Last modified:
03/14/25
Welcome to our home page. ACIS, the Advanced CCD Imaging
Spectrometer, is an instrument built by a team of scientists and engineers from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology's Center for Space Research and the Pennsylvania State
University for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. ACIS shares the Chandra
focal plane with the High Resolution
Camera. However, what you will find here is contact information
and other resources relevant to the Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
(CXC) ACIS Operations team members.
ACIS Operations Scientist On-Duty Schedule
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Please consult the following table to determine the ACIS Operations
scientist on-duty to contact for mission planning purposes or
spacecraft emergencies:
ACIS OPERATIONS SUPPORT SCHEDULE
ACIS OPERATIONS SUPPORT SCIENTIST |
Week Of |
Scientist |
Work |
Cell |
Mar 14 - Mar 14
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
|
Mar 15 - Mar 16
| Paul Plucinsky
| 6-7726
| 617-721-4366
|
Mar 17 - Mar 23
| John ZuHone
| 6-1816
| 781-708-5004
|
Mar 24 - Mar 30
| Gregg Germain
| 6-1558
| 617-785-0976
|
Mar 31 - Apr 6
| John Zuhone
| 6-1816
| 781-708-5004
|
Apr 7 - Apr 13
| Catherine Grant
| 617-253-0797
| 617-489-5212
|
Apr 14 - Apr 20
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
|
Apr 21 - Apr 27
| Gregg Germain
| 6-1558
| 617-785-0976
|
Apr 28 - May 4
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
|
May 5 - May 11
| Jim Francis
| 617-258-8258
| 774-270-2359
|
May 12 - May 18
| John ZuHone
| 6-1816
| 781-708-5004
|
May 19 - May 25
| Paul Plucinsky
| 6-7726
| 617-721-4366
|
May 26 - Jun 1
| Gregg Germain
| 6-1558
| 617-785-0976
|
Jun 2 - Jun 8
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
|
Jun 9 - Jun 15
| Catherine Grant
| 617-253-0797
| 617-489-5212
|
Jun 16 - Jun 22
| John ZuHone
| 6-1816
| 781-708-5004
|
Jun 23 - Jun 29
| Gregg Germain
| 6-1558
| 617-785-0976
|
Jun 30 - Jul 6
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
|
Jul 7 - Jul 13
| Jim Francis
| 617-258-8258
| 774-270-2359
|
Jul 14 - Jul 20
| Paul Plucinsky
| 6-7726
| 617-721-4366
|
Jul 21 - Jul 27
| John ZuHone
| 6-1816
| 781-708-5004
|
Jul 28 - Aug 3
| Gregg Germain
| 6-1558
| 617-785-0976
|
Aug 4 - Aug 10
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
|
Aug 11 - Aug 17
| Catherine Grant
| 617-253-0797
| 617-489-5212
|
Aug 18 - Aug 24
| John ZuHone
| 6-1816
| 781-708-5004
|
Aug 25 - Aug 31
| Gregg Germain
| 6-1558
| 617-785-0976
|
Sep 1 - Sep 7
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
|
Sep 8 - Sep 14
| Jim Francis
| 617-258-8258
| 774-270-2359
|
Sep 15 - Sep 21
| Paul Plucinsky
| 6-7726
| 617-721-4366
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Contact and Leave Information
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Operations Memos, Documents and Links
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ACIS Emergency Procedures Page
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ACIS Ops Memos
- ACIS
Anomaly Documentation
- ACIS Load Review texts
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Current ACIS Load Real-Time
- ECS Cold Time Tracking
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ACIS FP Cooling Tests
- Blank ER(Engineering Request) form
[doc|
pdf]
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ACIS Documentation(local access)
-
SI Mode Finder
-
SACGS Documentation
-
pySACGS
- ACIS Ops/SOTMP Prelim OR Communication Procedures
[pdf]
- ACIS
Ops Twiki
- ACISpy
- ACISpy Command Line Tools
ORBITS and ATTITUDES - Programs, Tools, Links and Definitions of Chandra Orbits
- Quaternion Tools: Obtaining, Completing, Calculating Pitch, Roll
and ONR, reading FOT
requests, and a class you can use.
- Orbit Event Files (*.orp) - Reading, Calculating OORMPDS and OORMPEN, and a class you can use.
- Preliminary Schedule Check Plots
- ACIS Training Pages
- Chandra Spacecraft Documentation Pages
- Change Control Procedure Documents
- TWG,
MPCWG, FDB Presentations
FP_TEMP Model Quantile Error Plots
1DEAMZT Model Quantile Error Plots
1DPAMZT Model Quantile Error Plots
1PDEAAT Model Quantile Error Plots
Thermal Violations Tracking
Thermal
Violations Tracking Tables
DPA Board Temperature Scatter Plots
1DPAMZT, 1DEAMZT
and FPTEMP high pitch "Safing" Plots
ACIS Thermal Model Tools
Includes: Installation, Running a Thermal Model, Developing a New Thermal Model, and Regression Testing
Where
to run thermal models from
ACIS FP Temperature, 1CRAT, and 1CRBT at Every Perigee
Simulating ECS Runs
SOT Flight ACIS Procedures
Annotated SOT and FOT Flight ACIS Procedures
FOT FTP Site
ACIS Hardware Commands
ACIS
BEP Dump Commands
Detector Housing Heater Tests
EPHIN Orbit Thresholds
Real-Time Telemetry Links
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Related ACIS and Chandra Web Sites:
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Solar Cycle data and predictions
Solar Cycle 25 prediction article
Spacecraft IPCL Configuration and Constants
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MSFC
Document 1949C Telemetry Database Tables Volume 1
MSFC
Document 1949C Telemetry Database Tables Volume 2
OP19
Rev C PDF
IP&CL as
of May 31, 2024 - P017
Web Page Maintained by:
Gregg Germain, Paul
Plucinsky, John ZuHone, & Jack Steiner
(Please feel free
to send us any comments or suggestions!)