NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations

NOAA 19 MHS Subsystem Summary

Component Description Status
CHANNEL H1Channel H1 (89.0 GHz)Green
CHANNEL H2Channel H2 (157.0 GHz)Green
CHANNEL H3Channel H3 (183.3 GHz)Orange
CHANNEL H4Channel H4 (183.3 GHz)Green
CHANNEL H5Channel H5 (190.3 GHz)Green
DC CONVTRDC/DC ConverterGreen
FDMFlywheel Driver MotorGreen
FDM MTR SENSORFlywheel Drive Motor SensorGreen
FDM ZPSFlywheel Driver Motor Zero Position SensorGreen
H1 LOH1 Local OscillatorGreen
H2 LOH2 Local OscillatorGreen
H3-H4 LOH3/H4 Local OscillatorGreen
H5 LOH5 Local OscillatorGreen
PIEProcessor/Interface ElectronicsGreen
RDMReflector Drive MotorGreen
RDM MTR SENSORReflector Drive Motor SensorGreen
RDM ZPSReflector Drive Motor Zero Position SensorGreen
SCEScan Control ElectronicsGreen
SPESignal Processing ElectronicsGreen


Subsystem History:

Date Time Component Description
01/19/201518:24:00CHANNEL H1Automatic DC Offset occured; Correction of 1 count
12/09/201121:03:24CHANNEL H4MHS H4 Gain to 3 dB; MHS into Scan Mode
12/09/201121:01:20CHANNEL H3MHS H3 Gain to 2 dB
12/09/201120:59:02FDMMHS to Standby Mode
12/09/201120:57:44 MHS to Warm Up Mode
12/09/201120:56:05 MHS SPE/SCE Turn On
12/09/201120:55:16 MHS to Power On Mode
12/09/201117:09:13FDMMHS Tripped into Fault mode from a high current on the FDM.
12/21/200919:31:04 MHS DC Offset to Automatic Adjustment
12/21/200919:29:37 MHS to Standby, Channel H4 Gain to 3 dB, then to Scan Mode
12/21/200919:27:45 MHS to Standby, Channel H3 Gain to 2 dB, then to Scan Mode
12/21/200919:27:04 Transition to Warm Up Mode
12/21/200919:26:33 MHS SPE/SCE Power On
12/21/200919:25:51 Transition MHS to Power On Mode
12/19/200919:31:25 The MHS was recovered from the Fault Mode and is in Scan Mode
12/19/200914:25:16 While passing through the center of the SAA (14.3 South, 7.7 West at event time), the MHS entered Spin State. An above fault limit current was detected on the Flywheel Drive Motor and Reflector Drive Motor causing the MHS to transition to Fault Mode. Telemetry and science data indicate the N19 MHS behaved in a similar fashion to the MetOp-A MHS in its Spin State to Fault Mode events. EUMETSAT has already reviewed the data and given approval for recovery to Scan Mode efforts to begin.
10/07/200919:47:00CHANNEL H3Channel H3 degradation appears to have stopped. NEdT level stabilized around 3.0 K (exceeding 1.0 K specification).
10/07/200919:47:00CHANNEL H4Channel H4 degradation appears to have stopped. NEdT level stabilized around 0.61 K (back within 1.0 K specification).
10/07/200919:45:08CHANNEL H4H4 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 117 changed to 110 (decimal).
10/07/200918:37:59CHANNEL H3H3 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 56 changed to 41 (decimal).
10/03/200908:37:00CHANNEL H4H4 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 124 changed to 117 (decimal).
10/01/200912:00:00CHANNEL H3The NOAA-19 MHS Channel H3 went out of spec around early October 2009. It has remained out of spec ever since.
10/01/200904:37:53CHANNEL H3H3 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 71 changed to 56 (decimal).
09/28/200904:14:54CHANNEL H4H4 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 132 changed to 124 (decimal).
09/23/200912:00:17CHANNEL H3H3 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 85 changed to 71 (decimal).
09/19/200904:18:41CHANNEL H4H4 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 141 changed to 132 (decimal).
09/16/200903:04:30CHANNEL H3H3 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 99 changed to 85 (decimal).
09/14/200918:47:58CHANNEL H4H4 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 150 changed to 141 (decimal).
09/13/200912:57:05CHANNEL H3H3 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 112 changed to 99 (decimal).
09/02/200916:40:47CHANNEL H4H4 DCO Automatic Adjustment. DCO counts 161 changed to 150 (decimal).
09/02/200916:40:46 Enabled automatic DC offset correction
08/27/200912:00:00 Continued H3 and H4 degradation have rendered the MHS data unusable for various user products. The instrument is being classified yellow" to denote this reduced product capability."
08/26/200916:09:21 Disable automatic DC offset correction
08/26/200911:14:42 Enable automatic DC offset correction
08/26/200911:13:58H3-H4 LOReturn channels H3/H4 to Local Oscillator B.
08/26/200911:13:58 Return channels H3/H4 to Local Oscillator B.
08/25/200916:19:00 Disable DC offset automatic adjustment.
08/25/200914:47:00 Enable DC offset automatic adjustment.
08/25/200914:46:00CHANNEL H4Command H4 gain to 3 db
08/25/200914:41:00CHANNEL H3Command H3 gain to 2 db
07/29/200912:37:23H3-H4 LOSwitched H3/H4 Local Oscillator from B Side to A Side.
07/25/200912:00:00CHANNEL H3HS Channel H3 NEdT began exceeding 1.0 K specification.
06/22/200912:00:00CHANNEL H4Notable increase detected in MHS Channel H4 NEdT and associated decrease in Gain.
06/22/200912:00:00CHANNEL H3Notable increase detected in MHS Channel H3 NEdT and associated decrease in Gain.
05/18/200913:06:17CHANNEL H4MHS Channel H4 DC Offset adjusted to 0x68. Shifted radiometric signal to the center of its range, away from the upper limit it was approaching.
04/24/200915:30:59 MHS DC Offset to Manual Adjustment
04/24/200913:56:42 MHS DC Offset to Automatic Adjustment
04/24/200913:54:43 MHS to Standby, Channel H4 Gain to 1 dB, then to Scan Mode
04/24/200913:53:28 Transition to Warm Up Mode
04/24/200913:52:33 MHS SPE/SCE Power On
04/24/200913:51:44 Transition MHS to Power On Mode
04/24/200902:24:30 While passing through the center of the SAA (14.5 South, 9.4 West at event time), the MHS entered Spin State. 19 seconds late, an above fault limit current was detected on the Flywheel Drive Motor causing the MHS to transition to Fault Mode.
02/12/200912:39:00CHANNEL H1MHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00CHANNEL H2MHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00CHANNEL H3MHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00CHANNEL H4MHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00CHANNEL H5MHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00DC CONVTRMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00FDMMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00FDM MTR SENSORMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00FDM ZPSMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00H1 LOMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00H2 LOMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00H3-H4 LOMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00H5 LOMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00RDMMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00RDM MTR SENSORMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00RDM ZPSMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00SCEMHS Scan Mode
02/12/200912:39:00SPEMHS Scan Mode
02/11/200914:27:00PIEMHS Powered ON PIE-A