • some high-priority GO science was delayed • Why are so many Cycle 17 plan windows late? • early priorities forced some C17 GOs to be planned late. • need to account for “unplanned” visits (ToO, HOPRs, etc) throughout the cycle. • some DD demand for early orbits – Jupiter, Comet, LCROSS, etc. • SMOV/ERS-induced “bow-wave” didn’t help issue. TIPS – LRP – 17 September 2009

  5. It could get worse… • Some “unplanned” science is now entering the plan: Chandra-coordinated science (~100 orbits), ToOs, HOPRs, etc. • On-going SI issues require some plan rework: • COS FUV planned for the current time frame could move later. • When NIC is ready for GO science - visits will be pulled forward when possible. • WFC3 “hard” science will soon be enabled. TIPS – LRP – 17 September 2009

  6. …before it gets better • Early results: weekly orbit counts are encouraging • first few post-SMOV flight calendars were packed: • Caution with these early results: • We’ve not yet been in a northpoint week. • fewer SAA-hiders can schedule, subscription will be lower. • Early-cycle subscription is always higher: greater visit selection; highly-flexible visits are still available. • If high-subscription trend continues: • We can pull visits in the tail earlier. • Will evaluate after northpoint weeks are scheduled. TIPS – LRP – 17 September 2009

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