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STEREO Coordinated Observations Calendar - 2016

Below, please find the archived plans for STEREO operations in the year 2016. Some unplanned events are also included. All dates and times are UTC unless otherwise specified. More detailed plans can be found in the weekly schedules (Ahead, Behind). This page is also available as plain text.

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Scheduled activities for Week 01:

M Jan 04 (004)  
T Jan 05 (005)  
W Jan 06 (006)  
T Jan 07 (007)  
F Jan 08 (008)  
S Jan 09 (009)  
S Jan 10 (010)  Ahead:	SECCHI watchdog reset, 14:05-22:00 UT

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Scheduled activities for Week 02:

M Jan 11 (011)  
T Jan 12 (012)
W Jan 13 (013)  
T Jan 14 (014)  Ahead:	Perihelion
		Ahead:	Uplink array test with stations 24,25,26
F Jan 15 (015)  
S Jan 16 (016)  
S Jan 17 (017)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 03:

M Jan 18 (018)  Ahead:	Ranging test with station 15
T Jan 19 (019)  
W Jan 20 (020)  
T Jan 21 (021)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 23:00 UT
F Jan 22 (022)  
S Jan 23 (023)  
S Jan 24 (024)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 04:

M Jan 25 (025)  
T Jan 26 (026)  
W Jan 27 (027)  
T Jan 28 (028)  
F Jan 29 (029)  
S Jan 30 (030)  
S Jan 31 (031)  Ahead:	DSN tracking test with station 55

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Scheduled activities for Week 05:

M Feb 01 (032)  
T Feb 02 (033)  
W Feb 03 (034)  
T Feb 04 (035)  
F Feb 05 (036)  
S Feb 06 (037)  
S Feb 07 (038)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 06:

M Feb 08 (039)  
T Feb 09 (040)  Ahead:	SECCHI calibration roll, 9 UT
W Feb 10 (041)  Ahead:	IMU EEPROM refresh
T Feb 11 (042)  
F Feb 12 (043)  Behind: Aphelion
S Feb 13 (044)  
S Feb 14 (045)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 07:

M Feb 15 (046)  
T Feb 16 (047)  
W Feb 17 (048)  
T Feb 18 (049)  
F Feb 19 (050)  Ahead:	Uplink array test with stations 24,25,26
S Feb 20 (051)  
S Feb 21 (052)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 08:

M Feb 22 (053)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 22:00 UT
T Feb 23 (054)  Ahead:	DSN ranging test with station 15
W Feb 24 (055)  Ahead:	G&C control bandwidth change, 12:15 UT
T Feb 25 (056)  
F Feb 26 (057)  
S Feb 27 (058)  
S Feb 28 (059)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 09:

M Feb 29 (060)  
T Mar 01 (061)  
W Mar 02 (062)  
T Mar 03 (063)  Behind:	Resume LGA uplink capability on 70 m DSN
F Mar 04 (064)  
S Mar 05 (065)  
S Mar 06 (066)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 10:

M Mar 07 (067)  
T Mar 08 (068)  
W Mar 09 (069)  
T Mar 10 (070)  
F Mar 11 (071)  
S Mar 12 (072)  
S Mar 13 (073)  Daylight Savings Time starts in U.S.

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Scheduled activities for Week 11:

M Mar 14 (074)  
T Mar 15 (075)  
W Mar 16 (076)  
T Mar 17 (077)  Ahead:  Broadcasting at 160 kbps between 18:00-22:25 UT
		Behind:	First recovery attempt using uplink phased array
F Mar 18 (078)  
S Mar 19 (079)  
S Mar 20 (080)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 12:

M Mar 21 (081)  
T Mar 22 (082)  Ahead:	Ranging test with station 26
W Mar 23 (083)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 22:00 UT
T Mar 24 (084)  
F Mar 25 (085)  
S Mar 26 (086)  
S Mar 27 (087)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 13:

M Mar 28 (088)  Ahead:	Ranging test with station 15
T Mar 29 (089)  
W Mar 30 (090)  
T Mar 31 (091)  
F Apr 01 (092)  
S Apr 02 (093)  
S Apr 03 (094)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 14:

