Chandra Users Committee CXC Managers Status Report For

Chandra Users’ Committee CXC Manager’s Status Report For the period April 09 – October 09 Edward Mattison CXC Deputy Manager 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC

Topics • Program Level Status – – – – – Program Management Spacecraft Science Instruments and Calibration Mission Planning OCC Data Processing CXCDS Chandra Director’s Office Education and Public Outreach • Mission Metrics • Chandra Grant Awards 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 2

Top Level Summary • Spacecraft and instruments are performing superbly • The CXC contract extension for up to 10 additional years and $573 M is expected to be signed in mid. November 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 3

Program Level Status – Program Management • Budget – The CXC’s budget is on track with the FY 09 Operating Plan • CXC contract extension – SAO submitted (in July) the requested proposal to extend the CXC contract for up to 10 years – We are currently working with MSFC and subcontractors to resolve audit questions and to deal with NGST rate changes that resulted from NGST’s corporate reorganization – Expect signed contract extension in mid-November 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 4

Program Level Status – Program Management • Facilities – SAO and NGST studied the feasibility of moving the OCC from Kendall Square to Cambridge Discovery Park, to save ~$1 M/yr – Produced detailed plan and schedule – After considering benefits vs. risk, MSFC declined to approved the move • Reviews and Conferences – – – Peer Review (6/22/09) Supernova Remnant workshop (7/8/09) Quarterly review (9/2/09) Calibration review (9/21/09) Chandra’s First Decade of Discovery (9/22 -25/09) Einstein Fellows Symposium (10/27/09) 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 5

Program Level Status – CXC Organization 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 6

Program Level Status – Operations • Spacecraft – Continues to operate extremely well overall – Nominal passages through summer eclipse season • Science Instruments – Instruments are operating extremely well 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 7

Program Level Status – Operations • Anomalies – Momentum Unloading Propulsion System (MUPS) pressure drop • Propellant pressure reading decreased abruptly 7/19 • Cause: Pressure transducer operates incorrectly • Impact: Benign; Demonstrated CXC’s skill in handling anomaly situation – Grating status switch operates unexpectedly • HETG move flag set to ‘failed’ 7/7/09 (grating move was okay) • Cause: Previously-failed microswitch unexpectedly came to life • Impact: Benign; Updated software to ignore switch state – Incorrect command sequence uploaded • Cause: Operator error 8/28 • Impact: Benign (but could have led to safing action if not identified); Updated procedures to prevent recurrence 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 8

Program Level Status – Operations • Mission Planning: Load-interrupting TOOs – No load-interrupting TOOs during this period – Several loads were replanned to respond to anomalous conditions • Data Processing – Automatic processing is current; mean time from end of observation to delivery to user remains at about one day 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 9

Program Level Status – Operations • CXC Data System Releases Version Date DS 7. 6. 11. 13 4/24 DS 8. 0 7/14 DS 8. 1 9/16 CIAO 4. 1. 2 4/20 CAT 3. 1. 2 5/21 Google. Earth 1. 0 6/26 CAT 3. 1. 4 9/18 Main contents Cf. P 11 proposal review support Migrate operations to Solaris 10 Migrate CDO, mission planning operations to Linux Port to Solaris 10; release Level 3 tools CSCview, novice user fixes, VO cone search Web interface to CSC field of view & images VO cone search verbosity fix CSC = Chandra Source Catalog VO = Virtual Observatory 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 10

Program Level Status – Operations • Calibration Database (Cal. DB) Releases – Cal. DB 4. 1. 3 – Cal. DB 4. 1. 4 7/7 9/17 ACIS T-gain epoch 38 • GO and Fellows Program, CXC Director’s Office – GO peer review 6/22; 668 proposals submitted, 207 approved – Einstein Fellows call for proposal posted; proposals due 11/5 – Grant issuance is current; average time to award < 3 weeks • Education and Public Outreach – CXC’s “Beautiful Universe” HD podcast series won the Communicator Award of Excellence, the professional peer-judged award by the same group that oversees the Webbys – “From Earth to the Universe, ” the International Year of Astronomy exhibit developed by the CXC’s EPO group, has been exhibited in over 200 locations in 65 countries, including close to 40 installations in a variety of settings in the US. See http: //www. fromearthtotheuniverse. org. 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 11

Mission Metrics MUPS Fuel Usage 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 12

Mission Metrics Thruster Warm Starts 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 13

Mission Metrics Observing Efficiency 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 14

Data Delivery Effectiveness As of 10/8/09 As of middle of following month Month Number of Obs Days to Data Delivery Min Avg Max Number Deliv Number Outstanding Oct-08 62 0 1 12 62 0 Nov-08 73 0 1 17 73 0 Dec-08 68 0 2 13 68 0 Jan-09 87 0 1 14 86 1 87 0 Feb-09 160 0 1 5 160 0 Mar-09 76 0 1 12 76 0 77 0 Apr-09 53 0 1 5 53 0 May-09 62 0 1 5 62 0 Jun-09 61 0 1 7 61 0 Jul-09 72 0 1 9 72 0 Aug-09 62 0 1 19 62 0 Sep-09 72 0 1 11 72 0 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC Comments 15

Grant Award Effectiveness Month of Data Delivery Federal Grants (1, 3) SAO Grants (2) As of middle of following month As of 10/8/09 Non-Federal Grants (3) No. Grants Awarded No. Outstanding Avg days to award (4) No. Grants Awarded No. Outstanding Oct-08 0 8 5 3 19 8 0 Nov-08 0 18 1 17 5 18 0 Dec-08 0 21 21 0 18 21 0 Jan-09 5 53 42 11 22 53 0 Feb-09 1 16 13 3 15 16 0 Mar-09 1 15 3 12 13 15 0 Apr-09 2 13 11 2 14 13 0 May-09 0 8 5 3 10 8 0 Jun-09 0 17 14 3 12 17 0 Jul-09 0 17 7 10 13 17 0 Aug-09 0 4 4 0 10 4 0 Sep-09 1 5 4 1 8 4 1 Outstanding Awards Proposal no, Comments 10500606 (1)(1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2)(2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department. (3)(3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4)(4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. 29 October 2009 CXC Status Report/CUC 16