Mar 15 07:14 Email -------------------- ACE P3 rates rose considerably since the last comm, peaking at ~1.0e5 at 2023:074:06:00:00 and remaining there for several hours. They are now declining, but remain very high at ~5e4. During this orbit, we have accumulated 3e9 of fluence. If we remain at this fluence, we would add 3.65e9 of fluence before RADMON disable at 2023:075:04:06:42. A more credible case is that we drop to ~25,000 and remain steady, or otherwise slowly decrease at roughly the current rate or slightly slower, at which we accumulate by our calculations another ~1.8e9 of fluence before RADMON disable. We are in comm now. The next comm is in a little less than 12 hours at 2023:074:22:50:00. Mar 15 Shift Report ------------------- High ACE rates due to the passage of a major CME which originated from a farside a couple of days ago. Solar activity is expected to be very low with a chance for a C-class flares on days one and two (15 Mar, 16 Mar) and likely to be low with a slight chance for an M-class flare on day three (17 Mar). 03/10/23 - 03/16/23 Weekly Report --------------------------------- Observing paused due to SCS107 and radiation interruption at 2023:074:11:41:35 (Mar 15) due to high ACE rates from a passing CME. Return to Science at 2023:076:05:09:22.991 (Mar 17)