5.8 GTS Status Reports

$\circ$   GTSs to VSOG What: Status reports will be generated by each GTS on a regular basis, nominally once a week, and submitted to the VSOG. The VSOG will have the responsibility of reviewing the reports and making recommendations to ensure the optimal performance of each mission element. These status reports from the mission elements will allow the VSOG to optimize the scheduling and execution of SVLBI experiments.

How: Reports are named YYMMDD.stX, where YYMMDD is the first start date covering the period of the report. Normally the interval reported in a single file is the 1 week period matching the interval scheduled in the latest SRS file. An example report, showing the preferred format is as follows:

     Status Report
     Element : SRT
     Period  : FROM Jan 6, 1997  TO Jan 13, 1997
     Reporter: Y.Murata (murata@vsop.isas.ac.jp)
     Status  : OK 
     Comments: Satellite was packed in the container on Jan 8.
               It left ISAS Sagamihara campus on Jan 10, and
               reached Kagoshima Space Center (JKSC) on Jan 13.
     Problems: None

When: Files are available 1 day after the last day of the interval reported. Usually files for the previous week are generated on the following Monday.

Where: Files will be available from the GBTS FTP site in directory /ovlbi/out,
from the DOTS FTP site in /pub/vsop/vsopoper/status/gts/,
and from the VSOG FTP site in sub-directory /vsop/vsopoper/status/gts.