PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM OBJECT = TEXT PUBLICATION_DATE = 2007-07-27 NOTE = " E-mail and other messages concerning MGS Radio Science on or about 1998/348." END_OBJECT = TEXT END From trish@godzilla.jpl.nasa.gov Sat Dec 12 21:25:47 1998 Received: from godzilla.jpl.nasa.gov (godzilla.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.177.120]) by magellan.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id VAA21796; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:25:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from rodan.jpl.nasa.gov (rodan.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.177.110]) by godzilla.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA19443; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:25:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from 137.78.177.117 (trish-mac.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.177.117]) by rodan.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA17190; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:25:34 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812130525.VAA17190@rodan.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 12 Dec 98 21:27:37 +0000 From: Trish Priest Subject: SPC 60 DSP To: Salvadore Abbate , Aseel Anabtawi , Sami Asmar , MGS data , Paula Eshe , Randy Herrera , David Hinson , Richard Simpson , Stavros Toumpis , Joe Twicken , Len Tyler CC: Dave Recce X-Mailer: QuickMail Pro 1.0.2d1 X-Priority: 3 Reply-To: Trish Priest Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Length: 744 Status: RO Hello, The DSP at SPC 60 is still red. The Ops Chief, Jerry, and the personnel at SPC 60 put the DSP in a link without a spacecraft (out of everyone's way) so that Sal could have the station and I try several things to get the system back up and running. Our efforts were to no avail, however. Jerry and the SPC 60 personnel went above and beyond the call and deserve our thanks. Maintenance personnel are not expected at SPC 60 until Tuesday. I don't think that we can call them in specially, but I am looking into it -- especially with thoughts to Mapping. If the DSP is not repaired before Tuesday in Madrid, we will lose occulations 852e (just lost that one); 853i,e; 858i,e; 859i,e; 864i,e; and maybe 865i. Sorry. -Trish ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From ppriest@mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov Sun Dec 13 19:30:24 1998 Received: from airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov [137.228.96.12]) by magellan.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id TAA23065; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:30:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov (mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov [137.228.136.10]) by airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA09867; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:31:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id DAA08125; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 03:30:31 GMT Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 03:30:31 GMT From: ppriest@mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (Patricia Priest 264-859) Message-Id: <199812140330.DAA08125@mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov> To: data@magellan.stanford.edu, joe@neptune.Stanford.EDU, rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu Content-Length: 735 Status: RO DSS: 34 Orbit: 856 SOE: p852a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 347/19:00:00 End Record: 347/19:24:00 Last Attenuation Change: set before record SNT: 39.11 Elevation Angle: 45.978 Orbit: 856 SOE: p852a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 347/20:11:00 End Record: 347/20:30:00 Last Attenuation Change: set before record SNT: 39.51 Elevation Angle: 54.476 Orbit: 857 SOE: p852a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 347/23:16:00 End Record: 347/23:30:00 Last Attenuation Change: set before record SNT: 39.99 Elevation Angle: 44.293 Orbit: 857 SOE: p852a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/00:28:00 End Record: 348/00:46:00 Last Attenuation Change: set before record SNT: not available-printer printed out the ascii postscript file - unreadable Elevation Angle: 32.241 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From ppriest@mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov Mon Dec 14 01:42:16 1998 Received: from airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov [137.228.96.12]) by magellan.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id BAA23288; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 01:42:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov (mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov [137.228.136.10]) by airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA14349; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 01:42:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA10053; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:42:21 GMT Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:42:21 GMT From: ppriest@mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (Patricia Priest 264-859) Message-Id: <199812140942.JAA10053@mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov> To: data@magellan.stanford.edu, joe@neptune.Stanford.EDU, rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu Content-Length: 649 Status: R DSS: 54 Orbit: 858i SOE: p852a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/03:32:00 End Record: 348/03:46:00 Last Attenuation Change: 03:33 before signal went 1-way SNT: 41.66 Elevation Angle: 24.537 Orbit: 858e SOE: p852a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/04:44:00 End Record: 348/04:57:00 Last Attenuation Change: set before record SNT: 39.90 Elevation Angle: 35.247 Orbit: 859i SOE: p852a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/07:50:00 End Record: 348/08:04:00 Last Attenuation Change: SNT: 38.86 Elevation Angle: 46.83 Orbit: 859e SOE: p852a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/09:01:00 End Record: 348/09:15:00 Last Attenuation Change: SNT: 39.32 Elevation Angle: 41.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From ppriest@mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov Mon Dec 14 06:39:07 1998 Received: from airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov [137.228.96.12]) by magellan.