I've been silently wondering this for weeks now.
In this coming week it will be 60 days since GPS IIF-2 launch. Still
not healthy.
Anything wrong with it ?
Not that there's any pressing urgency to set it healthy since PRN24
(SVN24) is still healthy.
But it does raise the question whether there's anything wrong with it
that we don't know yet.
Hopefully 2nd SOPS just wants to do some testing beyond the normal
checkout period and are just taking their time.

Marcelo

On 2011-09-11 19:05 , macpacheco wrote:
> I've been silently wondering this for weeks now.
> In this coming week it will be 60 days since GPS IIF-2 launch. Still
> not healthy.
> Anything wrong with it ?
> Not that there's any pressing urgency to set it healthy since PRN24
> (SVN24) is still healthy.
> But it does raise the question whether there's anything wrong with it
> that we don't know yet.
> Hopefully 2nd SOPS just wants to do some testing beyond the normal
> checkout period and are just taking their time.

What is the "normal checkout period"?


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On Sep 11, 8:52*pm, Alan Browne <alan.bro...@FreelunchVideotron.ca>
wrote:
> On 2011-09-11 19:05 , macpacheco wrote:
>
> > I've been silently wondering this for weeks now.
> > In this coming week it will be 60 days since GPS IIF-2 launch. Still
> > not healthy.
> > Anything wrong with it ?
> > Not that there's any pressing urgency to set it healthy since PRN24
> > (SVN24) is still healthy.
> > But it does raise the question whether there's anything wrong with it
> > that we don't know yet.
> > Hopefully 2nd SOPS just wants to do some testing beyond the normal
> > checkout period and are just taking their time.
>
> What is the "normal checkout period"?
>
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> gmail originated posts filtered due to spam.

30-day approx. see below. The control transfer event marks the end of
the check out period, since the check out is performed by a separate
squadron. But of course, 2nd SOPS might need something extra.

It's just that, they could activate SVN63, give it a few weeks, then
deactivate PRN24, and allow the old PRN27 or some other spare to
return to activity, restoring at least 30 healthy satellites. But with
the current solar maximum, its possible many spares might be in bad
shape.


http://csmng.com/2011/08/24/newest-g...nters-service/

The 2nd Space Operations Squadron accepted satellite control authority
of its second Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite during a
brief ceremony here Aug. 19.

After launching from Cape Canaveral July 15 and following a 30-day
check out, the satellite, known as SVN-63, was placed in an expanded
slot in the GPS Expandable 24 constellation architecture, where it
will be paired with SVN-46.

On 2011-09-11 20:52 , macpacheco wrote:
> On Sep 11, 8:52 pm, Alan Browne<alan.bro...@FreelunchVideotron.ca>
> wrote:
>> On 2011-09-11 19:05 , macpacheco wrote:
>>
>>> I've been silently wondering this for weeks now.
>>> In this coming week it will be 60 days since GPS IIF-2 launch. Still
>>> not healthy.
>>> Anything wrong with it ?
>>> Not that there's any pressing urgency to set it healthy since PRN24
>>> (SVN24) is still healthy.
>>> But it does raise the question whether there's anything wrong with it
>>> that we don't know yet.
>>> Hopefully 2nd SOPS just wants to do some testing beyond the normal
>>> checkout period and are just taking their time.
>>
>> What is the "normal checkout period"?
>>
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>> gmail originated posts filtered due to spam.
>
> 30-day approx. see below. The control transfer event marks the end of
> the check out period, since the check out is performed by a separate
> squadron. But of course, 2nd SOPS might need something extra.
>
> It's just that, they could activate SVN63, give it a few weeks, then
> deactivate PRN24, and allow the old PRN27 or some other spare to
> return to activity, restoring at least 30 healthy satellites. But with
> the current solar maximum, its possible many spares might be in bad
> shape.
>
>
> http://csmng.com/2011/08/24/newest-g...nters-service/
>
> The 2nd Space Operations Squadron accepted satellite control authority
> of its second Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite during a
> brief ceremony here Aug. 19.
>
> After launching from Cape Canaveral July 15 and following a 30-day
> check out, the satellite, known as SVN-63, was placed in an expanded
> slot in the GPS Expandable 24 constellation architecture, where it
> will be paired with SVN-46.

Nothing implies that 30 days is expected.

Get over it. They will do as they please using a very conservative
approach. They don't care that everything pleases you but that they
punch their checklists and reduce risk while planning contingencies for
other SVN failures for whatever reason.



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On Sep 12, 10:31*am, Alan Browne <alan.bro...@FreelunchVideotron.ca>
wrote:
> On 2011-09-11 20:52 , macpacheco wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sep 11, 8:52 pm, Alan Browne<alan.bro...@FreelunchVideotron.ca>
> > wrote:
> >> On 2011-09-11 19:05 , macpacheco wrote:
>
> >>> I've been silently wondering this for weeks now.
> >>> In this coming week it will be 60 days since GPS IIF-2 launch. Still
> >>> not healthy.
> >>> Anything wrong with it ?
> >>> Not that there's any pressing urgency to set it healthy since PRN24
> >>> (SVN24) is still healthy.
> >>> But it does raise the question whether there's anything wrong with it
> >>> that we don't know yet.
> >>> Hopefully 2nd SOPS just wants to do some testing beyond the normal
> >>> checkout period and are just taking their time.
>
> >> What is the "normal checkout period"?
>
> >> --
> >> gmail originated posts filtered due to spam.
>
> > 30-day approx. see below. The control transfer event marks the end of
> > the check out period, since the check out is performed by a separate
> > squadron. But of course, 2nd SOPS might need something extra.
>
> > It's just that, they could activate SVN63, give it a few weeks, then
> > deactivate PRN24, and allow the old PRN27 or some other spare to
> > return to activity, restoring at least 30 healthy satellites. But with
> > the current solar maximum, its possible many spares might be in bad
> > shape.
>
> >http://csmng.com/2011/08/24/newest-g...nters-service/
>
> > The 2nd Space Operations Squadron accepted satellite control authority
> > of its second Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite during a
> > brief ceremony here Aug. 19.
>
> > After launching from Cape Canaveral July 15 and following a 30-day
> > check out, the satellite, known as SVN-63, was placed in an expanded
> > slot in the GPS Expandable 24 constellation architecture, where it
> > will be paired with SVN-46.
>
> Nothing implies that 30 days is expected.
>
> Get over it. *They will do as they please using a very conservative
> approach. *They don't care that everything pleases you but that they
> punch their checklists and reduce risk while planning contingencies for
> other SVN failures for whatever reason.
>
> --
> gmail originated posts filtered due to spam.

I forgot about the ground based software upgrade. That's probably the
reason for the delay. News came out today they completed that task.

http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/...-release-gps-1