Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

On-Orbit Operation and Performance of the Fermi Large Area Telescope

Robert Cameron
Richard Dubois, Maria Elena Monzani, Jana Thayer, on behalf of the Fermi Large Area Telescope Collaboration

Abstract:

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on Fermi is now in its seventh year of on-orbit operations. We present some key measures and statistics for the on-orbit performance of the LAT, and summarize plans and expectations for future on-orbit changes of the LAT. We also describe the status, performance and plans for the ground-based control, processing and monitoring of the LAT at the Instrument Science Operations Center (ISOC) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University.