LTP09 Q4-2022

LTP09 will run from 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000 until 2022-12-26T00:00:00.000

Orbital context

Plots are in GSE (geocentric solar ecliptic) coordinates, so Earth is at [0,0], the Sun is at [1,0]. The plot is the projection of the orbit on the ecliptic plane. 

Animated Version: Orbit_GSE_2022H2.mp4

Definition for the grey shading representing downlink rates:

• white = maximum downlink rate at which you can empty the SSMM in ~10 days
• light-grey = SSMM fill state decreases with everyone operating at EID-A rates
• mid-grey = SSMM fill state increases within RSW (10 instruments operating) and decreases outside RSW (IS-only breakeven rate < downlink rate < inside-RSW breakeven rate )
• dark-grey = SSMM fill state increases with just IS operating (downlink rate < IS-only breakeven rate)

RS window placement

2022-10-08 - 2022-11-07: All 3 RS windows concatenated as a 1-month-long RS window

GAMs and conjunctions

Superior Conjunction from start LTP9 until end of 2022-10-04 

Science and calibration planning

Note the text in red highlights adjustments still to be made in SOOP Kitchen plan during Long Term Planning

Overall objectives:

• High-resolution observations during the second close perihelion (0.29 AU)
• Catching an Active Region, ideally one in the western hemisphere that is more likely to be visible from Earth.
• (Note that perihelion 2 is less likely to be good for connectivity science as there are less data available for modelling).

Coordinated science campaigns:

During RSWs (2022-10-08 - 2022-11-07)
note closest distance 0.292au is reached on 2022-10-12 19:11

• 2022-10-08 to 12: Metis-led Coronal Dynamics campaign during RSW4, before perihelion (L_FULL_HRES_HCAD_Coronal-Dynamics) - Disk Centre
  SOOP Coordinator: D. Spadaro
  
• 2022-10-12 & 13: 2 short campaigns of type R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_RS-burst for high resolution analysis of heating of loops - 1st at Disk Centre, 2nd pointed at Active Region (pVSTP)
  SOOP coordinator: H. Peter
• 2022-10-12 to 13: R_FULL_HRES_HCAD_Density-Fluctuations - Disk Centre
  SOOP Coordinator: D. Spadaro
  
• 2022-10-13 to 16: L_SMALL_MRES_MCAD_Connection-Mosaic, including 6 pointing positions, each with (at least) 7 hours dwell time - Pointing mosaic
  SOOP Coordinator: A. Giunta
• 2022-10-16: SPICE large raster and full spectrum mini raster (based on CC_OFFPOI_OOF) to be run close to quadrature with Earth - Off-pointing to West limb (pVSTP need is TBC)
  SOOP Coordinator: A. Giunta
• 2022-10-16: Polar observations near quadrature with Earth (R_SMALL_HRES_MCAD_Polar-Observations) 13 hours duration - Off-pointing to Pole, decided through pVSTP
  SOOP Coordinator: A. Fludra
• 2022-10-16 to 27: Long-term observations of an Active Region (R_SMALL_MRES_MCAD_AR-Long-Term) to monitor AR plasma parameters variation (incl. SPICE Doppler maps) - AR tracking through pVSTP
  SOOP Coordinators: S. Parenti, G. Valori
• 2022-10-21 to 25: In parallel to the AR-tracking above, short 5-hour runs of R_SMALL_HRES_MCAD_AR-Heating  - AR tracking through pVSTP
  SOOP Coordinator: A. Fludra
• 2022-10-27: Metis-led L_BOTH_HRES_LCAD_CH-Boundary-Expansion with disk centre pointing at end RSW5 (@0.43AU) - Disk Centre
  SOOP Coordinator: D. Spadaro
• 2022-10-28: First instance of Metis-led L_FULL_HRES_HCAD_Eruption-Watch with disk centre pointing ranging through RSW6 (@0.45-0.57 AU) and interleaved with AR-Heating and AR-Long-Term SOOPs below - Disk Centre
  SOOP Coordinator: D. Spadaro
• 2022-10-29: 4 hours PHI observations at high cadence of both AR and QS, combined with EUI/HRI and SPICE, for studies of flows and waves inside sunspots, requiring stereoscopy (R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric_Dynamics_Structure) - AR/sunspot target decided through pVSTP
  SOOP Coordinator: L. Bellot Rubio
• 2022-10-29: A last instance of R_SMALL_MRES_MCAD_AR-Long-Term to monitor AR plasma parameters variation in the Active Region tracked from 2022-10-16 to 27 - AR tracking through pVSTP
• 2022-10-30 to 11-06: Several repetitions of Metis-led L_FULL_HRES_HCAD_Eruption-Watch with disk centre pointing ranging through RSW6 (@0.45-0.57 AU) and interleaved with AR-Heating and AR-Long-Term SOOPs below - Disk Centre
  SOOP Coordinator: D. Spadaro
• 2022-10-29 to 31:  Several short 2-hour runs of R_SMALL_HRES_MCAD_AR-Heating for studying Coronal Heating in ARs, targetting several small or simple ARs near central meridian and close to Earth-Sun line (RSW6) - AR tracking through pVSTP
  SOOP Coordinator: A. Fludra
  
