Herschel Lessons Learned Meeting: 28-30 May 2013
Where |
ESAC / Rooms D1/D2 |
Duration |
3 days |
Start |
Tue 28 May 09:00 |
End |
Thu 30 May 16:00 |
DEADLINE for ABSTRACTS: eob May 6 2013
(The Science Operations Coordination Group will assess the inputs received on May 7)
Scope and goals
Objectives of the Lessons Learned exercise
The top-level objectives for the end-May 2013 Lessons Learned Meeting are:
- Capture the good, the bad, and the ugly, in particular "best practices" to be passed on for future missions, but should also document particular problems and in general important experience.
- Generate conclusions and recommendations based on the above.
- Propagate the above LL output (into ESA and towards future missions) as appropriate.
- Generate a written Report and presentation(s).
Outline scope for the "Operations from Cradle to Grave" LL Meeting (May 28-30)*
The details will be elaborated as material is submitted. [Material = Abstracts or, for other LL suggestions contact an HSC Group Leader for your area of interest, or your ICC Manager.]
The overall Mission design concept and methodology
• Mission Design & Technical drivers (incl. orbit, space environment, lifetime, science data bandwidth, ACMS & pointing, DTCP/GS, …)
• Structure of SGS, division of responsibilities, and organisation
• Concept of Smooth Transitions
• HCSS - Concept, development, and components (MDB, CUS, HSpot, Configuration Control, Build System, System Integration, Testing and Validation)
• Calibration (Standards & modelling; cross-calibration: Herschel-Herschel, Herschel-other missions)
Operations Processes and Procedures
• Operations preparations
• Support to instrument level tests
• End-to-end tests and simulations
• LEOP and Commissioning Phase
* Calibration, in-flight performance, evaluation, verification, and optimisation
• PV Phase
* AOT-release, calibration, in-flight performance, evaluation, verification, and optimisation
• Science Demonstration Phase
* KP-release, A&A Special Issue, information provision for AO-1
• Routine Science Phase
* Calibration, in-flight performance, evaluation, verification, and optimisation
* Scheduling strategy, policies, flexibility, re-planning
* Community Support - Level of service provided to community (excl. downlink)
* Helpdesk
* Information provision (documentation, mailings, and web)
* Workshops (uplink/HSpot, downlink/HIPE, topical)
* Observing programme maintenance/replanning, programme conflicts & optimisation, duplications tools, HOTAC tools, HOTAC meetings
* Downlink (other than DP and Archive)
* MDB / Versant ...
Data processing
• Providing data to observers - pipeline processing, standard products, HSA population, on demand reprocessing, and interactive data processing
• HIPE provision - design rationale, technical choices (Java, Jython), scope, implementation, ...
• HIPE use - performance, user friendliness & support, interaction with other packages, ...
Herschel Science Archive (HSA)
• User friendliness and support , HSA population, on-demand reprocessing, interaction with other archives & VO
Science management
• Amount of GT, proprietary time
• Concept of KP
• Concept of SDP
• Scheduling philosophy ("best use of helium" the principal driver)
• Handling of calibration observations
Methodology of the exercise
- Material, in the form of Abstracts of proposed talks will be gathered, with the deadline for receiving abstracts being eob on May 6 2013.
- An effort will be made to associate an "Advocate" with each key area of the meeting, who could:
- present a summary/distillation of the collected views
- lead the discussion in the meeting
- write up the key conclusions afterwards as input to the overall summary.