ROSAT Mission Timeline Pages: Help

Contents
   Contents
   General Remarks
   Timeline Formats
      Time tag format     (ttg)
      Slot summary format (xtl)
      Timeline plots      (ps)

• The timeline information was taken from the shortterm mission timeline files, which were modified if the satellite was not observing according to the timeline (safemodes; operator intervention).
• No pointing information is available during survey periods (1990-Aug to 1991-Jan).
• The timeline archive is now close to its final state
  (last update of the files in the timeline archive: 1999-Apr-13).

• Contains detailed timeline information:
  belts, earth blocks, ROSAT nights, groundstation contacts, acquisition information;
• contains proposal information (PI name, target, rough coordinates);
• various time formats for each time tag.

• One-line summary for each slot (there are 1 or 2 slots per orbit);
• contains proposal information (PI name, target, rough coordinates);
• no AMCS information is included.

• one page contains the complete timeline information for 1 month;
• contains either LTL or STL information;
• no AMCS information is included.