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id GAA23407; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 06:39:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov (mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov [137.228.136.10]) by airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA18689; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 06:39:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA11286; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 14:39:13 GMT Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 14:39:13 GMT From: ppriest@mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (Patricia Priest 264-859) Message-Id: <199812141439.OAA11286@mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov> To: data@magellan.stanford.edu, joe@neptune.Stanford.EDU, rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu Content-Length: 320 Status: R DSS: 24 Orbit: 860i SOE: p858a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/11:45:00 End Record: 348/12:19:00 Last Attenuation Change: before recording SNT: 27.91 Elevation Angle: 33.5 Orbit: 860e SOE: p858a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/13:16:00 End Record: 348/13:25:00 Last Attenuation Change: SNT: 28.12 Elevation Angle: 47.04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From ppriest@mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov Mon Dec 14 09:46:46 1998 Received: from airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov [137.228.96.12]) by magellan.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id JAA26620; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:46:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov (mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov [137.228.136.10]) by airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA22583; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:47:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id RAA12296; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:46:53 GMT Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:46:53 GMT From: ppriest@mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (Patricia Priest 264-859) Message-Id: <199812141746.RAA12296@mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov> To: data@magellan.stanford.edu, joe@neptune.Stanford.EDU, rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu Content-Length: 304 Status: RO DSS: 45 Orbit: 861i SOE: p858a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/16:20:00 End Record: 348/16:33:00 Last Attenuation Change: SNT: 33.81 Elevation Angle: 17.043 Orbit: 861e SOE: p858a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/17:30:00 End Record: 348/17:45:00 Last Attenuation Change: SNT: 32.82 Elevation Angle: 30.745 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From ppriest@mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov Mon Dec 14 18:12:07 1998 Received: from airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov [137.228.96.12]) by magellan.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id SAA16608; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:12:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov (mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov [137.228.136.10]) by airmail.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA00790; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:12:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id CAA14779; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 02:12:14 GMT Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 02:12:14 GMT From: ppriest@mmrs.fltops.jpl.nasa.gov (Patricia Priest 264-859) Message-Id: <199812150212.CAA14779@mmrs.jpl.nasa.gov> To: data@magellan.stanford.edu, joe@neptune.Stanford.EDU, rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu Content-Length: 604 Status: R DSS: 34 Orbit: 862i SOE: p858a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/20:34:00 End Record: 348:20:48:00 Last Attenuation Change: SNT: 44.62 Elevation Angle: 56.091 Orbit: 862e SOE: p863a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 348/21:45:00 End Record: 348/21:59:00 Last Attenuation Change: SNT: 44.66 Elevation Angle: 55.231 Orbit: 863i SOE: p863a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 349/00:49:00 End Record: 349/01:03:00 Last Attenuation Change: SNT: 47.30 Elevation Angle: 27.54 Orbit: 863e SOE: p863a.00.tsoe Begin Record: 349/02:00:00 End Record: 349/02:14:00 Last Attenuation Change: SNT: 51.87 Elevation Angle: 13.77 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From trish@godzilla.jpl.nasa.gov Tue Dec 15 14:55:14 1998 Received: from godzilla.jpl.nasa.gov (godzilla.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.177.120]) by magellan.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id OAA03905 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:55:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from rodan.jpl.nasa.gov (rodan.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.177.110]) by godzilla.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA28007 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:55:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from 137.78.177.117 (trish-mac.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.177.117]) by rodan.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA20026 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:55:23 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812152255.OAA20026@rodan.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 15 Dec 98 14:57:29 +0000 From: Trish Priest Subject: FWD: snowing on Mars To: Richard Simpson X-Mailer: QuickMail Pro 1.0.2d1 X-Priority: 3 Reply-To: Trish Priest Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Length: 357 Status: R This is the message of which I spoke. -Trish -------------------------------------- Date: 12/14/98 11:57 PM From: Dave Hinson Trish, We are approaching winter solstice in the southern hemisphere of Mars. Recent profiles show very low near-surface temperatures at 64 deg S. Carbon dioxide clouds are probably forming and it may be snowing. Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From joe@nova.Stanford.EDU Thu Dec 17 11:03:06 1998 Received: from nova.stanford.edu (nova.Stanford.EDU [36.10.0.123]) by magellan.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id LAA10588 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:03:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from neptune.Stanford.EDU (neptune.Stanford.EDU [36.10.0.149]) by nova.stanford.edu (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id LAA32195; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:03:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from joe@localhost) by neptune.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.3) id LAA00530; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:03:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on Solaris X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:03:15 -0800 (PST) Sender: joe@neptune.Stanford.EDU From: Joe Twicken To: rsimpson@nova.Stanford.EDU, hinson@nova.Stanford.EDU, len@nova.Stanford.EDU, trish@zygra.jpl.nasa.gov Subject: USO Frequency/Allan Deviation Content-Length: 545 Status: R The open-loop recording for occultation #860i included approximately 28 minutes of one-way data prior to the occultation. Based on this recording on 1998/348 at DSS24 (TLM on, SNR ~39 dB/Hz, 5000 samples/second, 12 bits per sample): USO Frequency: 8423153017.80 Hz Allan Deviation t, sec AD ------- ---------- 0.4096 2.1479e-12 0.8192 8.8482e-13 1.6384 4.5218e-13 3.2768 3.2227e-13 6.5536 2.5098e-13 26.2144 2.5972e-13