Status history for Wollongong

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Date Operational? Description/reason Last updated by
July 12, 2024, 6:08 a.m. Yes Yes, still okay, with a couple of manual interventions necessary while we wait for fixes nmd03
Oct. 5, 2023, 1:06 a.m. Yes nmd03
Feb. 2, 2023, 12:25 a.m. Yes nmd03
June 16, 2022, 4:21 a.m. Yes Working nmd03
March 10, 2022, 12:23 a.m. Yes Well, we think so. Haven't seen the sun much in a while! nmd03
Feb. 6, 2022, 10:08 p.m. Yes Running as normal when the weather allows nmd03
Dec. 16, 2021, 10:24 p.m. Yes Will run in NIR only for 24 and 26 December for potential overpasses clarem
Dec. 8, 2021, 3:59 a.m. Yes Back after RCD testing nmd03
Dec. 6, 2021, 10:33 p.m. No Shutdown for RCD testing. Back after 0400 UT, Wednesday Dec 8 nmd03
Oct. 13, 2021, 11:18 p.m. Yes Back with new vacuum pump nmd03
Oct. 5, 2021, 8:37 p.m. No Not running after pump failure (short term) nmd03
July 16, 2021, 10:21 p.m. Yes Back in business after electrical testing nmd03
July 8, 2021, 8:48 p.m. No shutdown for building RCD testing until July 15 nmd03
July 1, 2021, 6:46 a.m. Yes All running OK on main instrument. New instrument meets TCCON specs. clarem
July 1, 2021, 6:46 a.m. Yes All running OK on main. New instrument meets TCCON specs. clarem
June 10, 2021, 8:34 p.m. Yes Running okay. New instrument getting there as well nmd03
April 11, 2021, 8:32 p.m. Yes Okay nmd03
Jan. 24, 2021, 9:46 p.m. Yes All okay nmd03
Dec. 11, 2020, 4:46 a.m. Yes Status quo nmd03
Nov. 14, 2020, 10:51 p.m. Yes Running as normal nmd03
Oct. 22, 2020, 2:39 a.m. Yes All moving along smoothly nmd03
July 30, 2020, midnight Yes nmd03
Feb. 18, 2020, midnight Yes New REO laser, very good (small) laser sampling errors voltaire
Aug. 28, 2019, midnight Yes Operating with provisional REO laser, LSEs are larger than usual. voltaire
Aug. 14, 2019, midnight No Laser unstable, awaiting replacement griffith
July 16, 2019, midnight Yes griffith
March 21, 2019, midnight No Tracker cover changed, need to assess alignment voltaire
Feb. 18, 2019, midnight Yes Interferometer realigned voltaire
Jan. 31, 2019, midnight No Interferometer mis-aligned voltaire
Jan. 26, 2019, midnight Yes Back to normal griffith
Jan. 24, 2019, midnight Yes Recovery after fried electronics.Trial operations. voltaire
Dec. 28, 2018, midnight No Control computer failure voltaire
Dec. 9, 2018, midnight Yes Operational since 28 Oct. griffith
Oct. 18, 2018, midnight No Tracker failure nmd03
April 19, 2018, midnight Yes voltaire
March 29, 2018, midnight Yes voltaire
March 8, 2018, midnight No tracker is back, but not registering any intensity. problem being investigated nmd03
Feb. 5, 2018, midnight No voltaire
Dec. 23, 2017, midnight No Solar tracker sent to Germany for maintenance. voltaire
Sept. 25, 2017, midnight No Solar tracker drive motor error. voltaire
July 9, 2017, midnight Yes Solar tracker fixed, WG TCCON back online. voltaire
July 4, 2017, midnight No Solar Tracker elevation drive failure voltaire
June 29, 2017, midnight Yes voltaire
May 19, 2017, midnight No only MIR operations this weekend voltaire
May 12, 2017, midnight Yes Solar Tracker "misbehavior" problems past mid day. Not optimal. voltaire
April 28, 2017, midnight Yes Operational but, still debugging tracker issue after mid-day. voltaire
April 12, 2017, midnight Yes Operational but experiencing intermittent solar tracker errors. voltaire
April 2, 2017, midnight No Solar tracker failure voltaire
March 9, 2017, midnight Yes voltaire
Feb. 19, 2017, midnight Yes Building power restored voltaire
Feb. 16, 2017, midnight No Weekend power shutdown voltaire
Feb. 9, 2017, midnight Yes voltaire
Jan. 19, 2017, midnight Yes voltaire
Jan. 17, 2017, midnight Yes voltaire
Jan. 5, 2017, midnight Yes voltaire
Nov. 23, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Nov. 21, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Nov. 3, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 27, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 20, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 13, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 9, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 22, 2016, midnight Yes AOK. Note Alice Springs campaign with EM27 26Sep-7Oct for GOSAT M-gain comparison. voltaire
Sept. 16, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 8, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 3, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Aug. 25, 2016, midnight Yes Adixen ACP 40 vacuum pump back in optimal operation voltaire
Aug. 5, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
July 28, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
July 23, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
July 14, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
July 7, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
June 13, 2016, midnight No Tracker problems nmd03
May 19, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
May 12, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
May 5, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
April 28, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
April 21, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
April 20, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
April 13, 2016, midnight No Lab power shutdown for maintenance voltaire
April 7, 2016, midnight Yes TCCON mode operations only, beam selector driving motor kaputt. voltaire
March 31, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
March 26, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
March 10, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
March 3, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Feb. 25, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Feb. 18, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Feb. 18, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Feb. 11, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Feb. 8, 2016, midnight Yes OK for target 10 Feb 2016 griffith
Feb. 4, 2016, midnight Yes Evacuation now OK with temporary pump griffith
Feb. 2, 2016, midnight Yes Fts pressure 5 mb griffith
Feb. 2, 2016, midnight Yes Ft pressure 5 mb griffith
Jan. 29, 2016, midnight No vacuum pump maintenance voltaire
Jan. 21, 2016, midnight Yes restricted operation due to vacuum pump failure. Temporary replacement pump only evacuates to approx. 2mb overnight. nmd03
Jan. 16, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Jan. 11, 2016, midnight Yes temporarily operating under ambient atmospheric pressure (vented) voltaire
Jan. 9, 2016, midnight No vacuum pump failure voltaire
Jan. 7, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Jan. 5, 2016, midnight Yes voltaire
Dec. 15, 2015, midnight Yes FTS OK, forecast maybe not? griffith
Dec. 6, 2015, midnight Yes OK for target if clear clarem
Nov. 29, 2015, midnight Yes ok for target, sunny tomorrow voltaire
Nov. 25, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Nov. 25, 2015, midnight No voltaire
Nov. 22, 2015, midnight Yes Ready for target 2015-11-24 griffith
Nov. 19, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Nov. 15, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Nov. 5, 2015, midnight Yes njones
