Reports until 16:33, Monday 18 May 2026
LHO General
ryan.short@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:33, Monday 18 May 2026 (90271)
Ops Day Shift Summary

TITLE: 05/18 Day Shift: 1430-2330 UTC (0730-1630 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Planned Engineering
INCOMING OPERATOR: None
SHIFT SUMMARY: Alignment work continued in HAM2 today, along with more prep of the BBSS and IAS surveying on the test stand. Since SPI alignment is ongoing on the optics lab, the laser remains on and running unattended with appropriate barriers and signage up.
LOG:

Start Time System Name Location Lazer_Haz Task Time End
19:43 SAF LASER HAZARD LVEA YES LVEA IS LASER HAZARD Ongoing
14:50 FAC Kim LVEA - Technical cleaning 16:09
15:19 VAC Jordan LVEA - Pump checks 15:26
15:55 FAC Randy, Jeff LVEA - Moving IOT2L a little 16:16
15:55 SPI Jeff Opt Lab Local SPI prep 18:28
16:29 IAS Jason, Ryan C LVEA - BS FARO surveying 19:55
16:30 ISC Keita LVEA - Opening lightpipe 16:44
16:46 SUS Betsy, Ibrahim LVEA - BBSS work 18:34
16:52 TCS TJ LVEA - Checking on TCSY water lines 17:10
17:09 SUS Randy LVEA - BBSS work 20:09
17:18 SPI Josh LVEA - SPI work at SUS-R2 18:32
18:04 ISC Keita LVEA Y HAM2 beam alignment 18:28
19:26 SPI Jeff Opt Lab Local SPI alignment 21:53
19:37 ISC Keita LVEA Y HAM2 beam alignment 19:47
20:10 SEI Fil MER n HEPI electronics work Ongoing
20:10 SPI Josh LVEA - SPI work at SUS-R2 Ongoing
20:11 SUS Betsy, Ibrahim LVEA - BBSS work Ongoing
20:28 SUS Randy LVEA - BBSS work 21:38
21:06 IAS Jason, Ryan C LVEA - BS FARO surveying Ongoing
22:24 ISC Keita Opt Lab - Looking for parts 23:02
22:44 ISC Rahul Opt Lab - Looking for parts 23:02
23:03 ISC Keita, Rahul LVEA Y HAM2 beam alignment Ongoing