NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations

MetOp-A AMSU-A2 Subsystem Summary

Component Status:

Component
Description
Status
ANTENNAAntennaGreen
CHANNEL 1Radiometer channel 1, 23800 MHzGreen
CHANNEL 2Radiometer channel 2, 31400 MHzGreen
COMPENSATORCompensatorGreen
GUN DIODE OSCGun Diode OscillatorGreen
MIXER IF AMPMixer Intermediate Frequency AmplifierGreen
RECEIVERReceiverGreen
SIGNAL PROCESSORSignal ProcessorGreen

Subsystem History:

Date Time Component Description
10/23/201119:12:32 Recovery from PLSOL
10/22/201122:38:23 PLSOL Occurred
09/29/201101:45:00SIGNAL PROCESSORAMSU-A2 Reactivation. Data outage: 28/09/11 07:24 to 29/09/11 01:45.
09/29/201101:45:00 AMSU-A2 Reactivation. Data outage: 28/09/11 07:24 to 29/09/11 01:45.
09/28/201107:24:00 AMSU-A2 parked at internal warm target to support maneuvers.
09/28/201107:24:00SIGNAL PROCESSORAMSU-A2 parked at internal warm target to support maneuvers.
10/07/201005:50:56 AMSU-A2 Reactivation. Data outage: 2010-278-07:32:26 to 2010-279-05:50:56
10/06/201007:32:26 AMSU-A2 parked at internal warm target to support maneuvers.
09/17/200915:37:27 AMSUA2 Internal Warm Target Reactivation
09/17/200909:21:45 AMSUA2 Internal Warm Target Deactivation
04/09/200804:22:00 OOP Maneuver Completion: AMSU-A2 commanded to Full Scan mode. Science Packets are nominal.
04/08/200807:43:03 OOP Maneuver Configuration: AMSU-A2 commanded to Internal Warm Target (IWT) Position. Science Packets are filled with calibration data.
03/21/200814:25:00 PLSOL Recovery
03/19/200823:21:13 PLSOL occurred
01/17/200818:11:00 PLSOL Recovery
01/16/200813:46:00 PLSOL occured
09/19/200714:00:55 Turn on AMSU-A2 after autonomous turn off
09/17/200706:05:00 Data interruption due to autonomous payload switch off. Investigation and recovery underway.
05/22/200712:00:00SIGNAL PROCESSORMetOp-2 went operational
05/22/200712:00:00RECEIVERMetOp-2 went operational
05/22/200712:00:00MIXER IF AMPMetOp-2 went operational
05/22/200712:00:00GUN DIODE OSCMetOp-2 went operational
05/22/200712:00:00COMPENSATORMetOp-2 went operational
05/22/200712:00:00CHANNEL 2MetOp-2 went operational
05/22/200712:00:00CHANNEL 1MetOp-2 went operational
05/22/200712:00:00ANTENNAMetOp-2 went operational
05/22/200700:00:00 MetOp-2 went operational