GP-B Scientific & Technical Reports
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Gyroscopes
- S0287: Homogenity and Composition of the GP-B Rotors (124 KB PDF)
- S0288-Rev B: GP-B Rotor Mass Unbalance And Difference in Moments of Inertia (341 KB PDF)
- S0451-Rev A: GSS Requirements Verification Analysis Report 1 (230 KB PDF)
- S0499: Justification for Gyroscope Shake Test Levels (2.4 MB PDF)
- S0522: Justification for Launching with Gyroscopes Uncaged (817 KB PDF)
- S0633-Rev A: Science Gyro Spin Up — GMA Valve Sequences (1.2 MB PDF)
- S0635-Rev A: Science Gyro Spin Up — Overview (4 MB PDF)
- S0651: History of Niobium Targets in Rotor Coating System (2.7 MB PDF)
- S0674-Rev A: Gyroscope Caging Malfunction — Fault Tree Analysis (959 KB PDF)
- S0884: Verification of Gyroscope Readout Bias Requirements (254 KB PDF)
- S0955: Monitoring the Stability of and Compensating for Changes in the Gyroscope Readout Scale Factor (1MB PDF)
Telescope
- S0300-Rev B: Test of Telescope #3 (2.6 MB PDF)
- S0578: Analysis of GP-B Telescope Contamination during Component Test Phase ( 1.85 MB PDF)
- S0582: Closure of Probe Contamination Discrepancy Reports (2.92 MB PDF)
- S0626: Verification of Telescope Pointing Noise Requirements (939 KB PDF)
- S0630: Linearity of Flight Telescope (1.2 MB PDF)
- S0655: Science Telescope Perpendicularity of Readout Axes at 4K (84 KB PDF)
- S0672: Verification of T003 Telescope Bias and Scale-Factor Requirements (5.4 MB PDF)
Flight Hardware
- S0508-Rev A: Vatterfly Valve Filter Specification (300 KB PDF)
- S0523: Limitations of the P9 Gauge for Measuring Probe Internal Pressure (111 KB PDF)
- S0545: Verification of Gas Flow Requirements in Payload Specification (165 KB PDF)
- S0569-Rev A: Gas Management Assembly (GMA) — Detailed Specification (392 KB PDF)
- S0590: GMA Recovery Plan (533 KB PDF)
- S0618: SRE Temperature Coefficient Investigation Report (805 KB PDF)
- S0622-Rev A: GP-B Exceptions to the 'Test It As You Fly It' Philosophy (836 KB PDF)
- S0654-Rev A: SRE Special Linearity Test Analysis (251 KB PDF)
- S0678: Vatterfly Valve EMI Test and Results (1 MB PDF)
- S0698: Request Log Response: Quartz Block Temperature Transients (230 KB PDF)
- S0701-Rev B: GMA Valve Leakage Mitigation Plan (18 MB PDF)
- S0718: Period of the Body-Fixed Calibration Signal (100 KB PDF)
- S0722: The Characteristics of the Temperature Sense Diodes (620 KB PDF)
- S0838: Mechanisms ADP Review — Final Issues Closeout (233 KB PDF)
- S0839: C & DH ADP Review — Final Issue Closeout (303 KB PDF)
- S0849: GMA Baseplate Pull Data (169 KB PDF)
- S0858: EPS ADP Review — Final Issue Closeout (480 KB PDF)
- S0870: SRE/ECU/TRE Review — Final Issue Closeout Summary (371 KB PDF)
- S0975: Payload Electronics Manufacturing Report "Lessons Learned ... Gravity Probe" Zentek Scientific (30 MB PDF)
- S0991: "GP-B Space Vehicle RemovelInstalVConfigure for Flight Log As-Run" (1.95 MB PDF)
System Verifications
- S0292-REv D: New Error Tree (1.37 MB PDF)
- S0408-Rev C: Risk Assessment of Most Critical GP-B Mission Failure Modes (160 KB PDF)
- S0452-Rev A: Gyroscope Suspension System Verification Requirement Compliance Matrix (VRCM) (1.2 MB PDF)
- S0493-Rev B: Payload Verification Requirement Compliance Matrix (VRCM) (1.2 MB PDF)
- S0547: Flow Meter Verification (188 KB PDF)
- S0601-Rev A: Verification of Payload Specification Section 3.3.6.7 (1.2. MB PDF)
- S0609: Verification of Dissimilar Metals Requirement PLSE 12-3.3.1.1.5 (2.9 MB PDF)
- S0610: Verification of Payload On-Orbit Radiation Environment Compatibility (685 KB PDF)
- S0632-Rev A: On the Linearity of Gravity Probe B Measurement Model (517 KB PDF)
- S0702: Gyroscope Suspension System (GSS) Performance Verification Test—Test Readiness Review Completion Certificate (452 KB PDF)
