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NIRCam News
August 10, 2005
Previous editions are available in the archive.

Tuesday Telecon

No telecon this week due to vacations.

NIRCam Calendar
Date Event Details
8/25/05 NIRCam Monthly Palo Alto, CA
8/30/05 Stray Light/Baffle CDR Palo Alto, CA
8/31/05 FPA Housing CDR Palo Alto, CA
10/3-4/05 Optics Summit Greenbelt, MD (ECO)
9/20/05 NIRCam Monthly GSFC
9/21-22/05 JWST SWG STScI
9/27/05 ICE CDR Palo Alto, CA
9/28/05 FPE CDR Palo Alto, CA
9/29/05 FSW CDR Palo Alto, CA
10/2005 JWST Quarterly Cancelled
10/4/05 I&T CDR Palo Alto, CA
10/5-6/05 GSE CDR Palo Alto, CA

Last Week's Accomplishments

NIRCam Activities for Week Ending 8/2/05

1) Held PIL CDR.
2) Held FAM CDR.
3) Presented 14 papers on NIRCam at the SPIE meeting.
4) Received the GL Scientific ULB test dewar at Arizona.
The dewar passed it accepetance test cooldown reaching 35K
with no problems.
5) NIRCam "ACE" board has reached an adequate level of
functionality to test the ASIC with commanding and synch
capabilities in place.
6) NIRCam FSW has added a module for downloading microcode
to the ASIC.
7) Finished initial requirements definition for GSE software.

Announcements

Richard Vassar will be on vacation Aug 8-19. Bruce Steakley will be covering for him.

Julie Van Campen is on vacation this week.

Marcia Rieke will be at a conference

Charts from recent NIRCam meetings are available on NGIN:

NIRCam Thermal CDR JWST-RVW-


NIRCam Top 5
  Item Status Action Next Report
1 FY06 Funding detailed replan for $24M/10 mo case in work CCR for 10 month slip in work  
2 Requirements See below - stray light is particular emphasis    
3 Detector Packaging      
4 Detector BCS Failure    

8/10/05
5 Filter Wheel Accuracy      
Document Status
DRD Title Status Due Comments
SE-04 Verification Plan Rejected 7/27/05  
IT-01 I&T Plan Rejected tbd On hold for resolution of NOTES testing plan.
SA-14 Safety Plan Review & Comment 8/15/05 Delivered 7/29/05
Pending Changes
Mod Mod Descr CCR # RTC# Description Cost/No Status Due Comments ECD
tbd 3-mo schedule slip     3-Month Schedule Slip Yes Pre-neg      
tbd Wave 4     Wave 4 Changes yes RFP tbd    
    239   NIRCam SOW Rev D yes Complete   ASIC  
    243   DRD Rev F yes Complete      
    235   DMGSER Rev A

yes

 Complete      
    236   GFP List Rev. A yes Complete      
    268   Contract Attachment N no Complete      
tbd Wave 5     Wave 5 Changes yes        
    334   10 month Schedule Slip yes CCB 8/17/05    
    313   SOW Rev E (Test Changes) Yes Complete      
    333   DRD Rev G no CCB 8/17/05 Add EEE Parts  
    332   DILS Rev G no CCB 8/17/05 Add EEE Parts  
    tbd   MAR Rev B Yes Draft   Adds S/W QA  
    320   IRD Rev C Yes CCB      
      019D NIRCam Discretes no Complete      
      020A Focus no Complete      
      021A Pupil Shear no Complete      
      022A Code Format no Complete      
      023C Launch Pressure Profile no Complete      
      024B V1 Down Testing no Complete      
      027B NIRCam Fault Protection no Complete      
    312   ISIM Requirements Doc Rev A   CCB 7/5/05    
    tbd   NIRCam Spec Rev C          
tbd Wave 6     Wave 6 Changes          
    tbd   IRD Rev D   Draft      
      008D Thermal   Loop 3 8/17/05 new Rev out  
      015C I&T Test Aids   Loop 3 8/17/05 new Rev out  
      017A On Orbit Sine   Loop 3      
      018A Radiative Heat Transfer   Loop 3      
      025B PIL Distortion   Loop 3      
      026D Mechanisms   Loop 3 8/17/05 new Rev  
      028B ASIC   Loop 3 8/17/05 new Rev  
      030A FSW Telemetry Rate   Loop 3      
      031A PIL Image & WFE   Loop 3      
      032C WFS&C   Loop 3 8/17/05 new Rev  
      001C Synchronization   Loop 3 8/17/05 new Rev - its Back!  
      tbd TBD/TBR reduction   draft      
tbd tbd tbd   IRD Rev E          
      029A I&T Aids   Loop 1      
      033A Electrical TBRS   Loop 1      
      034A Outgassing Rate   Loop 1      
      035A PIL WFE   Loop 1      
      036A Structural Interface Load   Loop 1      
      041A Radiation   Loop 1      
      045A WFSC #2   Loop 2   new  
      046A EMC #2   Loop 2   new  
NIRCam Needs
Need Status ECD Assigned  
Requirements Baseline by July 31 See "Pending Changes" above. 7/31/05 TBR Lundquist  
Mechanical ICD EO2 release EO1 & EO2 expected final by Bench CDR 7/26/05 Crow  
ASIC Ops Concept & interface documents ops concept out for review   Dutta  
Additional SWTS for SIDU+ #2 Jamie Dunn says ok. Need date?   Campbell  
Loads update for OBA/ISIM brackets     Crow  
Loads from harness/thermal straps     Crow  
Info on ground strap, if any     McCloskey  

NIRCam TBD/TBR Progress & Plan