Instrument Status
| Date | MOPITT Activity |
|---|---|
| 1999/12/18 | Launch |
| 1999/12/18 - 2000/02/28 | Survival/Safe/Standby modes (initial outgas/activation) |
| 2000/02/28 | Doors opened |
| 2000/03/02 | Coolers on, Science mode |
| 2000/03/07 - 2000/03/22 | B&P tests, Hot calibration (03/22, 03/23) |
| 2000/03/23 - 2000/07/04 | Science mode |
| 2000/07/04 - 14 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (07/12, 07/13) |
| 2000/07/14 - 2000/11/12 | Science mode |
| 2000/11/12 - 17 | Hot calibration (11/14), baseline LMC and burstmode data |
| 2000/11/17 - 2001/2/6 | Science mode |
| 2001/2/4 - 15 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (02/15, 02/16) |
| 2001/2/16 - 2001/5/6 | Science mode |
| 2001/5/7 | Side B Cooler Failure (channels 1-4 no longer usable) |
| 2001/8/4 | chopper 3 Anomaly (stay open) |
| 2001/5/7 - 8/24 | Standby mode and Instrument tests (no retrievals) |
| 2001/8/25 - 2002/3/2 | Science mode: Phase 2 (with channels 5-8) |
| 2002/3/3-4 | Hot calibration |
| 2002/3/28-30 | Hot calibration |
| 2002/11/30 - 2002/12/12 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (12/12) |
| 2002/12/13 - 18 | Standby mode (cooler off) |
| 2002/12/19 - 2003/12/12 | Science mode |
| 2003/12/13 - 2004/01/02 | Anomaly, decontamination and Hot calibration (2004/01/02) |
| 2004/01/03 - 2004/06/08 | Science mode |
| 2004/06/09 - 10 | Hot calibration |
| 2004/06/11 - 2005/01/18 | Science mode |
| 2005/01/19 - 20 | Hot calibration |
| 2005/01/21 - 2005/04/24 | Science mode |
| 2005/04/25 - 2005/05/05 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (05/04, 05/05) |
| 2005/05/06 - 2006/10/01 | Science mode |
| 2006/10/02 - 2006/10/14 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (10/14) |
| 2006/10/15 - 2008/01/28 | Science mode |
| 2008/01/29 - 2008/02/09 | Hot calibration (01/30) and decontamination |
| 2008/02/10 - 2009/01/30 | Science mode |
| 2009/01/31 - 2009/02/11 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (02/10) |
| 2009/02/12 - 2009/07/27 | Science mode |
| 2009/07/28 - 2009/09/29 | the third Cooler Anomaly (no science data) |
| 2009/09/30 - 2009/10/03 | Science Mode |
| 2009/10/03 | LMC3 Sieve Heater Failure |
| 2009/10/04 - 2010/01/19 | Science Mode |
| 2010/01/20 - 2010/01/21 | Hot calibration |
| 2010/01/22 - 2011/03/13 | Science Mode |
| 2011/03/14 - 2011/03/25 | Hot calibration (03/14, 03/15), decontamination, Sieve Heater on again and Hot calibration (03/25) |
| 2011/03/26 - 2012/03/04 | Science Mode |
| 2012/03/05 - 2012/03/16 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (03/16) |
| 2012/03/17 - 2013/03/24 | Science Mode |
| 2013/03/25 - 2013/04/05 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (04/05) |
| 2013/04/06 - 2014/03/23 | Science Mode |
| 2014/03/24 - 2014/04/08 | Hot calibration, decontamination, CPHTS and Hot calibration (04/08) |
| 2014/04/09 - 2015/03/22 | Science Mode |
| 2015/03/23 - 2015/04/03 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (04/03) |
| 2015/04/04 - 2016/02/17 | Science Mode |
| 2016/02/18 - 2016/03/04 | Terra Anomaly, decontamination and Hot calibration (03/04) |
| 2016/03/05 - 2017/03/05 | Science Mode |
| 2017/03/06 - 2017/03/17 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (03/17) |
| 2017/03/18 - 2018/03/11 | Science Mode |
| 2018/03/12 - 2018/03/23 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (03/23) |
| 2018/03/24 - 2018/09/26 | Science Mode |
| 2018/09/27 - 2018/10/05 | Safe Mode (cooler off) |
| 2018/10/06 - 2018/10/07 | Science Mode |
| 2018/10/08 - 2018/10/10 | Hot calibration + Terra high gain antenna (HGA) failure/recovery |
| 2018/10/11 - 2019/03/10 | Science Mode |
| 2019/03/11 - 2019/03/23 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (03/22) |
| 2019/03/24 - 2019/07/25 | Science Mode |
| 2019/07/26 - 2019/08/24 | SEU Anomaly recovery, Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (no valid MOPCH) |
| 2019/08/25 - 2020/03/22 | Science Mode |
| 2020/03/23 - 2020/04/04 | Hot calibration, decontamination and Hot calibration (04/03) |
| 2020/04/05 - 2021/03/24 | Science Mode |
| 2021/03/25 - 2021/04/13 | Hot calibrations, decontamination and Hot calibrations |
| 2021/04/14 - 2022/06/05 | Science Mode |
| 2022/06/06 - 2022/06/18 | Hot calibrations, decontamination and Hot calibrations |
| 2022/06/19 - 2022/10/02 | Science Mode |
| 2022/10/03 - 2022/10/29 | Hot calibrations and Terra constellation exit maneuver (CEM) |
| 2022/10/30 -2023/11/26 | post CEM Science Mode |
| 2023/11/27 - 2023/12/09 | Hot calibrations |
| 2023/12/10 - | post CEM Science Mode |
| 2024/08/11 | PMC2 (channel 7) failure - impact to CO retrievals in upper troposphere |