- S0840: ATC (ACE) ADP Review — Final Issue Closeout (355 KB PDF)
- S0851-Rev A: Payload Verification Requirement Compliance Matrix (VRCM) Part II (652 KB PDF)
- S0854: Science Mission Dewar Absorptivity and Emissivity Analysis (322 KB PDF)
- S0861: Verification of T002 Requirement 11, Part A: Conditioning, Sampling, Processing of Science Gyroscope and Science Telescope Signals (6523 KB PDF)
- S0868: Verification of T002 Requirement 5, Part A: Linearity of Gyroscope Readout System (665 KB PDF)
- S0890: Verification of Knowledge of Guide Star Proper Motion from VLBI Measurements (857 KB PDF)
- S0893: Verification of T002 Requirement 5, Part B: Gyroscope Readout Noise (122 KB PDF)
- S0898: Verification of Knowledge of Proper Motion of the Effective Guide Point (518 KB PDF)
- S0917: Dewar Lifetime & TAO Assessment following Thermal Vacuum Test 2 (1.4 MB PDF)
- S0954: Impact of Power Bus Sensitivity on Verification of T002 and T003 Requirements (416 KB PDF)
- S0956: Verification of Requirement T002 Requirement 2: Detection and Calibration (1.8 MB PDF)
- S0959: Gravity Probe B Science Data Analysis: Covariance Matrix for Measurement Statistical Errors (1.1 MB PDF)
- S0968: Plan for Space Vehicle Verification After ECU Rework (351 KB PDF)
System Tests and Inspections
- S0307-Rev B: Gravity Probe B Timing System (1.6 MB PDF)
- S0491: Data Reduction and Simulation Algorithms — End-to-End Test #5 Summary (1.2 MB PDF)
- S0539-Rev A: GB-P ITF Timing Test Analysis: ECU Science Signals Time Tagging (358 KB PDF)
- S0671: GP-B ITF Timing Test — Summary of Part B Testing (3 MB PDF)
- S0720-Rev B: Integrated Test Facility (ITF) Drag-Free Gyroscope Simulator (DFGS) User Guide, Version 1.3 (751 KB PDF)
- S0743: Shielding Effectiveness Test Report on Pacific Design Technologies 6th Vacuum Valve (3.3 MB PDF)
- S0751: E28 Scope Reduction (110 KB PDF)
- S0762-Rev A: Integrated Test Facility (ITF) Drag-Free Gyroscope Simulator (DFGS) Detailed Description (904 KB PDF)
- S0822-Rev A: Science Mission Dewar Ground Support Equipment Inspection Report (6 MB PDF)
- S0895: Analytical Solution for Unmodeled Errors in the Gravity Probe B Experiment (1.1 MB PDF)
- S0940: A Monte Carlo Study of GP-B Errors Due To a Third Body in the IM Peg (HR 8703) System (280K PDF)
- S0942: VAFB GPS EMI Testing Report (508 KB PDF)
- S0943: GP-B Space Vehicle EMC Test Report (4.7 MB PDF)
- S0957: E28 Test Report Update (100 KB PDF)
- S0960: Moe SVR for Sybase 12.5.0.3 Regression Testing (3.1 MB PDF)
Mission Operations Reports
- S0572-Rev B: TDP to Level 0 Data Processing — Verification Test Report (1.83 MB PDF)
- S0605-Rev A: MOC SVR — Display Timeline (730 KB PDF)
- S0629-Rev B:GP-B Mission Operations Center Launch and Activation Plan (3.24 MB PDF)
- S0647-Rev A: Software Verification Report for TQSM 1.3 (2.3 MB PDF)
- S0711: ATC Mini SIM Plan (643 KB PDF)
- S0717-Rev B: TCAD User's Manual — Lasp 2.0 (1.2 MB PDF)
- S0737-Rev A: MOC Station Status Broadcast SVR (24 KB PDF)
- S0752: ATC ADP Review — Final Issue Closeout (231 KB PDF)
- S0753: Gas Management Assembly Flight Monitors (361 KB PDF)
- S0763-Rev A: MCR #50 Test Report — MA Tools and Solaris Patch (1.3 MB PDF)
- S0856-Rev B: Gravity Probe B Mission Flight Rules (701 KB PDF)
- S0892-Rev A: Mission Planning Timeline Products Guide (621 KB PDF)
- S0897-Rev B: On-Orbit Anomaly Resoultion Plan (468 KB PDF)
- S0913: Verification Report for Automated Import Scripts 1.0 (605 KB PDF)
- S0922: ECU Sample Tables (3.3 MB PDF)
- S0938-Rev B: MOC SVR for RtWorks Spin-up, Version 1.2 (519 KB PDF)
- S0973-Rev B: LASP Software Verification Report, Version2.3 (2.8 MB)
- S0994: Mission Rehearsal (MR) Plan — Flight Days #1 and #2 (396 KB PDF)
- S1006: On-Orbit Flux Reduction Decision (1.94 MB PDF)
- S1007: On-Orbit Spin-Up Coordination Plan (5.02 MB PDF)