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Monthly time use

Month-by-month breakdowns each year:



Idle
%
Stack
%
Problems
%
Engineering
%
Science
exposure
%
Science
overhead
%
Total
18d-18d
hours
2017 Jan
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2017 Feb
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2017 Mar
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2017 Apr 35.50
3.83
5.43
39.20
8.81
7.18
245.83
2017 May
33.60
6.05
4.13
29.10
15.10
12.00
223.75
2017 Jun
37.50
6.21
5.39
22.60
15.10
13.20
199.18
2017 Jul
57.70
2.66
2.05
21.90
11.30
4.43
216.47
2017 Aug
54.70
6.06
2.72
13.00
13.40
10.10
245.92
2017 Sep
61.80
2.75
11.20
6.74
10.90
6.58
268.63
2017 Oct
35.40
5.34
5.16
16.80
22.40
14.80
306.03
2017 Nov
29.70
5.12
6.59
19.10
23.60
15.80
318.48
2017 Dec
52.00
1.53
1.89
12.00
21.30
11.30
338.95
2017 Apr-Dec
44.10
4.28
4.98
19.30
16.40
10.90
2363.25









Idle
%
Stack
%
Problems
%
Engineering
%
Science
exposure
%
Science
overhead
%
Total
18d-18d
hours
2018 Jan
40.90
1.88
12.00
18.10
16.40
10.80
333.50
2018 Feb 40.60
3.53
5.77
17.80
20.80
11.60
284.45
2018 Mar
35.30
3.46
6.70
38.60
9.99
5.97
288.48
2018 Apr 33.60
4.40
2.04
28.30
21.40
10.30
246.43
2018 May
36.50
3.56
4.69
13.10
29.10
13.00

