Data Quality - Pointing Performance

SCIAMACHY's Line-of-Sight (LoS) pointing performance can be degraded due to spacecraft manoeuvres such as

If in one of the above cases the Sun Follower is used in that period, out-of-limit error messages might be obtained in the Report Format.

Data Quality History - Pointing (2002-2007)

The columns labelled ’ABS_ORB’ and ’UTC’ indicate the orbit number and the UTC start time of the event. Note that in the case of orbit manoeuvres with attitude mode changes the LoS pointing uncertainty will start earlier at the time when the nominal Stellar Yaw Steering Mode (SYSM) is no longer applicable. This can amount up to a few orbits. Manouevre entries given in bold red occurred while SCIAMACHY was not in MEASUREMENT mode due to an instrument or platform anomaly.

Although it does not correspond to routine operations, also the manoeuvre record for the year 2002 is listed for completeness. Occasional generation of measurement data started in orbit 197 (14th March 2002) with continuous execution of quasi-routine measurement schedules commencing with orbit 2204 (2nd August 2002).

Select year: 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003 / 2002


Year 2007
ABS_ORB UTC Type Remark
30160 07-DEC-2007
02:46:54
SFCM first burn
30118 04-DEC-2007
04:41:51
OCM first burn
30046 29-NOV-2007
03:18:55
SFCM first burn
29545 25-OCT-2007
03:15:33
SFCM first burn
29159 28-SEP-2007
03:15:33
SFCM first burn
29146 27-SEP-2007
05:23:17
OCM first burn
28128 18-JUL-2007
03:07:26
SFCM first burn
28119 17-JUL-2007
11:34:53
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
28114 17-JUL-2007
04:42:01
OCM first burn
28013 10-JUL-2007
03:00:00
SFCM first burn
27655 15-JUN-2007
01:36:15
SFCM first burn
27226 16-MAY-2007
03:36:20
SFCM first burn
26639 05-APR-2007
03:04:37
SFCM first burn
26616 03-APR-2007
11:39:16
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
26611 03-APR-2007
04:41:54
OCM first burn
25622 24-JAN-2007
02:02:50
SFCM first burn
25614 23-JAN-2007
12:57:01
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
25609 23-JAN-2007
04:41:54
OCM first burn
Year 2006
ABS_ORB UTC Type Remark
25134 20-DEC-2006
23:38:28
SFCM first burn
23725 13-SEP-2006
13:37:46
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
23721 13-SEP-2006
05:30:50
OCM first burn
23705 12-SEP-2006
03:18:53
SFCM first burn
22502 20-JUN-2006
02:58:05
SFCM second burn
collision avoidance manoeuvre #3
22501 20-JUN-2006
01:18:05
SFCM first burn
collision avoidance manoeuvre #3
22229 01-JUN-2006
00:53:18
SFCM first burn
21345 31-MAR-2006
05:48:09
SFCM first burn
21306 28-MAR-2006
13:49:34
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
21301 28-MAR-2006
05:42:12
OCM first burn
20339 19-JAN-2006
23:46:44
SFCM first burn
20204 10-JAN-2006
13:02:10
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
20199 10-JAN-2006
06:02:21
OCM first burn
20113 04-JAN-2006
05:00:34
SFCM first burn
Year 2005
ABS_ORB UTC Type Remark
19638 02-DEC-2005
00:09:55
SFCM first burn
18823 06-OCT-2005
02:18:40
SFCM first burn
18415 07-SEP-2005
14:37:25
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
18410 07-SEP-2005
06:19:21
OCM first burn
18006 09-AUG-2005
23:45:12
SFCM first burn
17116 08-JUN-2005
20:06:11
SFCM first burn
16833 20-MAY-2005
01:09:30
SFCM first burn
16145 01-APR-2005
23:37:00
SFCM first burn
16116 30-MAR-2005
23:45:22
SFCM first burn
15924 17-MAR-2005
14:08:18
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
15919 17-MAR-2005
05:58:26
OCM first burn
15531 18-FEB-2005
02:22:52
SFCM first burn
14936 07-JAN-2005
13:43:45
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
14931 07-JAN-2005
05:24:45
OCM first burn
14914 06-JAN-2005
00:10:00
SFCM first burn
Year 2004
