STEREO Coordinated Observations Calendar

Archived plans: 2006, 2007, 2008

Below, please find the current plans for STEREO operations. All dates and times are UTC unless otherwise specified. More detailed plans can be found in the weekly schedules (Ahead, Behind). Other planning resources are also provided. This page is also available as plain text.

Contact information for coordinated observation requests can be found on the Solar JOP guidelines page.

Links to planning and scheduling pages for other missions: SOHO, TRACE, Hinode, Ulysses, NSO, VLA, EISCAT, Max Millenium, Sounding Rockets, ISTP Planning, Mees current/ next month.

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Scheduled activities for Week 30:

M Jul 21 (203)  
T Jul 22 (204)  
W Jul 23 (205)  JOP 80, EIT shutterless, 21:00-23:50 UT
T Jul 24 (206)  
F Jul 25 (207)  
S Jul 26 (208)  
S Jul 27 (209)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 31:

M Jul 28 (210)  
T Jul 29 (211)  
W Jul 30 (212)  JOP 80, EIT shutterless, 17:00-19:50 UT
T Jul 31 (213)  Ahead: 480 kbps test track
		Ahead: momentum dump, 20:20 UT
F Aug 01 (214)  Total solar eclipse, 9:20-11:20 UT
S Aug 02 (215)  
S Aug 03 (216)  

Notes:
* Information about total solar eclipse available at
	http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2008/TSE2008.html
* STEREO plans available at
	http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/plans/eclipse.shtml

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Scheduled activities for Week 32:

M Aug 04 (217)  Both: Begin 5 hour daily DSN tracks
T Aug 05 (218)  
W Aug 06 (219)  
T Aug 07 (220)  
F Aug 08 (221)  
S Aug 09 (222)  
S Aug 10 (223)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 33:

M Aug 11 (224)  
T Aug 12 (225)  
W Aug 13 (226)  
T Aug 14 (227)  
F Aug 15 (228)  
S Aug 16 (229)  
S Aug 17 (230)  

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Upcoming events:

2008:

SECCHI Stepped calibration rolls
	Ahead:	Sep 23, Dec 16
	Behind:	Aug 26, Dec 2

ICAL-001: Aug 4-8, Sep 1-5, Oct 6-10, Nov 3-7, Dec 1-5

* Sep 16		Behind: Switch downlink rate to 480 kbps
* Oct 6			Messenger - Mercury fly-by
* Oct 12		Ahead:  Switch downlink rate to 480 kbps
* Oct 16,28		JOP 80, EIT shutterless
* Nov 1-Dec 15		SUMER campaign (may be cancelled)

2009:

ICAL-001: Jan 5-9

SECCHI Stepped calibration rolls
	Ahead:	Mar 10, Jun  9, Sep  2, Nov 24
	Behind:	Mar 10, Jun 16, Sep 22, Dec 22

* Jan 15,22		JOP 80, EIT shutterless
* May 18		Ahead:  Switch downlink rate to 360 kbps
* Jun 8			Behind: Switch downlink rate to 360 kbps
* Aug 4			Both: Increase track duration from 4 to 5 hours
* Aug 10		Ahead:  Switch downlink rate to 160 kbps
* Aug 31		Behind: Switch downlink rate to 160 kbps
* Sep 10		Ahead at L4 Lagrange point
* Sep 29		Messenger - Mercury fly-by
* Oct 25		Behind at L5 Lagrange point

2010:

SECCHI Stepped calibration rolls
	Ahead:	Feb 23, May 18, Aug 10, Nov 2
	Behind:	Apr  6, Jul 13, Oct 12

* Nov 15		Behind: Switch downlink rate to 96 kbps

2011:

* Mar 18		Messenger - Mercury orbital insertion
* Apr 11		Ahead:  Switch downlink rate to 96 kbps

Plans last modified Tuesday, 22-Jul-2008 16:04:11 EDT

Last Revised: Wednesday, 16-Jul-2008 18:58:11 EDT
Responsible NASA Official: Michael L. Kaiser
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