From our Team telecon
Wednesday, Jul 10, 2002:


* Project items for IMPACT

- Current issues:
  Project had a follow-up to CR with the Independent
  Review Team on June 28. No show stoppers. 

- Schedule/Meetings: 
  IMPACT CDR has been scheduled for Nov 20-22 (date shift!)

- Spacecraft: Design is assumed frozen as of
  June. Send any concerns to Dave Curtis.
  Thermal blanket coatings and boom details
  still in work.

- Data: Project has advised the instruments about
  expected data/telemetry gaps, to be addressed
  via retransmissions.

- Budget: New contract has been signed off

- Project continues spacecraft coordination meetings
  on thursdays. Spacecraft update is on the agenda
  this Thursday (contact Dave if you would
  like the call-in number).


* Instruments

- Please check peer review schedule for the summer
  at http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact/dwc (under
  Peer Reviews link). Several SEP software reviews,
  a STE and SWEA door review, and IDPU review are
  in July

- Davin and Keith Ogilvie are working with APL to
  evaluate thermal blanket coatings for SWEA conductivity
  requirement

- Mario conducted a third magnetic cleanliness
  workshop at APL on June 13 '02. He has done
  some tests of spacecraft components and will be
  working with Project on compensation magnets.
  Reaction wheels matter still to be addressed.

- Thermal model updates due in July

- 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:

  2002 IMPACT Wed. telecons, provisional dates
  --------------------------------------------
  Aug 7, Sep 11, Oct 9, Nov 6,  Dec(team meeting 11th?)

- All IMPACT PDR action items (RFAs) should be closed

- Boom Design: Needs mechanical prototype by CDR 
  Project (APL) wants a smaller model

- PAIP and configuration management plan still 
  need some revisions (ESTEC part is outstanding) 

- Phase B Progress Report information will be collected
  by Dave prior to the 15th of each month.

* Other

- The Data Plan telecon was held on July 3. An outline
  and writing assignments will be passed out by Peter
  Schroeder (peters@ssl.berkeley.edu) soon. Contact
  Peter if you wish to be added to that discussion group.

- Another new document deliverable for CDR is
  a preliminary IMPACT "Users Manual". Dave will
  be collecting input

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IMPORTANT DATES

Nov 19-20 '02 IMPACT CDR
Dec 11 '02 -next IMPACT Team Meeting at UCB SSL
Dec '05- Launch

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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/