Contents

• Introduction
• RadioAstron Mission Element Overview
  • Mission Elements
  • Nomenclature
  • Overview of this document
• RSOG Pre-Observation Products
  • Long-Term Experiment Schedule
  • Observation Summary File (OSF)
  • GRT (Ground Radio Telescope) Schedule Files
• GOCG Pre-Observation Products
  • SRT (Space Radio Telescope) Schedule (SRS) File
  • Constraints for Long-Term Experiment Schedule
  • Control Session File
  • Telemetry Prognosis File
• Navigation Pre-Observation Products
  • Long-Term Predicted Orbit
  • (Long-Term) Predicted Orbit for Scheduling
  • (Detailed) Predicted Orbit for Tracking
  • MBC OD Results
• Ground Tracking Station (GTS) Products
  • VLBI Tapes
  • Telemetry Header File (THF)
    • THFs in near real-time
    • THFs post-pass
  • Time Corrections File (TCF)
  • Time Components File
  • Data Processing Log (DPL)
    • Partial Correlator Input Log
    • Phase Calibration (PCal) Table
    • Flag Table
    • Square Law Detector Record
  • (Station) Performance Log (SPL)
  • JPL/DOTS Monitor Data File (MDF)
  • GTS Status Reports
• Ground Radio Telescope (GRT) Products
  • VLBI Tapes
  • GRT Log File
  • GRT Calibration Data
  • GRT Clock Offset Data
  • GRT Gain Curves
  • GRT Status
• Navigation Post-Observation Products
  • State Vectors
  • Tracking Data
    • X-Band Doppler Data
    • C/P-Band Range and Range-Rate Data
  • Reconstructed Orbit
    • JPL MMNAV Reconstructed Orbit
    • ASC Reconstructed Orbit
  • Navigation Status Reports
• GOCG Post-Observation Products
  • Executed Sequence of Events
  • SRT and SC Status Reports
• RSOG Post-Observation Products
  • Merged Correlator Input Log
  • Calibration and Flag files
    • SRT Amplitude Calibration Data
    • Flag Table
    • Phase Calibration (PCal) Data
  • RSOG Status Reports
• Correlator Products
  • Correlator Output
  • Correlator Feedback
    • Quality Assurance Data
    • Correlator Output Files
  • VLBI Tape Management
  • VLBI Tapes
  • Near Real-Time Fringe Detector Results
  • Correlator Status Reports
•    Mission Operations Data Transfer
  •    Mission Element FTP sites
  •    Mission Element FTP Directory Structures
    •    GOCG FTP Directory Structure
    •    RSOG FTP Directory Structure
    •    GBTS FTP Directory Structure
    •    DOTS FTP Directory Structure
    •    NRAO Array Operations Center FTP Directory Structure
    •    Penticton Correlator FTP Directory Structure
    •    University of Calgary FTP Directory Structure
    •    Center for Research in Earth and Space Technology (CREST)
    •    Regional Servers for GRT Schedules
    •    Regional Servers for GRT logs etc
  •    File Naming Conventions
  •    On-Line Storage Requirement
  •    Contingency Plans
  •    Mission Element WWW sites
•    Mission Element Points-of-Contact
•    References and Documentation
• About this document
• Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix B: List of Tables
• Appendix C: RMOH revision history