From our Team telecon
Wednesday, March 21, 2001:


* Project items for IMPACT

- Project wants simple thermal models from IMPACT
  by mid-May, and has engaged a thermal engineer/
  contractor at GSFC to assist us. Dave Curtis will
  be seeking inputs, and Tycho will be working with
  that person on the SEP thermal design.

- APL wants outline/volumetric drawings with
  connector locations and types for all boxes.
  Dave Curtis will be collecting that information
  from team members.

- Outstanding issues for IMPACT on the new spacecraft
  configuration are the SEPT N-S FOV and the envelope
  reduction for the stowed boom. Tycho and Rhinehold
  to resolve the SEPT FOV issue and Robert Ullrich
  the boom issue.

- Project wants IMPACT to support (in person
  or by phone) all spacecraft coordination meetings
  at 10AM Thursdays at APL. These are spacecraft updates. 
  Dave Curtis will ask IMPACT team members to help
  support these as appropriate

- Project has two new Reviews that impact IMPACT.
  One is a NASA HQ mandated additional Independent
  Assessment team review of the whole Project to
  be done sometime this summer; the other is an
  added IMPACT Peer Review as a "wrapup" prior to
  PDR in late September, to include discussion of our 
  plans for Integration and Test. The latter is
  scheduled August 29 and may require representatives
  from main subsystems of IMPACT.

- Next IMPACT Peer Reviews are SEP/MAG at GSFC on
  April 19 and IDPU/Software on June 13 at UCB.
  The new August 29 Peer Review is mentioned above.
  Dave Curtis has posted the boom suite
  Peer Review presentation on his website (impact/dwc).
   
- Budget: The new UCB (Phase B) contract startup
  is in the process of being signed off at UCB.
  We are currently in a no cost extension until
  March 31. (Remember that this budget will 
  need revision at some point, so UCB will be
  requesting subcontractors to make the post-Phase
  A negotation changes.)

- LOAs are now available for viewing at the GSFC
  STEREO website http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov. Use
  the GUEST login. The only letter not yet there
  is DLR, which is expected soon.

- STEREO Project will hold separate PDRs for
  the spacecraft and instruments in late September.
  Dates are still TBD

* Instruments

- Thermal and Box/Connector info is needed
  by Dave Curtis for Project as described above 

- During Phase B IMPACT is required to make monthly
  updates to schedule and Risks. Dave Curtis will 
  send out our Risk List for Team Comment and inputs.
  Contact Dave if you have a new Risk item.

- SEP needs to resolve remaining FOV issues
  and bracket design issues with APL on
  the new spacecraft configuration (Tycho)

- SEP needs to work on a detailed schedule
  with Dave Curtis as input to the IMPACT
  master schedule (Tycho, Alan, Dave)

- Boom Design: Robert Ullrich is working
  to respond to Project re. a smaller stowed
  unit. 


* Other

- Next IMPACT Team Meeting Sunday,
  June 3, in Boston (~8:30am-2pm at a
  location TBD in Boston). This is after the
  Boston Spring AGU meeting and before the
  next STEREO SWG meeting at UNH on June 4.
  Note the SWG is now one day only. Information
  is available on UNH accommodations. If you
  did not already receive it contact Janet.

- Dave Curtis still needs to know what is
  being spent by GSFC IMPACT team members
  (533s type information) for the record

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IMPORTANT DATES

Mar 31 End of current contract NCE 
April 19 SEP/MAG Peer Review at GSFC
June 3 Next IMPACT Team Meeting in Boston
June 4 Next STEREO SWG at UNH
June 13 IDPU/Software Peer Review at GSFC
Aug 29 Wrapup/ I&T Peer Review at UCB

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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/