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| Title: | Spitzer operations : scheduling the out years |
| Authors: | Mahoney, William A.
Effertz, Mark J.
Fisher, Mark E.
Garcia, Lisa J.
Hunt, Joseph C. Jr.
Mannings, Vincent
McElroy, Douglas B.
Scire, Elena |
| Keywords: | Spitzer
scheduling
spacecraft operations
observation scheduling |
| Issue Date: | 1-Jul-2012 |
| Publisher: | Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2012. |
| Citation: | SPIE Astronomical Telescopes+Instrumentation, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 1-6, 2012 |
| Abstract: | Spitzer Warm Mission operations have remained robust and exceptionally efficient since the cryogenic mission ended in mid-2009. The distance to the now exceeds 1 AU, making telecommunications increasingly difficult; however, analysis has shown that two-way communication could be maintained through at least 2017 with minimal loss in observing efficiency. The science program continues to emphasize the characterization of exoplanets, time domain studies, and deep surveys, all of which can impose interesting scheduling constraints. Recent changes have significantly improved on-board data compression, which both enables certain high volume observations and reduces Spitzer’s demand for competitive Deep Space Network resources. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/42590 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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