ABS_ORB UTC Type Remark
14629 17-DEC-2004
02:03:18
SFCM first burn
14218 12-NOV-2004
02:0725:
SFCM first burn
13830 22-OCT-2004
06:00:00
SFCM second burn
collision manoeuvre #2
13829 22-OCT-2004
04:20:00
SFCM first burn
collision manoeuvre #2
13428 24-SEP-2004
04:53:06
SFCM first burn
13393 21-SEP-2004
18:32:01
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
13385 21-SEP-2004
05:14:05
OCM first burn
13125 03-SEP-2004
00:44:00
SFCM first burn
13110 01-SEP-2004
00:44:00
SFCM first burn
collision manouevre #1
12883 17-AUG-2004
03:03:51
SFCM first burn
12200 30-JUN-2004
09:08:00
SFCM first burn
12087 22-JUN-2004
11:50:18
n.a. platform attitude anomaly stop
12070 21-JUN-2004
07:56:33
n.a. platform attitude anomaly start
11423 07-MAY-2004
02:28:00
SFCM first burn
11100 14-APR-2004
13:55:00
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
11095 14-APR-2004
05:42:29
OCM first burn
11004 07-APR-2004
21:05:00
SFCM first burn
10384 24-FEB-2004
12:48:10
first burn
10112 05-FEB-2004
12:16:50
SFCM first burn
10098 04-FEB-2004
13:15:00
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
10094 04-FEB-2004
05:51:50
OCM first burn
9975 26-JAN-2004
23:25:38
SFCM first burn
9904 22-JAN-2004
00:54:00
SFCM first burn
Year 2003
ABS_ORB UTC Type Remark
9531 26-DEC-2003
22:03:00
SFCM first burn
9373 15-DEC-2003
22:01:55
SFCM first burn
9328 12-DEC-2003
17:48:32
n.a. platform attitude test stop
9280 09-DEC-2003
10:00:00
n.a. platform attitude tests start
8988 19-NOV-2003
00:52:16
SFCM second burn
8988 19-NOV-2003
00:01:58:
SFCM first burn
8717 31-OCT-2003
02:12:45
SFCM first burn
8684 28-OCT-2003
18:20:00
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
8676 28-OCT-2003
06:02:29
OCM first burn
8273 30-SEP-2003
01:40:00
SFCM first burn
7615 15-AUG-2003
02:31:00
SFCM first burn
7114 11-JUL-2003
02:48:33
SFCM second burn
7114 11-JUL-2003
01:58:14
SFCM first burn
6627 07-JUN-2003
02:07:44
SFCM first burn
6383 21-MAY-2003
01:08:02
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
6371 20-MAY-2003
05:17:10
OCM first burn
6297 14-MAY-2003
23:39:44
SFCM first burn
5711 04-APR-2003
01:40:20
SFCM first burn
5267 04-MAR-2003
00:50:47
SFCM first burn
5116 21-FEB-2003
11:44:00
end OCM period
YSM to SYSM
5111 21-FEB-2003
04:47:00
OCM first burn
4980 12-FEB-2003
00:04:29
SFCM first burn
4566 14-JAN-2003
02:45:08
SFCM second burn
4566 14-JAN-2003
01:54:48
SFCM first burn
Year 2002
ABS_ORB UTC Type Remark
4192 18-DEC-2002
23:16:56
SFCM first burn
4182 18-DEC-2002
05:32:00
OCM first burn
3909 29-NOV-2002
05:25:22
SFCM second burn
3909 29-NOV-2002
04:35:00
SFCM first burn
3603 07-NOV-2002
20:05:42
SFCM second burn
3603 07-NOV-2002
19:15:22
SFCM first burn
3303 17-OCT-2002
21:08:49
SFCM second burn
3303 17-OCT-2002
20:18:29
SFCM first burn
2990 26-SEP-2002
00:11:49
SFCM second burn
2990 25-SEP-2002
23:21:34
SFCM first burn
2777 11-SEP-2002
02:55:03
SFCM first burn
2761 10-SEP-2002
00:40:15
OCM first burn
2558 26-AUG-2002
18:57:18
SFCM second burn
2557 26-AUG-2002
18:06:58
SFCM first burn
2263 06-AUG-2002
05:37:48
SFCM second burn
2263 06-AUG-2002
04:15:02
SFCM first burn
1820 06-JUL-2002
05:37:48
SFCM second burn
1819 06-JUL-2002
04:47:29
SFCM first burn
1323 01-JUN-2002
12:17:04
SFCM second burn
1322 01-JUN-2002
11:26:43
SFCM first burn
990 09-MAY-2002
06:19:53
SFCM second burn
990 09-MAY-2002
07:10:15
SFCM first burn
704 19-APR-2002
06:38:33
SFCM second burn
703 19-APR-2002
05:48:18
SFCM first burn
500 05-APR-2002
00:31:40
SFCM single burn
496 04-APR-2002
18:38:56
OCM single burn
483 03-APR-2002
19:46:31
OCM single burn
57 05-MAR-2002
02:26:22
OCM single burn
22 02-MAR-2002
14:42:11
OCM single burn
14 02-MAR-2002
02:17:32
OCM single burn





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