• 2022-11-01 to 06: Long-term observations of an Active Region (R_SMALL_MRES_MCAD_AR-Long-Term) to monitor AR plasma parameters variation (incl. SPICE Doppler maps), interleaved with disk-centre SOOP (Eruption-watch) - AR tracking through pVSTP
  SOOP Coordinators: S. Parenti, G. Valori
• 2022-11-04: 12 hours PHI observations at high cadence of an AR, combined with EUI/HRI and SPICE, for studies of flows and waves inside sunspots, requiring stereoscopy (R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric_Dynamics_Structure) - AR/sunspot target decided through pVSTP
  SOOP Coordinator: L. Bellot Rubio
• 2022-11-06: (Predefined) Full Disk Mosaic for connection science (small angle with Sun-Earth line) (COORD_CALIBRATION) - Pointing mosaic
  SOOP coordinators: D. Berghmans
• 2022-11-06: SPICE-led  10-hrs study at QS target, towards end of RSW6 when SolO is close to sun-earth line (R_BOTH_HRES_MCAD_Bright-Points) - Quiet Sun (pVSTP)
  SOOP Coordinator: A. Fludra
  

Outside RSWs

• 2022-12-11: 3-hrs-long West-limb pointing to provide context imagery to PSP perihelion&quadrature (Note that this shows up as CALIB_OFFPOI_OOF in the plan though it is not a calibration this time around)
• After the RSWs, starting 2022-11-07, the RS payload will run a high-quality synoptic programme to take advantage of the good data downlink (close distance to Earth).
• From 2022-12-06 onwards, EUI replaces the nominal FSI synoptics with occulter images for few weeks when the S/C is within 10 deg of Earth's view point.

IS calibrations:

• 2022-11-16 to 17 : MAG calibration rolls (CALIB_ROLL_MAG)

RS calibrations:

• 2022-10-06  11:30 (before RSW4): Cross-calibration of high-resolution telescopes for co-alignment characterisation (CALIB_OFFPOI_ALIGNMENT).
  Note S/C at 0.33AU so these manoeuvres are Metis-incompatible
• Flat-field calibration for PHI/FDT and EUI/FSI (CALIB_OFFPOI_FLATFIELD) on
  • 2022-10-07 00:00 (before RSW4): 2 repetitions to simulate both a strong redshift and a strong blueshift in PHI data. EUI/FSI only takes part in first instance.
  • 2022-10-13 10:55 (during RSW4, commanded through PTR)): flatfield for PHI only, to support the perihelion observations
  • 2022-10-27 23:45 (during RSW5, commanded through PTR): flatfield for both EUI and PHI
• 2022-11-08 to 10 : Multi-instrument (EUI, SPICE and Metis) calibration using alpha Virgo, off-pointing to ingress and egress (CALIB_OFFPOI_STAR)
• 2022-11-12 00:00 : SPICE out-of-field calibration incl. off-pointing to East limb (CALIB_OFFPOI_OOF)
• 2022-11-21 03:57 : EUI/HRI flat-field calibration (CALIB_OFFPOI_FLATFIELD, variant EUI-HRI)
• 2022-11-22-25: EUI and PHI annealing campaigns & post-annealing calibrations

IS-only science:

SOOP Kitchen plan

High-level (=MLP) plan: https://solarorbiter.esac.esa.int/soopkitchen/#/planning/plan/Mission%20Level%20Plan%20for%20NMP%20Segment%201

Starting point for LTP planning in SOWG: https://solarorbiter.esac.esa.int/soopkitchen/#/planning/plan/LTP09_Sep2022-Dec2022/452

First distributed version of LTP9: https://solarorbiter.esac.esa.int/soopkitchen/#/planning/plan/LTP09_Sep2022-Dec2022 (baseline 10) 

Planning products for LTP9 distributed to Instrument Teams via GFTS on 04 Aug 2022 .

Second distributed version of LTP9 (fixed error in the SoloHI timeline): https://solarorbiter.esac.esa.int/soopkitchen/#/planning/plan/LTP09_Sep2022-Dec2022/2798 (baseline 11)

Version 2 planning products were distributed by GFTS on 10 Aug 2022 

Reference material

• TN on star calibration opportunities and planetary transits 
• RSWG ideas for LTP8+9 (2022-H2)