From our Team telecon
Wed Aug 13, 2003:


* Project items for IMPACT

- Current issues: 

  Project has been requested to report to higher management
  about how the backlog of uncompleted tasks will be dealt with
  without cost impact to STEREO project. Need to look at all items
  on your schedules that are behind and estimate time and projected
  cost to complete. There will be an IMPACT cost/schedule meeting
  at GSFC on August 26 (info goes to Dave Curtis). Of course any
  cost growth will be resisted so minimize and explain all such items.

  Please see the new Project charts at the site
  http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact/dwc/Schedules/Status-2003-5/
  and check your task status on record. Please keep track of reasons
  for changed dates and their impacts on other items or deliveries, and
  report them to Dave Curtis along with inaccuracies or problems.

  Check your Critical milestones status at Dave Curtis' impact website.  
  http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact/dwc/Schedules/Status-2003-2/
  -the relevant document there is:
  Review_2003_02_28_IMPACT%20Critical%20Milestone%20Chart_Baselined_2003_01_31_R1.pdf
  Report progress or changes as soon as possible to Dave.

- Spacecraft: MAG cleanliness tests are continuing at Aerojet

              Contamination meetings postponed.

- Budget: Balance of this year's funds received at UCB. 

- Schedule: New scheduler at GSFC
            is Jim Rogers 


* Instruments

- Dave will be requesting help to prepare for PER part I in October

- PCBs still meeting, requiring support

- Partial Software reviews @ GSFC,Caltech and UCB
  successfully completed

- Still problems with SEP detector vendor and mounts

- Boom Design: T-V chamber pumped down with boom
  inside for hot and cold deploy tests prior to
  Aug 21 review. Cork use is a new contamination issue.

- Mag cleanliness issues are being worked.
  Metglass shields for SECCHI motors made and validated
  Mario sniffing latch valves this month

- STE sources still to be obtained from vendor

- Ground strap design being done by Paul Turin
  at UCB. Prototype is built and tested. Mounting
  to spacecraft details being worked with APL.

- Provisional Dec.'03 IMPACT Team meeting date is
  Sat. Dec 13 (after AGU)-followed by SWG@UCB
  on Monday and Tues. Dec 15,16

- There are currently weekly or biweekly SEP telecons
  on Thursdays, and periodic BOOM and IDPU meetings at UCB. 
  All-team telecons are now once/month:

  2003 IMPACT Wed. telecons, provisional dates
  are second Wednesdays of each month at 9AM Pacific
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  nominal dates:
  Sep 10, Oct 8, Nov 12, Dec team meeting
  
- Phase C Progress Report information will be collected
  by Dave prior to the 15th of each month. Will now include
  milestone tracking.

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IMPORTANT DATES

Aug 21 -Protoflight Boom Review at UCB
*October '03 IMPACT Pre-environ. Review (part I@UCB) 
Dec 13 - IMPACT Team meeting at SSL
Dec 15,16 - STEREO SWG at SSL
*March '04 Pre-environ. Review (part II@Caltech)
Nov 11 '05- Launch

*=dates provisional and subject to change
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Websites to Check periodically for updates 

http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact/dwc
https://sd-forum.jhuapl.edu/stereo/