Oct. 29, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 22, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 16, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 8, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 2, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 24, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 17, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 10, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 8, 2015, midnight Yes griffith
Sept. 6, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Aug. 26, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Aug. 20, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Aug. 13, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Aug. 9, 2015, midnight Yes griffith
Aug. 6, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
July 24, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
April 26, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
March 19, 2015, midnight Yes Scanner errors fixed voltaire
March 17, 2015, midnight No scanner errors voltaire
March 9, 2015, midnight Yes nmd03
Feb. 19, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Feb. 12, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Feb. 5, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Jan. 29, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Jan. 29, 2015, midnight Yes griffith
Jan. 22, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Jan. 15, 2015, midnight Yes griffith
Jan. 8, 2015, midnight Yes voltaire
Dec. 30, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Dec. 25, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Dec. 18, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Dec. 11, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Dec. 7, 2014, midnight No No, compressed air failure. Waiting for compressor repair nmd03
Dec. 7, 2014, midnight Yes Compressed air restored nmd03
Dec. 4, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Nov. 28, 2014, midnight Yes good to go voltaire
Nov. 20, 2014, midnight Yes OK for target griffith
Nov. 20, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Nov. 13, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Nov. 6, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 30, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 24, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 16, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 9, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Oct. 2, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 25, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 18, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 14, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 11, 2014, midnight Yes voltaire
Sept. 4, 2014, midnight Yes griffith
Aug. 28, 2014, midnight Yes griffith
Aug. 21, 2014, midnight Yes HeNe Laser successfully changed and aligned (thanks to CalTech) voltaire
Aug. 14, 2014, midnight No HeNe LASER failure, waiting for replacement voltaire
Aug. 3, 2014, midnight No HeNe LASER failure, waiting for replacement voltaire
May 12, 2014, midnight Yes Normal mixed NIR-MIR operation coleen
Aug. 22, 2013, midnight Yes Normal mixed NIR-MIR operation griffith
Jan. 11, 2012, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR. macatang
Jan. 4, 2012, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR. macatang
Dec. 1, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR. macatang
Nov. 9, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR. macatang
Oct. 18, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR. macatang
Oct. 3, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR. macatang
Sept. 18, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR. macatang
July 25, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR. First solar spectra after laser board exchange. macatang
June 21, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR macatang
March 6, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR macatang
Feb. 13, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR macatang
Jan. 27, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR macatang
Jan. 18, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR macatang
Jan. 9, 2011, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR macatang
Nov. 30, 2010, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR macatang
Oct. 20, 2010, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR macatang
Oct. 11, 2010, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR macatang
Sept. 23, 2010, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR macatang
Sept. 15, 2010, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
June 5, 2010, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Feb. 2, 2010, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Jan. 11, 2010, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Dec. 22, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Dec. 10, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Nov. 22, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Nov. 8, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Nov. 1, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Oct. 25, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Oct. 18, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Oct. 11, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Oct. 4, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Sept. 27, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Sept. 20, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Sept. 13, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Sept. 6, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Aug. 30, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Aug. 23, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Aug. 16, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Aug. 9, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Aug. 2, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
July 26, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
July 26, 2009, midnight Yes Re-aligned corner cube by viewing Haidinger fringes. macatang
July 22, 2009, midnight No Re-alignment macatang
July 20, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
July 12, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
July 5, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
June 28, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
June 21, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
June 15, 2009, midnight Yes Operational w/ regular NIR nmd03
June 11, 2009, midnight Yes KBr external window changed 10 June 09. 3x increase in signal. griffith
June 8, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
May 31, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
May 24, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
April 5, 2009, midnight Yes Operational. Laser/IR re-alignment to be performed (090406) nmd03
March 29, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
March 22, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
March 15, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
March 8, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
March 1, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Feb. 22, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Feb. 15, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Feb. 8, 2009, midnight Yes Operational with regular NIR nmd03
Jan. 22, 2009, midnight Yes 17-Sept-2008 by DG dwunch
Jan. 22, 2009, midnight Yes Yes, with regular NIR. Sun tracker mirrors replaced early Jan nmd03