The IMAGE Monthly Camera

July 1996 - Number 2

Editor: J. L. Burch

SwRI, P.O. Drawer 28510
San Antonio, TX 78228-0510
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e-mail: jburch@swri.edu

Contents

- Recent Activities
- Upcoming Events

Recent Activities

The spacecraft proposals are due at SwRI on July 29th. We expect to receive at least five proposals. The proposal review will take place at SwRI during the weeks of August 5th and August 12th. We plan to have a contractor in place by the end of August.

The HENA team has decided on a final instrument design, which includes the collimator, door, foils, and start and stop MCPs from INCA and the solid state detector, imaging amplifiers, and digital and analog electronics from the originally proposed HENA. This new design preserves the excellent mass analysis capability of HENA while achieving the higher angular resolution of INCA.

Discussions on the MENA design have been ongoing since the first team meeting. The alternatives are to increase the geometric factor and UV rejection of the proposed MENA, which has good mass separation or to go the slit-camera, TOF- only approach proposed by Dave McComas at the first team meeting. As agreed to at that meeting, Mei-Ching Fok has run simulations for hydrogen and for all ions at several different energies. The results of these simulations can be found at ftp://cyclops.msfc.nasa.gov/pub/IMAGE. It appears that for this particular model mass analysis is only needed for energies below about 5 keV. A decision will be made on July 31st on which design to pursue for image.

Upcoming Events

The IMAGE Mission Requirements Review will be held on September 10-12, 1996 at the spacecraft contractors facility. The draft agenda is as follows.

MRR Meeting Draft Agenda

10-12 September 1996

Sept. 10: IMAGE Instrument and Science Review
Time
Topic
8:30-8:45Welcome and Introductory Remarks
8:45-9:00Meeting Objectives and Meeting Logistics (Burch)
9:00-9:30IMAGE Mission Planning (Fuselier)
9:30-10:15RPI Instrument Requirements Review (Reinisch)
10:00-11:00FUV SI Requirements Review (Mende)
11:00-11:45FUV WIC Requirements Review (Spann)
11:45-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:45 EUV Requirements Review
13:45-14:30 HENA Requirements Review
14:30-15:15 MENA Requirements Review (Pollock)
15:15-15:30Break
15:30-16:15LENA Requirements Review (Smith)
16:15-16:45CIDP Requirements Review (Gibson)
16:45-17:30Integrated Systems Review (Gibson)
17:30-18:00Action Items and Planning for Next Day (Burch)

Sept. 11: IMAGE Spacecraft Review
8:30-8:45
Meeting Logistics Announcements (Gibson)
8:45-9:30
Project Organization, Roles and Responsibilities, Program Schedule (Gibson)
9:30-10:15
Mission Overview (Burch)
10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-12:00
Level I Requirements, Mission Requirements, Mission Systems Engineering, Flight Assurance, Flight Safety (SwRI)
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00:-1400
Summary Review of Instrument Requirements (Gibson)
14:00-17:30
Spacecraft Requirements (S/C Contractor)
17:30-18:00
Action Items Review (Gibson)

Sept. 12: IMAGE Spacecraft Review (cont'd)

8:30-8:40

Meeting Logistics and Announcements (Gibson)
8:40-9:30
Tour of S/C Contractor's Facility
9:30-10:30
Launch Vehicle Briefing (GSFC)
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-12:00
Ground Segment Requirements (GSFC)
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-14:00
WTR Facilities Briefing (WTR Team)
14:00-15:00
Action Items Review and Assignments (Gibson)
15:00-TBD
Splinter Group Meetings and/or Splinter Group Reports

It is essential that at least one person be present to represent each instrument. The entire team is invited, and we hope that as many members as possible can attend.

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