Keeping the Hubble Space Telescope operating efficiently in its third decade

摘要

Recent improvements to the planning and scheduling process of the Hubble Space Telescope willmaximize scientific return over the telescope's remaining years. The return to 3-gyro operationsincreased the scheduling opportunities for science on HST. Improvements to the scheduling ofprograms through the South Atlantic Anomaly optimized efficiency. To address an RA-asymmetryin the HST target distribution, "exclusion zones" were implemented in the Cycle 20 Call forProposals. These process improvements not only allow the continuation of groundbreaking science,but also serve as a bridge to the planning and scheduling systems of the James Webb SpaceTelescope.© (2012) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.