1. SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE Operated for NASA by AURA COS Monthly Status Review 20 October 1999

2. Keyes / Kutina - COS Monthly 20-Oct-99 COS Monthly Status Review v OP-01 updates and revisions – COS ground system development Phase I to start 1 January 2000 – sections of OP-01 relevant to Phase I capabilities must be finalized by COS IDT by 1 Jan 2000 – STScI and the IDT have established working schedule and agenda for upcoming COWG meetings to facilitate timely review of OP-01 revisions > first review of finalized sections 1.0 (Instrument Overview) and 5.3 (Science Observations) on 27 October.

3. Keyes / Kutina - COS Monthly 20-Oct-99 COS Monthly Status Review v COWG reached important consensus on FUV state transitions and HV ramp profiles – HV ramp profiles have been designed to prevent MCP thermal runaway which would result in catastrophic failure of MCP v Draft COS Science Header Keywords template delivered to IDT – spreadsheets based upon relevant STIS, ACS, and FUSE keywords – Calibration Working Group to meet in November to discuss keywords v STScI supported FSW Preliminary Design Peer Review v STScI attended 1st FUSE Data Analysis Workshop – topics relevant to COS FUV calibration