1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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) 1438Total24.05.07SAC off 2736Total14.06.07Antenna Elevation Brake 3790Total18.06.07Antenna Elevation Manual System 41625Total16.08.07Program Track not working 51634Total17.08.07SAC off 62728Total02.11.07Fuse on SCR AZ2 F1 72729Total02.11.07Fuse on SCR AZ2 F1 82969Total19.11.07Fuse on SCR AZ2 F2 93015Total23.11.07Fuse on SCR AZ2 F2 103372Total18.12.07Wrong TLE ( Spot2 test) 114005Total01.02.08Azimut2 SCR Fuse 124006Total01.02.08Azimut2 SCR Fuse 135409Total05.05.08CMCS MLD-2 145460Total19.05.08LAN MLD-2 –Efficiency: 99.4 % The Ground Station

6. The AGILE Mission 12/06/08 – 5th SCIENCE AGILE WORKSHOPSlide n.6 –NORAD: 31135 A –ID: 013/07 –SEPARATION: 23 04 2007 10 Hrs 22 Min 50.593 Sec (UT) EPOCH : 3062.999469 2008/05/20 23:59:14.163 STATE VECTOR J2000 REF SYST ELEMENTS -------------------------------------------------- INCLINATION = 2.45° PERIGEE RADIUS = 6916.31580056 KM APOGEE RADIUS = 6927.0823720 KM PERIGEE HEIGHT = 538.17931056 KM APOGEE HEIGHT = 548.94474720 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

7. 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: 110000 –TLM: 65 GB –LTP: 30 –TOO: 8 + Trimmings –NCR: 159 whose 18 in orbit –NCR open: 13 (in orbit)

8. 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;

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

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

11. 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 12:05:00.521 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 2 301 nautical mile (558 Km) circular orbit inclined 25.6 degrees GLAST M$690 vs. AGILE M€ 55