Orbital context (default RSW placement)
Plots are in GSE (geocentric solar ecliptic) coordinates, so Earth is at [0,0], the Sun is at [1,0]. The plot is the projection of the orbit on the ecliptic plane.
New proposal for the grey shading representing downlink rates:
- white = maximum downlink rate at which you can empty the SSMM in ~10 days
- light-grey = empties with everyone operating
- mid-grey = fills within RSW (10 instruments operating) and empties outside RSW (IS-only breakeven rate < downlink rate < inside-RSW breakeven rate )
- dark-grey = fills with just IS operating (downlink rate < IS-only breakeven rate)
RS window (default) placement
Period | Window/GAM | EXT Start | Start | End | Hcentric | Distance | Range | Hgraphic | Latitude | Range | SC-Sun- | Earth | Angle | Conjunction | Safe Mode Comms Blackout | Largest Comms Roll | GAM Restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTP 12 | South | ||||||||||||||||
| MTP 12 | Perihelion | ||||||||||||||||
| MTP 12 | North |
Science planning:
Example (from planning exercise SOWG#13):
5 days PolarScience, offpointing (RSW 1)
15 days Pole-to-Pole, disk centre (RSW 1+2)
10 days SlowWindConnection, feature tracking (RSW 3)