The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.1 The AGILE Mission “415 days ahead of GLAST” Dr. Luca Salotti – Mission Director

The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.2 Malindi – Fucino – ASDC – PI Team - Guest MLD-2 Ground Station Fucino – SCC/MCC/FDS ASDC/ESRIN Orbcom Intelsat PI Team Guest Industry - RTI

The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.3 AGILE in ASI OSU – Observation of the Universe – S. Di Pippo/E. Flamini SMI – Small Mission – F. Viola TST – Ground Segment – R. Ibba

The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.4 AGILE Industry - RTI Temporary Consortium Carlo Gavazzi Space S.p.A. Rheinmetall Italia S.p.A. Subco Thales Alenia Space – Italia – S.p.A. Telespazio S.p.A. Prime Contractor: All inclusive, S/C design, building & assembling, P/L assembling, test, launch, operation, data delivery to the ASDC, disposal

The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.5 –N. Passes on the Ground Station MLD-2: 5583 (23/05/2008) –N. Passes perturbed or lost: 34 (14 due to station problems) 1438Total SAC off 2736Total Antenna Elevation Brake 3790Total Antenna Elevation Manual System 41625Total Program Track not working 51634Total SAC off 62728Total Fuse on SCR AZ2 F Total Fuse on SCR AZ2 F Total Fuse on SCR AZ2 F Total Fuse on SCR AZ2 F Total Wrong TLE ( Spot2 test) Total Azimut2 SCR Fuse Total Azimut2 SCR Fuse Total CMCS MLD Total LAN MLD-2 –Efficiency: 99.4 % The Ground Station

The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.6 –NORAD: A –ID: 013/07 –SEPARATION: Hrs 22 Min Sec (UT) EPOCH : /05/20 23:59: STATE VECTOR J2000 REF SYST ELEMENTS INCLINATION = 2.45° PERIGEE RADIUS = KM APOGEE RADIUS = KM PERIGEE HEIGHT = KM APOGEE HEIGHT = KM –A/M = 0,006 sqm/kg H<500 km 20/2014 –A/M = 0,012 sqm/kg H<500 km 11/2012 The Orbit

The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.7 What we have done –23 April 2007: Launch –23 July 2007: End of the Commissioning – SCRB –August – October 2007: Science Verification Phase –November 2007: Δ Commissioning –1 December 2007: Start of the 1 Cycle Observong Time (one year) –19 December 2007: OVR1 –OBH SW 2.07 –PDHU SW V3R3 + Patches –TLC: –TLM: 65 GB –LTP: 30 –TOO: 8 + Trimmings –NCR: 159 whose 18 in orbit –NCR open: 13 (in orbit)

The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.8 What is still missing …… what is wrong ! –Test HW Burst Trigger MCAL (will do next week !! - Δ Δ Commissioning ) –New SW PDHU –NCR 143: AC TOP Temperature; –NCR 150: PDHU Hang-up and install of AC SAFE mode; –NCR 152: TMTC OBH-A Hang-up; In orbit reset of OBH-A 01/01/08; –NCR 154: OBH-A math processor instability; We are ready to activate OBH-B in case of progressive degradation; NCR 161: PDHU TC task hang-up;

The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.9 MLD-2

The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.10 MLD-1

The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.11 Welcome in orbit GLAST !! The official GLAST liftoff time was 11/06/08 12:05: p.m. EDT (1605 GMT). The 333rd Delta rocket launch since 1960 The 2nd to fly this year The 136th Delta 2 rocket mission since 1989 The 5th Heavy version of the Delta nautical mile (558 Km) circular orbit inclined 25.6 degrees GLAST M$690 vs. AGILE M€ 55