The Systems team continued the review of SDO requirements documents in 
order to update and baseline them as part of preparation for the upcoming 
SDO PDR.  The first PDR dry-run is scheduled for 2/19-20/04.  The weekly 
systems team meeting addressed the topic of Spacecraft resets, with a 
detailed working discussion among all spacecraft electrical subsystems on 
their reset approaches and implementations, with the goal of working out 
lingering issues and coming up with a top-level agreement and description 
of how resets are implemented on the SDO Spacecraft.  The Systems team also 
met to discuss the updated SDO jitter/pointing/alignment budget updates 
after the most recent round of meetings with the instrument teams, with the 
goal of updating and baselining these budgets as part of the PDR 
preparation process.  In other areas, further cPCI backplane connector 
meetings were held among the team and with a potential vendor, followed by 
a project level meeting to evaluate potential options on how to 
proceed.  On the hardware S/C hardware front, good progress is being made 
with development of the Ka Transmitter breadboards and LiIon battery 
testing is going well.

Detailed interface and ICD baselining discussions were conducted with the 
EVE team this week.  We also held a very productive grounding 
philosophies/practices TIM with all the Instrument teams.  The HMI team 
completed their peer reviews this week with the beam-splitter mount, oven 
structure, and HMI Electronics Box enclosure.  The Project received the 
first batch of responses to the HMI PDR RFAs, with all remaining responses 
expected by the end of February.  The effort to provide a subset of common 
documents for AIA and HMI continued with the release of the AIA/HMI 
PAIP.  Progress on the Lyot filter was made this week with the receipt of 
KDP crystal samples and calcite.  An HMI vendor, Lambrecht, is now 
evaluating the quality of the calcite.  In the area of EGSE, HMI commands 
were successfully sent from a sun workstation to the Start-Up ROM.

AIA continues work on the concept study report and proposal.  In support of 
the March 4, PDR-1, LMSAL has submitted a draft agenda for review and is 
refining the WBS and schedules with their prime subcontractor (SAO).  SAO 
also delivered their proposal for the definitized Phase A 
sub-contract.  LMSAL released/submitted the AIA EEE parts list and the 
Materials & Process list will be released by the end of this week.  A parts 
control board has been set for February 24/25.  LMSAL worked to refine the 
requirements for the telescope optics sizes, i.e.- shape of the optics, 
size of obscured and uncoated sections of the primary mirror, and elements 
of the optical prescription.  Internal reviews were completed for the 
filterwheel design, Camera Electronics Box (CEB) & CCD camera radiator 
sizing, and CEB mounting configuration.  An order for two life test 
filterwheels is now in place; the HMI/AIA mechanisms life test chamber has 
been cleaned and is currently under high vacuum; internal GSE has been 
designed and specified with several components on order.

The ground system team successfully conducted their Operations Peer Review 
this week in which the Instrument teams supported/presented.  The MOC Peer 
Review package was completed this week and the review will be held 2/11/04.

In the area of scheduling, we published the schedules on our server for 
statusing in support of next week's Project monthlies with each subsystem 
lead.  The team also refined control milestones and worked I&T 
iterations/flows.  This week, the CM team: prepared for our CCB were we 
baselined several documents; inputted CCR files into the CCR intranet 
database; updated the WBS; & assisted in setting up a computer line in our 
conference room.

Thanks,
Ken
"What may be done at any time will be done at no time."
Scottish Proverb 

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