1. SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE Operated for NASA by AURA COS Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002

2. Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002 Charles D.(Tony) Keyes Page 2 of 11 Synopsis Role: STScI supports COS science operations by leading development of “front-end” (operations) and “back-end” (OPUS/MAST/calibration) ground system and user support functions. COS project is led by NISD, and presently consists of 11 people (6.65 FTE) drawn from NISD, SISD, and ESS. The project is on track (green) –most recent report: 20 November 2001

3. Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002 Charles D.(Tony) Keyes Page 3 of 11 Health Chart SubprojectStaffin g ScheduleTechnical Instrument Development OK (g)ongoing (g) IDT/STScI MOU (g) FUV I & T CU/UCB (g) NUV Grating reflectivity (y) Commanding and RPS2 OK (g)ongoing (g) OP-01 (g) FP-SPLIT development (g) wavecal development (g) Pipeline and Calibration OK (g)ongoing (g) keyword development (g) pipeline development (g) CDRs (g)

4. Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002 Charles D.(Tony) Keyes Page 4 of 11 Accomplishments SI News: –backup FUV door-opening mechanism repair installed, vibration tests successfully completed, final T-V tests in progress this week –NUV grating reflectivity; recovery plan nearing completion (continues yellow until completion) G185M delivered throughput below spec; G225Ma will be used as flight optic – throughput exceeds spec, increased spectral range; possible lower resolution G225M AlMgF coated optics below spec; bare Al coated flight-candidate optics in test at GSFC G285M AlMgF coated optics delivered throughput below spec; G225Mb is present flight optic – throughput exceeds spec, slightly decreased spectral range; higher resolution; bare Al coated G285M tests are even better; flight- candidate awaiting tests at GSFC G230L flight-accepted grating meets specification On-time STScI receipt of simulated FUV and NUV detector test images in internal header format (per DM-06); establish proper detector orientation; key MOU deliverable facilitates OPUS development

5. Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002 Charles D.(Tony) Keyes Page 5 of 11 Accomplishments (cont.) Evaluated responses to all OPUS/HDA and calcos CDR RFAs; revisions in progress; final closure document in preparation Established COS TV-specific keyword requirements and schedule Produced first ICD-19 working draft of COS pipeline output file headers and keywords; actionees identified for outstanding issues Established detailed ETC requirements; delivered to APT working group Detailed study of potential operational impacts of OSM heating in typical science scenarios STScI scheduling system –Development of FP-SPLIT exposure capability (last Phase 4 component) in final code review; on schedule Ops bench testing at Ball per Ball FSW availability timeline (Mar 02)

6. Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002 Charles D.(Tony) Keyes Page 6 of 11 COS Phase Development Plan (rev 5, 6/1/01) Phase 1 (1/1/00 – 6/30/00) 1.Macro Development 2.Reconfigurations Phase 2 (7/1/00 – 12/31/00) 3.NUV Timetag Mode + Darks 4.FUV Timetag Mode + Darks Phase 3 (1/1/01 – 6/30/01) 5.FUV & NUV Accumulation Science Exposures 6.FUV & NUV Target Acquisition Exposures 7.FUV & NUV Target Peakup Exposures Phase 4 (7/1/01 – 12/31/01) 8.Aperture Alignment Exposures 9.OSM1 Focus Alignment Exposures 10.OSM1 Rotation Alignment Exposures 11.OSM2 Rotation Alignment Exposures 12. FUV & NUV FP-Split Exposures Phase 5 (1/1/02 – 6/30/02) 13. FUV & NUV GO Wavelength Calibration Exposures 14. FUV & NUV Automatic Wavelength Calibration Exposures 15. FUV & NUV Flat Field Lamp Calibration Exposures 16. SAA Contours Phase 6 (7/1/02 – 12/31/02) 17. SMGT Preparations 18. SMOV Special Commanding 19. FUV & NUV Anomalous Recovery 20. FUV & NUV Initial Turn-on 21. FUV & NUV BOP Target Screening Phase 7 (1/1/03 – 6/30/03) 22. FUV & NUV Lifetime Adjustments

7. Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002 Charles D.(Tony) Keyes Page 7 of 11 Plans Planned Activities and Future Milestones: Issue closure report for OPUS/HDA and calcos CDRs Complete Phase 4 FP-SPLIT exposure development Commence Phase 5 WAVECAL and FLATFIELD exposure development Continue STScI FSW macro-timing tests on ops bench Complete OSM thermal issues review; issue report Establish ETC development schedule Complete TV-specific keyword specification; add to ICD-19 Start COS Mini-Handbook development Milepost Dates: {+ ==> later than last report} –COS ops bench test data to STScI: 1 Dec 2001 (delivered on time) –COS integrated SI test data to STScI: 1 June 2002 (no change) [Ball timeline] –SI delivery to GSFC: 4 Nov 2002 (no change) [Ball timeline] –Launch: February 2004 (no change) [SM3B + 2 yr]

8. Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002 Charles D.(Tony) Keyes Page 8 of 11 Detailed Schedule

9. Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002 Charles D.(Tony) Keyes Page 9 of 11 Resource Summary Current COS Resources (FY 01) –NISD 2 Scientists (2.0 FTE) –SISD 1 Data Analyst (0.5 FTE) –ESS 1 System Engineer (0.5 FTE) 1 Command Development System Engineer (1.0 FTE) 1 Instrument Engineer (0.4 FTE) 2 Developers (1.25 FTE) Pipeline Development (1.0 FTE)

10. Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002 Charles D.(Tony) Keyes Page 10 of 11 Metrics Progress versus Planned Milestones and Requirements: –4 of 5 planned activities completed within reporting period COS Pipeline CDR Requests for Action (RFA) Items: –12 draft closures (reviewed; in final revision) –0 remain open COS Operations Working Group Action Items: –0 opened, 0 closed during review period –6 presently open (2 High, 3 Medium, 1 Low) COS Calibration Working Group Action Items: –2 opened, 1 closed during review period –1 presently open (High)

11. Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Monthly Status Review 15 January 2002 Charles D.(Tony) Keyes Page 11 of 11 Issues Note: Arrows indicate trend (same, better, worse) by direction (right, up, down), and current impact (resolved/no issue, medium, severe) by color (green, yellow, red).  TitleIssueImpactActionStatus Instrument Development NUV grating reflectivity None to STScI short-term; IDT long- term schedule impacts possible IDT recovery plan implemented two flight gratings available (G185M and G285M); two additional replica gratings in test at GSFC FSW Status at Ball Delay of FSW implementation for target acq (Build 4.0) Delays timeframe for testing our acq commanding and delays availability of subset of test image data Delay completion of subset of testing; plan for delta- OPUS/HDA delivery for target acq STScI front-end development completed; ops bench timing tests and back end development proceeding; remains on-sched this period; (y) 