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MMS SWT

October 6-8, 2020

a Virtual meeting hosted by SwRI

Please register (instructions below) no later than Friday, October 4

Agenda (continuously updated as attendees register)

Instructions: how to attend the meeting

Instructions: join the conversation using the MMS SWT meet Slack workspace

MMS #7

Community Science Workshop

6 Year Launch Anniversary

March 15-19, 2021

at Campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

MMS #8

Community Science Workshop

October, 2021

Roy Torbert and our University of New Hampshire team is hosting this Community Science Workshop at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire.

PREVIOUS, for info only → Logistics and Registration

Space is limited to the first 85 registrants, your space is only secure once payment has been received, be sure not to skip this step.

This is the popular peak fall foliage season. Don't delay as reservations may become difficult to obtain closer to the workshop date.

MMS Science Telecons

Tuesdays, 10:00 am | Central US Time | ~1 hour

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22 September 2020

Hosted by Michael Hesse and the Theory Team

• Bill Matthaeus: "Survey of compressive and incompressive heating in the magnetosheath”
• Paul Tenfjord: “On the closure of Hall current systems”

Schedule:

_{(Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov)
1st Tue. Mission Ops Update and Science led by Burch/Giles
2nd Tue. E-Field team led by Torbert,/Ergun
3rd Tue. FPI team led by Gershman
4th Tue. Theory/Modeling team led by Hesse/Chen
5th Tue. (if any) Break} 

_{(Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec)
1st Tue.  ASPOC team led by Nakamura
2rd Tue. HPCA team led by Fuselier
3rd Tue. Mag team led by Russell/Strangeway/Wei
4th Tue. Energetic Particles led by Mauk/Cohen
5th Tue., (if any) Break}

Orbits / Formations / SROIs

Year 5

Previous Years / Orbit Phases here

2020 Eclipse Operations

Timeline chart with details

•Tilt-Out Delta-H Maneuvers (8/2)
−2020-215 8/2  DH1132 

•Science collection stops (8/8) ~07:10-21:00 UTC
−2020-221/222 8/8   DH1134  - one s/c at at time

•Long Earth Shadows (8/13 and 8/17)
−2020-226 8/13  (U+P/2 = 5.073 hr)
−2020-230 8/17  (U+P/2 = 5.073 hr)
−Comparison: peak eclipse (U+P/2) in 2019 was 4.626 hr

•Moon Shadow (8/19)
−2020-232 8/19 13:53 to 15:08 (75 min)
−Max =11.3%

•Science Collection Resumes (8/22) ~13:00 UTC
−2020-235 8/22   DH1138  - all resume at start of SROI1

•Tilt-Back Delta-H Maneuvers (8/23)
−2020-236 8/23   DH1138 

Other Meetings of Interest:

• MR2020 → postponed to 2021
• MMS ISSI Invitational -  June 21.-25, 2021

Links to Previous Meetings:

• MMS 2020 SWT → https://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/x/KUm9Aw
• will add all previous here, shortly

Administrative

• MMS Publications (ResearcherID)
• Public Outreach (Proposed Highlights, Press Releases)
• NASA Conference Tracking
• SWT Mailing List
• Photo Gallery
• Mission Success - Program Level Requirements 
• SWT meeting presentations
  

Data and Standards

• Data Rights and Rules for Use
• MMS Team File Share Point
  
• Science Data Center
• Data Product Levels
  
• Data Products List
• Coordinate Systems Spec
• Ephemeris/Attitude info
• Units of Measure
• File Name and CDF Standards     
  
• Plot Standards <- COLORS
• CDF and SPASE info

Operations and Software

• Payload Ops Center
• SITL Homebase
• MMS Payload Status
• SPDF Orbit Plots (now 3 years)

• FPI Team Area

• SPEDAS for MMS

• TDAS Tutorial