Status history for Harwell

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Date Operational? Description/reason Last updated by
Feb. 18, 2025, 9:25 a.m. Yes Electricity back on. Observatory up and measuring on this sunny day. RAL_Spectroscopy
Feb. 13, 2025, 3:44 p.m. No Due to yet another building electrical shutdown, system down from Feb 14 to 17. RAL_Spectroscopy
Feb. 5, 2025, 9:38 a.m. Yes Power back on at RAL. Back to opearation. RAL_Spectroscopy
Jan. 31, 2025, 12:56 p.m. No Out of opeartion 31 Jan to 5 Feb due to RAL global power shut down RAL_Spectroscopy
March 8, 2024, 10:10 a.m. Yes Solar tracker stages control issues addressed - back to operation RAL_Spectroscopy
Feb. 7, 2024, 8:06 a.m. No Azimuth stage of solar tracker faulty - dealing with the issue. RAL_Spectroscopy
Oct. 13, 2023, 10:25 a.m. Yes New laser installed and aligned. All good. Back in opeartion. RAL_Spectroscopy
Oct. 9, 2023, 7:39 a.m. No Spectrometer laser failure on 06/10/2023 - Laser to be replaced. RAL_Spectroscopy
Sept. 7, 2023, 7:41 a.m. Yes Dome failure corrected. Back to fully automated operation. RAL_Spectroscopy
June 16, 2023, 6:11 a.m. Yes After thunderstorms, dome automation out of order. Operations restricted to business hours RAL_Spectroscopy
Dec. 5, 2022, 8:56 a.m. Yes Issue addressed. Back to normal opeartion. RAL_Spectroscopy
Nov. 17, 2022, 4:16 p.m. No Spectrometer Source board blew up affecting firmware settings - replacement ongoing RAL_Spectroscopy
Nov. 2, 2022, 8:29 a.m. Yes 01/11/2022 - Damaged controller eventually replaced and system back to operation. RAL_Spectroscopy
May 27, 2022, 5:55 a.m. No On 22/05/2022 the solar traker controller failed. It is shipped for replacement. RAL_Spectroscopy
May 11, 2022, 9:05 p.m. Yes RAL_Spectroscopy
Feb. 22, 2022, 8:37 p.m. No Finalizing the installation of a new roof dome for the solar tracker. RAL_Spectroscopy
Sept. 9, 2021, 9:54 a.m. Yes Accredited as provisional station by the Network RAL_Spectroscopy
Oct. 21, 2020, 6:20 p.m. No Currently producing data for accreditation case RAL_Spectroscopy
Oct. 13, 2016, midnight No Site under development to seek accreditation RAL_Spectroscopy