Notes from Daily Status Meeting of 7 Feb 96

Prepared by UVCS

General:
	Welcome to distinguished visitors: Roger Bonnet, et al.

FOT Report:
	At 15:20 yesterday lost telemetry for a few minutes, but
	    no data lost since spacecraft recorder was operating.
	At 9:29 this morning UARS' ongoing emergency took our DSN 
	    coverage.
	At station change-over this morning Madrid had some trouble
	    pointing its antenna, but again no data was lost because
	    spacecraft recorder was operating.

Instrument Reports:

	GOLF: Nominal. Communications testing completed: can now
		command from MEDOC. Optical filter tuned and commissioned.
	        Status is now optimal for next days' spacecraft testing.
		13 days of data were presented: noise is lower than
		expected by a factor of 10.

	VIRGO: LOI cover still a problem (i.e., closed): too little
		friction -- door rebounds back shut. COBS software
		may be changed (only a change in command priority) in
		order to get more control over timing of door-opening
		current pulse. On Sunday spacecraft front-end will be
		cooler: maybe friction will be greater.

	MDI: Nominal. Instrument in excellent shape. Some programs have
		been uploaded. Flatfields were measured. A rehearsal of
		jitter test program will be done today.

	SUMER: Nominal. Focus tests of mirror and grating have been carried
		out. Wavelength calibration and detector geometrical
		distortion tests to be done today.

	CDS: Completed commisioning block 3.1. Detector noise evaluation
		has been carried out.

	EIT: Nominal. Synoptic observations are continuing as well as
		over-night automatic operation.

	UVCS: Nominal. North coronal hole observations to observe polar
		plumes have been completed and images produced. Pointing
		calibration has been done: instrument has been rolled
		270 degrees from W. limb to S. limb with accurate pointing
		maintained. A "trim" of the pointing will be done today.

	LASCO: Work with the C1 Fabry-Perot is continuing. Preparations
		for program uploads are underway.

	SWAN: Nominal. It is busy looking at comets (a picture was presented).

	CELIAS: Nominal. CTOF is better than ULYSSES.

	COSTEP:	Nominal.

	ERNE: No report.

Today's Activities:

	UARS, due to continuing emergency, got our morning DSN, but this
	   had only a minor influence on activities.
	VIRGO completed its degradation test slightly behind schedule
	   due to UARS interruption.
	NRT today to run ~10:30 - ~17:30 EST.

Tomorrow's Activities:

	See published schedule.

Special Announcements:

	Bill Wagner (NASA Headquarters) mentioned that people will
	  be here tomorrow for photoshoot related to "A Day in the Life"
	  of the internet.

	Roger Bonnet (ESA) gives congratulations to all for the excellent
	  operation of the instruments and spacecraft. He urges us all
	  to talk widely about this remarkable achievement and the scientific
	  knowledge is will bring.