Telecon Minutes of 24 July 2001

TEAM PRESENT: Churchwell, Whitney, Kobulnicky, Benjamin, Babler, 
	Meade, Mathis, Ashman
TEAM BY TELECON:   Clemens, Dickey, Wolff, Stolovy, Bania
   Remy, Marston


1) Examples of web page are at 
 http://www.astro.wisc.edu/sirtf/sirtf-index2.html
 http://www.astro.wisc.edu/sirtf/sirtf-index3.html
   Please let Ed and/or Wendy know about feedback on it

2) Observing strategy
   We must get down to 400 hr limit for Sep 5 review at SSC
   Average AOR size is now 3x30 exposures
   We now use variable AOR widths to optimize survey efficiency
   We use parallelogram segments to cover the plane, thus eliminating
      small AORs (and thus some overhead)
   
   Christer presented a range of options for covering the plane along 
	 with their time requirements.  
   Dan favors option 5 with full latitude coverage, long=|10-60|
      People seem in agreement that we can come back and fill in
      longitude coverage later
   We converged on full latitude coverage, option 5. Christer and 
	Chip will work with this one.
   
   Tony says downlink constraints have been removed TOny says, we can
	observe as much as we want in 6 hours subject to maximum
        IRAC AOR of 6 hours.  But Tony warns highly constrianed
	observations will be difficult to schedule.  

   Launch is still scheduled for 15 July.
   IRAC In Orbit Checkout will happen fairly early in the mission, so
	we might get data as early as late Sep.  

   Sep 5 review will be a 2 hour presentation:
     Ed, Chip, Christer and Barb will go to SSC for this.
     
   Instrument teams are working on latency models we'll need to
     answer at the Sep 5 review.

NEXT TELECON: Tuesday, Aug 7, 11:00 a.m. Central time.
      608-265-1000 #4112

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