Last modified:
08/05/26
Welcome to our home page. ACIS, the Advanced CCD Imaging
Spectrometer, is an instrument built by a team of scientists and engineers from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology's Center for Space Research and the Pennsylvania State
University for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. ACIS shares the Chandra
focal plane with the High Resolution
Camera. However, what you will find here is contact information
and other resources relevant to the Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
(CXC) ACIS Operations team members.
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ACIS Operations Scientist On-Duty Schedule
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Please consult the following table to determine the ACIS Operations
scientist on-duty to contact for mission planning purposes or
spacecraft emergencies:
ACIS OPERATIONS SUPPORT SCHEDULE
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ACIS OPERATIONS SUPPORT SCIENTIST |
| Week Of |
On-Duty Scientist (Routine/Anomaly) |
Work |
Cell |
| Aug 3 - Aug 9
| Catherine Grant
| 617-253-0797
| 617-584-2686
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| Aug 10 - Aug 16
| John ZuHone
| 6-1816
| 781-708-5004
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| Aug 17 - Aug 23
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
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| Aug 24 - Aug 30
| Paul Plucinsky
| 6-7726
| 617-721-4366
|
| Aug 31 - Sep 6
| Jim Francis(Jack Steiner/Paul Plucinsky)
| 617-258-8258
| 774-270-2359
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| Sep 7 - Sep 13
| John ZuHone
| 6-1816
| 781-708-5004
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| Sep 14 - Sep 20
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
|
| Sep 21 - Sep 27
| Jim Francis(Catherine Grant)
| 617-258-8258
| 774-270-2359
|
| Sep 28 - Oct 4
| Catherine Grant
| 617-253-0797
| 617-584-2686
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| Oct 5 - Oct 11
| John ZuHone
| 6-1816
| 781-708-5004
|
| Oct 12 - Oct 18
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
|
| Oct 19 - Oct 25
| Jim Francis(Paul Plucinsky)
| 617-258-8258
| 774-270-2359
|
| Oct 26 - Nov 1
| Paul Plucinsky
| 6-7726
| 617-721-4366
|
| Nov 2 - Nov 8
| John ZuHone
| 6-1816
| 781-708-5004
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| Nov 9 - Nov 15
| Jack Steiner
| 6-7988
| 617-680-9306
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| Nov 16 - Nov 22
| Jim Francis(Paul Plucinsky)
| 617-258-8258
| 774-270-2359
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| Nov 23 - Nov 29
| Catherine Grant
| 617-253-0797
| 617-584-2686
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Contact and Leave Information
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Operations Memos, Documents and Links
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ACIS Emergency Procedures Page
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ACIS Ops Memos
- ACIS
Anomaly Documentation
- ACIS Load Review texts
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Current ACIS Load Real-Time
- ECS Cold Time Tracking
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ACIS FP Cooling Tests
- Blank ER(Engineering Request) form
[doc|
pdf]
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ACIS Documentation(local access)
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SI Mode Finder
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SACGS Documentation
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pySACGS
- ACIS Ops/SOTMP Prelim OR Communication Procedures
[pdf]
- ACIS
Ops Twiki
- ACISpy
- ACISpy Command Line Tools
ORBITS and ATTITUDES - Programs, Tools, Links and Definitions of Chandra Orbits
- Quaternion Tools: Obtaining, Completing, Calculating Pitch, Roll
and ONR, reading FOT
requests, and a class you can use.
- Orbit Event Files (*.orp) - Reading, Calculating OORMPDS and OORMPEN, and a class you can use.
- Preliminary Schedule Check Plots
- ACIS Training Pages
- Chandra Spacecraft Documentation Pages
- Change Control Procedure Documents
- TWG,
MPCWG, FDB Presentations
FP_TEMP Model Quantile Error Plots
1DEAMZT Model Quantile Error Plots
1DPAMZT Model Quantile Error Plots
1PDEAAT Model Quantile Error Plots
Thermal Violations Tracking
Thermal
Violations Tracking Tables
DPA Board Temperature Scatter Plots
1DPAMZT, 1DEAMZT
and FPTEMP high pitch "Safing" Plots
ACIS Thermal Model Tools
Includes: Installation, Running a Thermal Model, Developing a New Thermal Model, and Regression Testing
Where
to run thermal models from
ACIS FP Temperature, 1CRAT, and 1CRBT at Every Perigee
ACIS FP Temperature ML Model
Simulating ECS Runs
SOT Flight ACIS Procedures
Annotated SOT and FOT Flight ACIS Procedures
FOT FTP Site
ACIS Hardware Commands
ACIS
BEP Dump Commands
Detector Housing Heater Tests
EPHIN Orbit Thresholds
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Real-Time Telemetry Links
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Related ACIS and Chandra Web Sites:
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Solar Cycle data and predictions
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Spacecraft IPCL Configuration and Constants
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MSFC
Document 1949C Telemetry Database Tables Volume 1
MSFC
Document 1949C Telemetry Database Tables Volume 2
OP19
Rev C PDF
IP&CL as
of March 17, 2026 - P018
Web Page Maintained by:
Paul
Plucinsky, John ZuHone, & Jack Steiner
(Please feel free
to send us any comments or suggestions!)