XMM-Newton Future Instrument Operations Mallorca, 6 th -7 th November 2007 M. Casale, J.R. Muñoz

1. EPIC OCB Meeting XMM-Newton Future Instrument OperationsMallorca,6th-7th November 2007M. Casale, J.R. Muñoz

2. Summary • Recap of major MEOR decisions at Instrument operations level • Impact and status of the implementation • INSCON / SPACON evolution • Future activities at the SOC • Future activities at the MOC

3. XMM-Newton (Reduced) Operations Three major decisions were approved : • At the MOC: only one operator (SPACON) for XMM-Newton & Integral • Two teams merged into one • Reduction from 12 people to 6 (+ one pool spacon shared among all projects) • At the SOC: suppression of Real Time operations • No INSCONs • No RT (i.e. TM) link between MOC and SOC (but see later …) • Part of the responsibility on instrument operations (e.g. DB/IFOP maintenance) transferred to the MOC Engineers • Limited support by OSG team outside working hours to the operators. • Science data products generated off-line, through raw TM play-back • At the MOC:merge of the XMM-Newton & Integral Flight Control Teams • Reduction of the total number of Engineers • Sharing of Engineers for the on-call function

4. XMM-Newton Operations: major changes (1) Only one operator (SPACON) for XMM-Newton & Integral Target: 6 SPACONs for XMM-Newton & Integral as of 1st January 2008 Current status: • 12 SPACONs have been trained and certified to operate both S/Cs • As of 01/11/07 only one SPACON active with the second one in Standby (4 h each) • As of 01/01/08 the team will be reduced from 12 to 6 • Potential overload of the SPACON will be partially resolved by the automated commanding function: • Currently being implemented in the XMCS SW • First SW delivery expected during these days • All changes at LELA level (e.g. generation of radiation parameter packets) implemented • All required actions for both Instruments & Service module fully specified • In order to resolve conflicts between XMM-Newton and Integral: • defined criticality for all instrument contingencies, as per “Risk analysis document”. • OOL cross-reference tables (MOC & SOC) updated accordingly

5. XMM-Newton: automated commanding function The automated commanding function and the EPIC’s: It will cover: • Radiation alerts (Rad_Mon, instruments)  stop exposure / close FW • EPIC time-out functions  reset counter (TBC)

6. XMM-Newton Operations: major changes (2) Suppression of RT operations at the SOC Target:No INSCONs as of 1st January 2008 Current status: • Until 15/11/07 Inscons team of 5 people allowing 24 x 7 coverage • After 15/11/07 the team could potentially go down by 1/2  priority will be given to the timearound perigee (before & after) • For the time the SOC will remain unmanned, the SPACON will be given the possibility of calling the SOC Operations Engineers (“pseudo on call service”).

7. XMM-Newton Operations: major changes (3) Suppression of RT operations at the SOC Target: Transfer of INSCONs tasks to SPACONs Current status: • Redistribution of Inscon tasks and responsibilities: RT tasks • The SPACONs are currently being trained to conduct instrument operations and to react to instrument contingencies as if the INSONs were not at the console (“hands off” role) • The exercise started on 08/10/07 and is proceeding satisfactorily • A “SPACON Training manual” was made available by the SOC beginning of October • ToO’s: Procedure being updated and transferred to the Astronomer on call (USG).

8. XMM-Newton Operations: major changes (4) Suppression of RT operations at the SOC Target: Transfer of INSCONs tasks to SPACONs Current status: • Redistribution of INSCON tasks and responsibilities: Auxiliary & Support tasks • Will be carried out by OSG team after the Reprocessing: e.g. OLB population, QLA Image inspection, check of FITS files integrity & assessment of science losses, etc (pmsfits will remain a first line product). • Reprocessing to be performed on the off-line raw TM delivered to SOC via ftp.

9. XMM-Newton Operations: major changes (5) Suppression of RT operations at the SOC Target: Transfer of Instrument Operations tasks to ESOC Current status: • the FCT at ESOC will assume part of the responsibilities on instrument operations (e.g. DB / IFOP maintenance, OCR preparation, etc) as of 1st Jan 2008 • due to unexpected problems at the MOC, not all changes to the current layout will be in place until at least April 2008 • for this reason the Real-Time link between MOC and SOC will be maintained accordingly (and possibly in the future). • SPACON Electronic log-book accessible at any time through Web interface • Possibly one INSCON still available during a few months (TBC) • Training (theoretical, hands-on, …) on-going. • No change of Interface with respect to PIs

10. XMM-Newton Operations: major changes (6) Merge of the XMM-Newton & Integral FCTs Mostly transparent to the SOC Current Status: • Cross-training on Service Module subsystems mostly completed • Lectures on Instrument operations to INTEGRAL team by SOC • one day x instrument on instrument functionality (4 days in total) • 2 days on System level aspects (eclipses, radiation, thermal aspects, etc) • Definition of redundant roles established but to be re-assessed