From our Team telecon
Wednesday, November 15, 2000:
and other news from the Project
telecon Nov 20


* Project items for IMPACT

- Project says STEREO has to deal with
  post Phase A budget issues related to
  spacecraft increased science accommodation
  costs. They will hold a small workshop on
  Dec 1 at APL for that purpose. IMPACT will
  have local reps from our GSFC team and will
  be connected to UCB by telecon. IMPACT has
  already descoped solar array ESC requirements
  except for paint on the back of the panels,
  and taken on the booms at decreased cost
  to Project. Other items expected to be
  discussed will be FOV, contamination, and
  EMC requirements. FYI the SECCHI high data
  rate RS422 line has apparently been eliminated.
  If you consider this will impact IMPACT,
  email your concerns. (It of course means
  the 1553 will carry everything.)

- Project announced that they have now
  selected Abby Harper's replacement: our
  current GSFC instrument engineer Haydee 
  Maldonado will take over as GSFC Project
  Manager. Abby says that she will effectively
  switch roles with Haydee until a new GSFC
  systems engineer can be appointed. 
   
- Schedule/Budgets: NASA No-Cost extensions 
  to the end of November should be in effect.
  Subcontractors need to get their Phase A
  budgets signed off and delivered to Dave
  Curtis. Provisional funding will be made
  available through the existing contracts
  to take us to end of February '01. At that
  time new SOWs and budgets for Phase B will
  have been solicited and will kick in according
  to Project (those involved in NASA funded 
  efforts for Phase B should thus expect to
  be asked for a revised budget sometime
  in the first few months of the new year.)
  Launch is currently set for Dec '04, with
  4 month Phase B extension, and 2 mos C-D
  extension. 

- Peer Reviews. We have requested to delay the
  requested Software Review. Project agreed but
  would still like answers to the questions Dave
  Curtis distributed. SEP please respond after
  the budget matters settle down. Dave has
  already submitted answers for IDPU.
  SEP- have you responded?????

- Risk Management: Project has offered a Risk
  Management software package to Dave Curtis.
  This is viewed as an investigation lead level
  tool. Contact Dave Curtis if you have questions
  about it.

- ITAR: LOAs have been sent out from NASA.
  The agency for our Hungarian CoIs has returned
  their signed LOA to NASA.

* Instruments

- Boom Design: Project has asked for a boom
  splinter after the SWG meeting ends, the
  afternoon of Dec 14 at UCB. Contact Dave
  Curtis if you want to participate.

- SEP needs to resolve remaining FOV issues
  and bracket design issues with APL on
  the redesigned spacecraft (Tycho)
  SEP needs to update us on status of this.

- ESC and Solar Array modeling study has
  been completed by Maxwell Technologies.
  A written report is expected soon.
  Contact Davin Larson for information.

* Other

- Tycho will support Contamination Committee
  activities for IMPACT

- Dave Curtis still needs to know what was
  spent during Phase A and Bridge by GSFC
  team members (533s type information) for
  the record

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IMPORTANT DATES

Nov 31 End of no-cost extension for the above
Dec 01 STEREO Rescope Workshop at APL
Dec 12 next IMPACT team meeting at UCB SSL
Dec 13-14 STEREO SWG at UCB SSL

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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/