Programme - BepiColombo SOWG Meeting
Day 1: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- 09:30 – Welcome introduction – Johannes Benkhoff, Raymond Hoofs (15min)
- 09:45 – SGS planning system status - Dave Frew, Sara de la Fuente (30min)
- 10:15 – Operations rehearsals schedule - Dave Frew (30min)
- 10:45 – SPICE status – Alfredo Escalante (20min)
- 11:00 – 11:30: Coffee Break
- 11:30 – SOA results – Raymond Hoofs (1h + questions)
- 13:00 – SOA science objectives coverage analysis – Sebastien Besse, Claudio Muñoz (30min)
- 13:30 – 14:30: Lunch Break
- 14:30 – Perihelion strategy. Discussion and agreement on preferred strategy. – Sebastien Besse, Thomas Cornet, Bernhard Geiger (2h)
- 16:30 – 17:00: Coffee Break – End of Day 1
- Social Gathering – location TBC
Day 2: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
- 09:30 – Baseline pointing updates – Miguel Pérez-Ayúcar, Raymond Hoofs (1h + discussion)
- Illumination avoidance strategy
- WOL strategy with Malargüe
- Small off-sets post-GM aphelion
- 11:00 – 11:30: Coffee Break
- 11:30 – Mercury commissioning Plan status – Raymond Hoofs (45min + questions)
- 12:30 – Presentations from PI teams (15min per team; 3h block in total)
- Presentations expected to cover:
- Science Operations at Mercury including calibrations
- Commissioning operations
- Presentations expected to cover:
- 13:30 – 14:30: Lunch Break
- 14:30 – Presentations from PI teams – continuation
- 16:30 – Review of Actions / Conclusions/ AOB/ Next Meetings – Raymond Hoofs, Johannes Benkhoff (30min)
- 17:00 – End of Meeting