If you have an existing repeat tasking request you would like Capella to recollect, you can skip entering the information again into Console and easily resubmit the same tasking request to the Capella system using the Retask functionality. You can also retask a single task from a repeat series if you need a single additional collect for your repeat series. (For instructions on how to submit a retask request in the API, please visit the API documentation site.)
Step-by-step instructions
1. Navigate to your existing repeat series from the Task Table by clicking on the name of the repeat tasking request
2. Click the Retask button in the upper right corner of the Repeat Request Details page
Clicking on Retask will bring up the Retask page with information and collection parameters from the original request copied over. For requests submitted with Spotlight Legacy, the new task will map to Spotlight.
3. Modify the parameters of new repeat series tasking request
To make it easier to traceback between the original and the new tasking request, 'Retask' is appended at the end of the original Target Name. The Target Description is blank, but the original Repeat Request ID will be appended to the description when submitted (see final step).
The Target Name, Target Description, Repeat Task Start, Repeat Task End trigger, Repeat Cycle, and Collection Tier, Look Angles, Archive Holdback, and the two custom attributes fields can be modified. All other parameters are uneditable and pull from the original repeat request.
4. Click the Create Task button
5. Confirm the new repeat tasking request is correct and click the Submit New Task button
6. Confirm the cost estimate and submit for scheduling
7.New repeat tasking request will be submitted to the Capella system for scheduling and collection
At this stage, you can see the original Repeat Request ID was appended to the Description upon submission to provide traceability between the original and the retask requests.
Creating geometrically similar collects
Retasking an existing repeat tasking series will instruct the Capella system to collect an image that matches the original tasking parameters. It is meant to enable simplified resubmission of common tasking requests, not to generate cohesive collections or data stacks.
Retasking a repeat series where Maintain Scene Framing was enabled will instruct the Capella system to collect a series of geometrically similar collects within the new series created by Retask. It will not create a new series or a new single tasking request that geometrically similar with the original series. If you need to resubmit a tasking request to generate cohesive images, then you should use the Retask an image from the archive functionality.