Programme for the Herschel Lessons Learned Meeting: "Operations from Cradle to Grave", May 28-30, 2013
The meeting emphasises discussion.
Discussion will be fuelled by proposed "Lessons" recorded before (and during; and after) the meeting. at:
[There are subsidiary pages maintained by the ICCs, that should later be ported to the central system, at:
The programme will be expanded into greater detail by the Session Moderators.
The duties of the moderator go far beyond the duties of a normal session chair in a conference.
The session moderator :==>
- Reports to the HSOCG through the HSCOG Chair
- Takes full responsibility for preparing the Session: The Agenda for the Session is the responsibility of the Moderator
- Liaises in advance, as necessary, with any speakers for the session
- Screens the "Lessons" repositories for items relevant to their session, and thus
- Prepares an agenda for the session; stimulates and moderates the discussion of the session, and
- Produces after the meeting, a written report with conclusions and lessons learned for the Session.
Tuesday May 28th
Start - End |
Duration (min) |
Title |
Moderator |
Room |
08:30 |
Shuttle from Hotel Alberto Aguilera |
09:30 - 09:40 |
10 |
Welcome, Logistics and Overview |
Leo Metcalfe |
B05 |
09:40 - 11:00 |
80 |
Historical Perspectives (Mission / System Design approaches) |
Moderator TBD |
B05 |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
11:30 - 13:00 |
90 |
Uplink Issues (Instrument Commanding (CUS), Mission Planning software, ILT/IST commanding environment ...) |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
13:00 - 13:30 |
30 |
Community Support (Proposal capture, proposal maintenance, technical screening, TAC, observation planning tools, Mission Planning, helpdesk, Workshops, documentation ...) |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
14:30 - 15:30 |
60 |
Community Support contd. (Proposal capture, proposal maintenance, technical screening, TAC, observation planning tools, Mission Planning, helpdesk, Workshops, documentation ...) |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
15:30 - 16:00 |
30 |
Downlink (non-DP) (Ground Segment interfaces, S/W development process, core HCSS S/W development, Mission Data Base (MDB - Versant) ... ) |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee Break |
16:30 - 17:15 |
45 |
Downlink (non-DP) (Ground Segment interfaces, S/W development process, core HCSS S/W development, Mission Data Base (MDB - Versant) ... ) |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
17:15 - 17:45 |
30 |
Daily consolidation discussion (...) |
Moderator TBD |
B05 |
18:00 |
|
Shuttle to Hotel Alberto Aguilera |
Wednesday May 29th
Start - End |
Duration (min) |
Title |
Moderator |
Room |
08:30 |
|
Shuttle from Hotel Alberto Aguilera |
09:30 - 11:00 |
90 |
Downlink (DP) (design rationale, technical choices (Java, Jython), scope, implementation, SPG, HSA population, on-demand reprocessing, IA/HIPE, performance, user friendliness and support, interaction with other packages ...) |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
11:30 - 13:00 |
90 |
HSA (User friendliness and support , HSA population, on-demand reprocessing, interaction with other archives & VO ...) |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
13:00 - 13:30 |
30 |
Calibration (ground-based, in-flight performance, evaluation, verification, optimisation, Calibration vs. mission phase ...) |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
14:30 - 16:00 |
90 |
Calibration contd. (ground-based, in-flight performance, evaluation, verification, optimisation, Calibration vs. mission phase ...) |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee Break |
16:30 - 17:15 |
45 |
Pointing |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
17:15 - 17:45 |
30 |
Daily consolidation discussion (...) |
Moderator TBD |
B05 |
18:00 |
|
Shuttle to Hotel Alberto Aguilera |
Thursday May 30th
Start - End |
Duration (min) |
Title |
Moderator |
Room |
08:30 |
|
Shuttle from Hotel Alberto Aguilera |
09:30 - 11:00 |
90 |
Quality Control, Configuration Control and Testing |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
11:30 - 13:00 |
90 |
Organisation, Management, Manpower |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
13:00 - 13:30 |
30 |
Preparations for Launch and Early Operations |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
14:30 - 15:00 |
30 |
Preparations for Launch and Early Operations contd. |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
15:00 - 16:00 |
60 |
Determining User Wishes (...) |
TBC - Moderator proposed: being confirmed May 10 |
B05 |
16:00 - 17:00 |
60 |
Wrap-up Discussion (...) |
Leo Metcalfe |
B05 |
17:15 |
Transport to Airport |
Legend
|
Plenary session |
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Discussion |
|
Presentation |
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 "Lessons" submitted to the above-described repository (or one of its ICC equivalents).]
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 the Science Ground Segment (SGS), division of responsibilities, and organisation
• Concept of Smooth Transitions
• (Herschel Common Science System) HCSS - Concept, development, and components (MDB, CUS, HSpot, Configuration Control, Build System, System Integration, Testing and Validation)
• Calibration (Standards & modeling; 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)
* Mission DataBase (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 Key Programme
• Concept of Science Demonstration Phase (SDP)
• Scheduling philosophy ("best use of helium" as the principal driver)
• Handling of calibration observations