Commissioning Plan

Io-1 deployed on 30 Mar at 13:29 UTC

  1. Initial signal acquired, object identified and initial detumble complete.

  2. Platform is alive, healthy and communicating; LEOP completed, ready for transition to Commissioning

  3. ADCS sensors and actuators verified

  4. Platform successfully transitioned to STANDBY mode and confirmed stable.

  5. Payload subsystem is healthy and in good working order. Payload data has been downlinked.

  6. Initial fine pointing states tested, pre-deployment MOI characterised.

  7. Boom deployed, result verified using on-board ADCS telemetry. Ready for Test Set B2.

  8. Phase 1 of the software updates is complete.

  9. Fine pointing states tested, post-deployment MOI characterised.

  10. Phase 2 of software updates is complete.

      • Command spacecraft into platform MISSION mode
      • Confirm configuration is as expected, ensure satellite is performing MISSION mode functions
      • Verify power generation, power consumption, equipment temperatures, pointing performance.
      • Log over several orbits to confirm stability.

  12. Long term characterisation of the ADCS performance is complete. Ready for Payload demonstration

      • Capture 1 day of VFM, ASM, SXN, SXP, HSK & GPS data
      • Downlink and process data
      • Deliver data to customer

  14. ADCS model fine-tuning complete.