Meeting rationale:

The Einstein Probe (EP) was successfully launched on Jan. 9^th 2024 and is now in the commissioning phase, during which the satellite is undergoing extensive tests, performance verifications and calibration. The EP consortium, including the CAS, ESA, MPE and CNES consider it is the right time to hold the next joint EP workshop during April 23-26. The aims of the workshop include:  (1) Review and summary of the developments of the EP hardware, spacecraft and ground segment, particularly the instruments, components and systems jointly developed and/or contributed by the European partners. (2) Discussion on the preliminary results and plan for in-orbit tests, performance verifications and calibration during the commissioning phase. (3) Status report and discussion on the mission operations and issues emerged, particularly on the European contributions to the VHF and ground station telemetry. (3) Status update and discussion on the EP science center. (4) Discussion on the science management and collaboration on scientific research. (5) Status report on the early commissioning test observations, possible scientific results made in the early commissioning phase.

This workshop will be the 7^th of the EP joint workshop series. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the past several workshops had to be held online. This workshop will be the first on-site one since then, and the very first one after the launch of EP.

Location: Beijing

Preliminary schedule:

April 23: arrival and registration.

April 24-26: workshop

Sessions

Day 1

1. Satellite and instruments
   1. The development of the spacecraft
   2. The development of WXT
   3. The development of FXT
2. Operations and calibration
   1. In-obit status report and plan
   2. Status and plan of in-orbit instrument calibration
3. Satellite telemetry and control
   1. Status of the satellite telemetry of control
   2. VHF
   3. ESA contribution to telemetry

Day 2

4. EP science centre
   1. EPSC: general introduction and status
   2. Data processing S/W and pipeline (WXT, FXT)
   3. Data products
   4. User support
   5. Discussions on the EPSC
5. First light and PV observations
   1. WXT data
   2. FXT data
   3. Any science results

Day 3

6. SMC meeting
7. Possible visit to the mission operations centre at NSSC (tbc)
8. Possible visit to the EP science operations centre at NAOC (tbc)