Programme for the Herschel Lessons Learned Meeting: "Operations from Cradle to Grave"

May 28-30, 2013 @ESAC Room B5

The meeting emphasises discussion.

Discussion will be fuelled by proposed "Lessons" recorded before (and during; and after) the meeting. at:

• http://herschel.esac.esa.int/twiki/bin/view/HSC/HerschelLessons

[There are subsidiary pages maintained by the ICCs, that should later be ported to the central system, at:

• PACS : http://herschel.esac.esa.int/twiki/bin/view/Pacs/PacsLessonsLearned
• SPIRE: http://herschel.esac.esa.int/twiki/bin/view/Spire/HOLL.
• HIFI / NHSC / MOC : Are using the central system, link given above.

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.

MODERATORS:

• We had to find room for a session on "EGSE/ILT/Smooth Transition".
• We must conclude the Thursday (last day) earlier than in the original programme, or we will lose half the people going to their flights! (Therefore I have moved the day-3 start-time to 09:00hrs. and made extensive revisions in the programme.)
• I believe we can subsume [ Downlink (non-DP) (Ground Segment interfaces, S/W development process, core HCSS S/W development, Mission Data Base (MDB - Versant)] into other defined sessions below??

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)	Peter Roelfsema	B05
11:00 - 11:30	30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30	60	Uplink & Downlink (non-DP) (Instrument Commanding (CUS), Mission Planning software, ILT/IST commanding environment ... Ground Segment interfaces, telemetry ingestion, data distribution, auxiliary processors, Mission Data Base (MDB - Versant)	Jon Brumfitt	B05
12:30 - 13:30	60	EGSE/ILT/Smooth Transition (...)	Steve Guest	B05
13:30 - 14:30	60	Lunch
14:30 - 15:30	60	Preparations for Launch and Early Operations (...)	Larry O'Rourke	B05
15:30 - 16:00	30	Organisation, Management, Manpower (...)	Phil Appleton	B05
16:00 - 16:30	30	Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:15	45	Organisation, Management, Manpower contd. (...)	Phil Appleton	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 - 10:15	45	Pointing (...)	Craig Stephenson	B05
10:15 - 11:00	45	Software Development Process (Quality Control, Configuration Control and Testing ...)	Jorgo Bakker	B05
11:00 - 11:30	30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00	30	Software Development Process contd. (Quality Control, Configuration Control and Testing ...)	Jorgo Bakker	B05
12:00 - 13:30	90	Extended 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 ...)	Bruno Merín	B05
13:30 - 14:30	60	Lunch
14:30 - 15:45	75	HSA (User friendliness and support , HSA population, on-demand reprocessing, interaction with other archives & VO ...)	David Ardila	B05
15:45 - 17:15	30	Community Support - Part I (Proposal capture, proposal maintenance, technical screening, TAC, observation planning tools, Mission Planning, helpdesk, Workshops, documentation ...)	Göran Pilbratt	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
08:00		Shuttle from Hotel Alberto Aguilera
09:00 - 09:45	45	Community Support - Part 2 contd. (Proposal capture, proposal maintenance, technical screening, TAC, observation planning tools, Mission Planning, helpdesk, Workshops, documentation ...)	Göran Pilbratt	B05
09:45 - 10:30	45	Determining User Wishes (...)	Stephan Ott	B05
10:30 - 11:00	30	Calibration (ground-based, in-flight performance, evaluation, verification, optimisation, Calibration vs. mission phase ...)	Anthony Marston	B05
11:00 - 11:30	30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00	30	Calibration contd. (ground-based, in-flight performance, evaluation, verification, optimisation, Calibration vs. mission phase ...)	Anthony Marston	B05
12:30 - 13:30	90	Wrap-up Discussion (...)	Leo Metcalfe	B05
13:30 - 14:30	60	Lunch
15:00		Transport to Airport

Legend

	Plenary session
	Discussion
	Presentation

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Outline topics for the Meeting

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