Reports until 17:06, Tuesday 17 February 2026
LHO General
ryan.short@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:06, Tuesday 17 February 2026 (89176)
Ops Day Shift Summary

TITLE: 02/18 Day Shift: 1530-0030 UTC (0730-1630 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Planned Engineering
INCOMING OPERATOR: N/A
SHIFT SUMMARY: Busy day today! The HAM1 EOM was moved to it's final position this morning, JM3 was placed in position downstream of the JAC, and recovery of beam alignment into the IMC is ongoing. Cranes were worked on in the LVEA as well today.
LOG:

Start Time System Name Location Lazer_Haz Task Time End
22:49 SAF LVEA is Laser SAFE LVEA NO* LVEA is Laser SAFE *Bifurcated HAM1/2* Ongoing
16:47 SEI Jeff Opt Lab Local SPI work 21:25
16:49 FAC Kim, Nellie LVEA N Technical cleaning 18:03
16:58 FAC Randy LVEA N Scaffold at test stand in W-bay 17:27
17:00 JAC Keita LVEA YES HAM1 EOM alignment 18:19
17:08 JAC Betsy LVEA YES HAM1 JAC alignment 18:54
17:10 JAC Jason LVEA YES HAM1 JAC alignment 18:33
17:12 FAC Chris MY N Getting parts for FAMIS 18:12
17:17 JAC Camilla LVEA YES JAC table alignment 19:11
17:17 IOO Jennie CR N IMC recovery 18:52
17:48 FAC Crane tech LVEA N Crane repairs 23:30
18:04 FAC Kim FCES N Technical cleaning 18:54
18:14 CDS Fil, Marc LVEA N Cable pulling HAM5/6 20:16
18:24 FAC Nellie MY N Technical cleaning 18:52
18:29 VAC Travis, Gerardo LVEA N HAM6 AIP jack swap 18:40
18:30 JAC Jenne +3 LVEA - Tour and JAC work intro 19:02
18:32 TCS Oli MER N TCS chiller checks 18:40
19:03 JAC Jason LVEA YES HAM1 alignment 20:11
19:27 JAC Jennie LVEA YES HAM1 alignment 20:11
19:32 FAC Kim EX N Technical cleaning 20:15
19:48 FAC Tyler LVEA N Checking on crane tech 19:53
19:53 JAC Camilla Opt Lab, LVEA - Getting parts for JAC table 20:26
21:04 SAF Travis LVEA, EX, EY - Laser safety signage 21:57
21:34 --- Camilla +4 Roof N Sightseeing 21:48
21:45 EE Marc, Fil LVEA YES Finishing up cable pulling in trays above H456 22:30
22:13 FAC Mike, others MY N CEBEX site survey 22:54
22:30 CDS Marc, Fil MY N Getting cables 00:30
22:31 TCS Sophie Prep Lab Local CHETA table work 00:54
22:38 JAC Keita, Jason LVEA YES HAM1 alignment checks (Keita out @ 23:07) 00:12
22:39 SUS Rahul LVEA YES JM3 installation 00:11
22:50 PEM Robert EX N Grounding work Ongoing
22:50 JAC Jennie LVEA YES HAM1 alignment 00:16
22:52 AOS Camilla, Shreyan LVEA, Prep Lab YES JAC table alignment 00:52
22:59 VAC Gerardo LVEA N Looking for parts 23:59
23:09 JAC Betsy LVEA YES JM3 installation 00:15
23:17 FAC Tyler LVEA N Checking on crane tech 23:30
23:21 CDS Tony EX, EY N CDS inventory 00:26