December 2013 01:00 01:18 Discretionary Time 01:18 02:00 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ BKS CVE FHE KAP STO WAL SAN ] {rbspscan normalscan} 02:00 02:18 Discretionary Time 02:18 03:00 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CVE CVW FHE FHW KAP STO DCE SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 03:00 04:00 Discretionary Time 04:00 04:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CLY CVE CVW FHW HOK KOD DCE SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 04:06 07:18 Discretionary Time 07:18 08:00 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ BKS CVE FHE GBR KAP STO WAL HAL ] {rbspscan normalscan} 08:00 08:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE ADW CLY CVW FHW HOK KAP KSR TIG UNW ZHO ] {rbspscan normalscan} 08:06 09:12 Discretionary Time 09:12 09:18 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ CVE FHE INV PYK WAL HAL SAN ] {rbspscan normalscan} 09:18 10:00 Discretionary Time 10:00 10:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CLY CVW FHW HOK KOD KSR PGR DCE SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 10:06 11:18 Discretionary Time 11:18 12:00 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CVE CVW FHE FHW KAP DCE SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 12:00 13:00 Common Time (1-min) 13:00 13:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CLY CVW FHW HOK KOD KSR PGR DCE SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 13:06 14:00 Common Time (1-min) 14:00 14:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE ADW CLY CVW FHW HOK KSR TIG UNW ZHO ] {rbspscan normalscan} 14:06 16:00 Common Time (1-min) 16:00 16:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CLY CVW FHW HOK KOD KSR PGR DCE SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 16:06 17:00 Common Time (1-min) 17:00 17:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE ADW CLY CVW HOK KSR TIG UNW ZHO ] {rbspscan normalscan} 17:06 19:00 Common Time (1-min) 19:00 19:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CLY CVW FHW HOK KOD PGR DCE SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 19:06 20:00 Common Time (1-min) 20:00 20:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADW CLY CVW HOK KSR TIG UNW ZHO ] {rbspscan normalscan} 20:06 21:00 Common Time (1-min) 21:00 22:00 Common Time (1-min) (no switching) 22:00 22:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CLY CVW FHW HOK KOD SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 22:06 23:00 Common Time (1-min) 23:00 23:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADW CLY CVW HOK KSR TIG UNW ] {rbspscan normalscan} 23:06 24:00 Common Time (1-min) 24:00 25:00 Common Time (1-min) (no switching) 25:00 25:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CLY CVW FHW HOK KOD SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 25:06 26:00 Common Time (1-min) 26:00 26:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADW CLY CVW HOK KSR TIG UNW ] {rbspscan normalscan} 26:06 27:12 Common Time (1-min) 27:12 27:18 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ CVE FHE INV WAL SAN ] {rbspscan normalscan} 27:18 28:00 Common Time (1-min) 28:00 28:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CLY CVW FHW HOK KOD SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 28:06 29:00 Common Time (1-min) 29:00 29:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADW CLY CVW HOK KSR TIG UNW ZHO ] {rbspscan normalscan} 29:06 30:12 Common Time (1-min) 30:12 30:18 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ CVE FHE GBR INV WAL HAL SAN ] {rbspscan normalscan} 30:18 31:00 Common Time (1-min) 31:00 31:06 Special Time (ST-APOG) (See Note A) [ ADE BKS CLY CVW FHW HOK KAP KOD KSR SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 31:06 31:24 Common Time (1-min) # Total Common Time (1-min): 16d 6h # Total Discretionary Time: 9d 0h # Total Special Time: 5d 18h # Notes: Special Time notes: Note A: ST-APOG - This is a spacecraft working group request to support Van Allen Probes (VAP - formerly RBSP) observations of the radiation belts. The radars highlighted in the square brackets for each interval should run rbspscan. This is presently the mode that also runs during CT-TRIG intervals (a full scan of at least 16 beams with an interleaved mini-scan of 3 beams, with a scan time of 2-min), as agreed by the PIs. The PIs/operators are encouraged to adapt the mode to best fit the geometry of the conjunctions (e.g., by adapting the range gates) - VAP footprint plots can be found at http://www.ion.le.ac.uk/~rcf11/RBSP/ . All other radars should run normalscan (with a scan time of 1-min).