Tasking requests with an Active status are awaiting scheduling by Capella’s tasking system or, in the case of repeat and area tasks, are in the process of collection but have not yet finished all the required collects to move into the Completed status. These requests may go to Accepted or Rejected once the Scheduler has finished evaluating their feasibility given the imaging constraints of the request and the available constellation capacity.
While tasks are in the Active status, a list of other tasking requests within an organization that may potentially led to the task being Rejected is available to aid users in their prioritization process. This list is available when a tasking request has a status of Active with the additional message of "Collection will be attempted but conflicting tasks may prevent task completion".
Potentially Conflicting Tasks in Console
If potentially conflicting tasks exist for a task in the Active stage, Console will display a unique Task Details page with the following information about those tasks:
- Task Name
- Tasking Request ID
- Window Open
- Window Close
- Task Status
- Task Tier
- Task Type
Clicking on the Task Name will take the user to the Task Details page for the conflicting task. A user will only be able to click on tasks which they have submitted to see more information, but will not be able to open tasks which they have not submitted. Those tasks will appear grayed out in the table. Users will need to speak with their Organization Admin to see more information about these potentially conflicting tasks.
An additional navigation header has also been added to the Task Details page at the top left when navigating to a conflicting task from the task conflicts table. This provides the user with a breadcrumb trail back to the Active task.
Notification about the existence of conflicting tasks is limited to your organization only. No task information is available to other Capella Space customers, even if your task conflicts with theirs or vice versa. If no conflicting tasks from within your organization exist, then the standard Task Details page will appear in Console. This information can also be pulled from the API.
Acting on Potentially Conflicting Tasks
The identification of conflicting tasks for a tasking request with the status of Active does not guarantee the tasking request will be rejected nor does the lack of conflicting tasks guarantee acceptance. A tasking request submitted at the Flexible tier, for example, may go to Active with a number of conflicting tasks yet the ability of the Scheduler to continually shuttle the request until the Window Close date could allow it to still be scheduled and collected. Only when a task moves to the status of Rejected with the message "The tasking system is unable to schedule the tasking request due to conflicting tasks" have the conflicting tasks prevented scheduling of the tasking request.