1. E-USOC operations in Increments 25-28 José Miguel Ezquerro Navarro E-USOC/UPM 1 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL

2. E-USOC is located in Madrid, Spain, and is responsible for the operations of: – Increment 23&24-25&26: SODI-COLLOID – Increment 25&26-27&28: GeoFlow-2 E-USOC 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 2

3. Experiment performance in MSG Crew required for: – Installing/removing SODI HW in MSG – Flash Disk exchange Autonomous experiment operation monitored from ground (MARS/E-USOC and POIC) ‏ Ground commanding required for: – Starting experiment execution – Uplink/downlink of files (e.g. images for PI evaluation)‏ – Stopping/resuming experiment in case of: Scheduled or unscheduled MSG/SODI power off – Troubleshooting SODI-COLLOID 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 3

4. 4 experiment cells + 1 reference cell, totals: – 3 reference runs, ~100 hours total – 96 science runs x 3 hours – Total operation time ~6 weeks – ~630 GB data storage on-board, ~6,5 GB/run – 6 Flash Disks * 128 GB  disk exchange required every 19 runs Data downlink requirements: – Reference runs: ~500 MB (images + science data) – Experiment runs: ~68 MB / run (images + science data) – Total experiment: ~7GB – Distribution to E-USOC via PIMS/FTP SODI-COLLOID 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 4

5. SODI-COLLOID is commanded from E-USOC, using TReK. – Telemetry distribution in real-time to the PI MARS is responsible for overall SODI coordination Commanding from POIC: – SODI power on/off – File uplink/downlink – Off-nominal cases, MARS/E-USOC not on-console (documented in P/L Regulations and GCPs) SODI-COLLOID 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 5

6. SODI-COLLOID 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 6

7. SODI-COLLOID HW upload in 39P, Flash Disks download in ULF5 Installation in MSG and experiment start September 2010 Ops preparation status: – P/L Regulations: ready for COLLOID (SODI P/L Reg applicable) – GCP ready – PODF: crew procedures ready ground procedures and displays under development – Testing activities completed with success: End-to-end tests with MSG-SODI-POIC-MARS SODI-COLLOID 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 7

8. SODI P/L Regulations: – SODI commands delegated to POIC/MSG OPS – SODI monitoring from POIC when USOCs are not on-console – Crew access constraints to SODI hardware in MSG Work Volume SODI-COLLOID 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 8

9. Experiment performance in FSL Crew required for: – Installing/removing GeoFlow-2 EC in FSL – FCE configuration (lock/unlock) – Tape exchange Semi-automatic experiment operation, flight script execution commanded from ground ‏ GeoFlow-2 aims at observing flows in spherical geometries that are subjected to a central force field GeoFlow-2 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 9

10. Ground commanding required for: – Power up/down GeoFlow-2 Experiment Container – Start Experiment Procedures (EP) execution – Uplink/downlink of files (e.g. sample images for PI, scientific data files)‏ – Troubleshooting GeoFlow-2 operations performed by E-USOC, in coordination with MARS (FRC for FSL) GeoFlow-2 will be operated nominally in a 16h/5d scenario, extended to 24h/5d scenario for long duration runs GeoFlow-2 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 10

11. 19 science runs (+19 nice to have runs) generating 460 GB of data in: – 25 operational days (+25 days for nice to have runs) Real time downlink requirements: – science data (telemetry) – MMA data – sample images Data retrieval nominal scenario is the near real-time downlink of all images: – 25 downlink days (+25 days for nice to have runs data) Data storage: – Temporal storage in FSL VMU hard drives: 300GB – Backup storage in FSL tapes: 460 GB = 2 x 300 GB tapes GeoFlow-2 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 11

12. GeoFlow-2 HW upload in ATV-2 (December 2010) Installation in FSL and experiment start in March 2011 Ops preparation tasks (updates from Inc. 17-18): – EP updates New scientific protocol (parameters, run times…) Implement MMA acquisition in parallel with science runs Second optical mode (Schlieren) Changes to improve ground interaction – PODF updates: Crew procedures (minor) Ground procedures and displays (in line with EP updates) – Experiment Sequence Test foreseen for December 2010 GeoFlow-2 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 12

13. ATV Automated Transfer Vehicle EC Experiment Container EM Engineering Model EP Experiment Procedure ESA European Space Agency E-USOC Spanish User Support and Operations Centre FCE Facility core Element FM Flight Model FRC Facility Responsible Centre FSL Fluid Science Laboratory FTP File Transfer Protocol GB Gigabyte GCP Ground Command Procedure GeoFlow Geophysical Flows under microgravity GS Ground Segment HOSC Huntsville Operations Support Center HW Hardware IVoDS Internet Voice Distribution System Acronym list 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 13

14. MARS Microgravity Advanced Research and Support Center MCC Mission Control Center MDB Mission database MLC MSG Laptop Computer MMA Microgravity Measurement Assembly MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center MSG Microgravity Science Glovebox PI Principal Investigator P/L Payload PODF Payload Operations Data File POIC Payload Operations Integration Center POIF Payload Operations Integration Function SMCD Science Monitoring Control and Distribution tool SODI Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument SW Software TC Telecommand TM Telemetry TReK Telescience Resource Kit Acronym list 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 14

15. UHB User Home Base UPM Universidad Politécnica de Madrid USOC User Support Operations Centre VMU Video Management Unit W/S Workstation WV Work Volume Acronym list 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 15

16. Backup slide 16 SODI-COLLOID Planning Proposal 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL

17. Backup slide 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 17 GeoFlow-2 Planning Proposal

18. Backup slide 27-29 Jul 2010POIWG#28 - Huntsville, AL 18 GeoFlow-2 Planning Proposal