2018 Jun
46.00
5.05
6.45
12.40
18.60
11.50

2018 Jul
47.70
2.69
1.21
13.80
14.90
9.69

2018 Aug
45.90
4.43
7.00
7.78
23.40
11.40

2018 Sep
51.70
2.15
1.86
24.40
13.40
6.45

2018 Oct
67.10
2.28
0.98
13.70
9.60
6.35

2018 Nov 35.60
3.40
3.86
7.56
32.70
16.90

2018 Dec
50.80
3.01
1.89
5.52
25.60
13.20

2018 ALL
44.50
3.18
4.62
17.50
19.60
10.60
3235.05









Idle
%
Stack
%
Problems
%
Engineering
%
Science
exposure
%
Science
overhead
%

2019 Jan
53.90
3.44
2.06
4.63
24.70
11.30

2019 Feb
47.90
2.45
1.68
8.91
27.40
11.60

2019 Mar
49.40
2.27
3.85
23.00
15.20
6.31
 
2019 Apr
34.50
3.67
3.06
10.50
35.00
13.30

2019 May
40.00
2.90
4.75
15.30
27.30
9.69

2019 Jun
48.70
3.43
0.94
12.90
23.20
10.80

2019 Jul
41.60
0.94
1.08
22.90
19.20
14.30

2019 Aug
45.80
2.05
6.07
7.33
27.60
11.20

2019 Sep
53.10
2.24
4.72
12.60
20.00
7.77

2019 Oct
34.50
2.41
3.69
15.90
30.30
13.10

2019 Nov
58.10
1.73
1.73
9.29
20.30
8.70

2019 Dec
36.30
3.25
4.30
7.24
34.20
14.70

2019 ALL
45.50
2.56
3.15
12.20
25.50
11.10
3194.92









Idle
%
Stack
%
Problems
%
Engineering
%
Science
exposure
%
Science
overhead
%

2020 Jan 43.80
1.94
1.04
4.61
35.40
13.30

2020 Feb 59.60
2.28
4.49
5.56
20.10
7.97

2020 Mar 63.70
2.38
0.50
2.58
22.50
8.41

2020 Apr 37.20
1.75
2.66
9.20
35.20
14.10

2020 May 27.90
4.47
0.70
15.10
36.60
15.20

2020 Jun 43.00
2.78
3.29
11.60
27.70
11.60

2020 Jul 48.70
1.87
3.41
12.10
23.30
10.60

2020 Aug 26.50
2.89
2.88
9.29
40.10
18.40

2020 Sep 38.70
3.11
2.06
6.57
35.70
13.80

2020 Oct 23.00
1.85
6.12
17.10
36.40
15.60

2020 Nov 23.80
1.95
5.88
6.20
42.60
19.50

2020 Dec 42.40
1.52
1.45
1.97
36.90
15.70

2020 ALL
40.00
2.33
2.90
8.07
33.00
13.70
3138.70









Idle
%
Stack
%
Problems
%
Engineering
%
Science
exposure
%
Science
overhead
%

2021 Jan 39.1
4.08
3.43
3.92
35.4
14.1

2021 Feb 43.6
2.60
1.29
5.37
32.9
14.2

2021 Mar 44.1
3.75
2.12
8.80
29.2
12.0

2021 Apr 57.1
2.56
2.00
3.01
25.0
10.3

2021 May 54.1
1.56
0.77
4.15
28.0
11.4

2021 Jun 42.5
4.12
1.05
8.99
30.8
12.6

2021 Jul 47.9
2.46
2.69
6.75
28.6
11.7

2021 Aug 51.0
2.24
0.34
3.70
30.0
12.7

2021 Sep 39.1
1.60
2.38
5.60
35.6
15.8

2021 Oct 22.0
1.29
2.66
4.49
50.1
19.5

2021 Nov 38.9
1.97
2.74
1.43
40.0
15.0

2021 Dec 44.1
1.67
2.84
1.15
35.7
44.1

2021 ALL
43.0
2.48
2.12
4.57
34.0
13.8
3144.75









Idle
%
Stack
%
Problems
%
Engineering
%
Science
exposure
%
Science
overhead
%

2022 Jan 39.3
3.48
1.47
1.89
39.6
14.2

2022 Feb 41.5
3.67
1.23
3.56
35.0
15.1

2022 Mar 32.7
2.06
1.72
21.00
31.0
11.5

2022 Apr 27.4
4.00
1.95
1.86
47.4
17.6

2022 May 25.1
4.91
1.17
3.24
47.2
18.4

2022 Jun 33.6
6.96
7.19
3.09
34.2
15.0

2022 Jul 26.7
6.90
3.85
6.30
39.7
16.6

2022 Aug 57.6
2.60
3.18
15.40
15.2
6.1

2022 Sep 33.2
2.93
3.58
1.58
42.3
16.4

2022 Oct 46.6
3.48
1.85
0.86
34.1
13.2

2022 Nov 50.6
3.60
2.34
1.42
29.8
12.3

2022 Dec 49.5
3.45
2.05
1.33
30.4
13.2

2022 ALL
39.6
3.85
2.49
4.98
35.1
14.0
3199.15









Idle
%
Stack
%
Problems
%
Engineering
%
Science
exposure
%
Science
overhead
%

2023 Jan 45.2
3.54
1.18
1.01
35.1
13.9

2023 Feb 58.9
2.49
2.70
1.82
23.8
10.2

2023 Mar 51.2
2.00
4.60
1.52
28.9
11.8

2023 Apr 20.9
4.11
2.51
1.60
51.6
19.3

2023 May 48.2
3.77
0.73
4.09
30.5
12.7

2023 Jun 33.3
5.97
1.22
0.55
41.0
18.0

2023 Jul 25.3
8.79
1.26
1.15
45.7
17.9

2023 Aug 37.9
5.91
2.51
1.74
37.2
14.8

2023 Sep 34.1
3.96
0.88
0.94
43.3
16.8

2023 Oct 27.7
1.67
0.88
30.8
28.1
10.9

2023 Nov 47.9
1.75
1.53
6.62
29.1
13.1

2023 Dec 27.7
4.62
3.19
1.57
44.2
18.6

2023 ALL
38.6
3.84
1.98
4.84
36.1
14.7
3223.98




















Civil dates of FPA take-downs and other major engineering, their moon phases, and impacts on science:
 2017 Apr 2-6 (first quarter)
 2017 May 9-11 (full moon)
 2018 Jul 23-27 (full moon)
 2018 Aug 15-16 (full moon)
 2018 Sep 24-28 (full moon)
 2019 Mar 25-29 (third quarter)
 2019 Jul 8-9 (first quarter)
 2020 Oct 26-30 (full moon)
     target impacts: one synoptic P0 HPF observation from PSU affected
 (no major downtime in 2021)
 2022 Mar 14-19 (full moon) Tracker Lower X bearing replacement
 2022 Aug 8-11 (full moon) FPA takedown for probe work
 2023 Oct 23-Nov 1 (full moon) FPA takedown for probe work
 2024 Jan 17-19(?) (first quarter) emergency FPA takedown for ACQ camera filter stage repair








Last updated: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:36:43 +0000 stevenj



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