M Apr 04 (095)  
T Apr 05 (096)  Ahead:	SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 10:45 UT
W Apr 06 (097)  Ahead:	Resume LGA uplink capability on 70 m DSN
		Ahead:	G&C rate-merge algorithm enabled
T Apr 07 (098)  
F Apr 08 (099)  
S Apr 09 (100)  
S Apr 10 (101)

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Scheduled activities for Week 15:

M Apr 11 (102)  
T Apr 12 (103)  
W Apr 13 (104)  
T Apr 14 (105)  
F Apr 15 (106)  
S Apr 16 (107)	Behind: Phased uplink array battery recovery attempt
S Apr 17 (108)  Behind: Phased uplink array carrier recovery attempt

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Scheduled activities for Week 16:

M Apr 18 (109)  
T Apr 19 (110)  
W Apr 20 (111)  
T Apr 21 (112)  
F Apr 22 (113)  
S Apr 23 (114)  
S Apr 24 (115)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 17:

M Apr 25 (116)  
T Apr 26 (117)  
W Apr 27 (118)  
T Apr 28 (119)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 20:00 UT
F Apr 29 (120)  
S Apr 30 (121)  
S May 01 (122)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 18:

M May 02 (123)  
T May 03 (124)  
W May 04 (125)  
T May 05 (126)  
F May 06 (127)  
S May 07 (128)  Ahead:	Return-to-service track with station 14
S May 08 (129)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 19:

M May 09 (130)  Ahead:	SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 12:00 UT
T May 10 (131)  
W May 11 (132)  
T May 12 (133)  
F May 13 (134)  Behind:	Phased array recovery attempt
S May 14 (135)  Behind:	Phased array recovery attempt
S May 15 (136)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 20:

M May 16 (137)
T May 17 (138)  
W May 18 (139)  
T May 19 (140)  
F May 20 (141)  
S May 21 (142)  
S May 22 (143)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 21:

M May 23 (144)  
T May 24 (145)  
W May 25 (146)  
T May 26 (147)  
F May 27 (148)  
S May 28 (149)  
S May 29 (150)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 22:

M May 30 (151)  Memorial Day
T May 31 (152)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 20:00 UT
W Jun 01 (153)  Ahead:	SECCHI watchdog reset, 06:07-23:00 UT
T Jun 02 (154)  
F Jun 03 (155)  
S Jun 04 (156)  
S Jun 05 (157)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 23:

M Jun 06 (158)  
T Jun 07 (159)  
W Jun 08 (160)  
T Jun 09 (161)  
F Jun 10 (162)  
S Jun 11 (163)  Behind:	Phased array recovery attempt
S Jun 12 (164)  Behind:	Phased array recovery attempt

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Scheduled activities for Week 24:

M Jun 13 (165)  
T Jun 14 (166)  
W Jun 15 (167)  
T Jun 16 (168)  
F Jun 17 (169)  
S Jun 18 (170)  
S Jun 19 (171)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 25:

M Jun 20 (172)  
T Jun 21 (173)  
W Jun 22 (174)  
T Jun 23 (175)  
F Jun 24 (176)  Ahead:	STEREO Subsystem Assessment Review
S Jun 25 (177)  
S Jun 26 (178)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 26:

M Jun 27 (179)  Ahead:	Battery maintenance, 17:00 UT
T Jun 28 (180)  Ahead:	Uplink frequency ramping test with ESA/ESOC
W Jun 29 (181)  
T Jun 30 (182)  
F Jul 01 (183)  
S Jul 02 (184)  Ahead:	Joint EIS/SWAP/SECCHI observations 3-7:30 UT
S Jul 03 (185)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 27:

M Jul 04 (186)  Independence Day
		Ahead:	Aphelion
T Jul 05 (187)  Juno arrival at Jupiter
W Jul 06 (188)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 16:00 UT
T Jul 07 (189)  
F Jul 08 (190)  
S Jul 09 (191)  
S Jul 10 (192)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 28:

M Jul 11 (193)  
T Jul 12 (194)  
W Jul 13 (195)  MOC interface test with station 36, 14:00 UT
T Jul 14 (196)  Ahead:	Station 35 pointing test for OSIRIS-REx
F Jul 15 (197)  
S Jul 16 (198)  Behind:	Phased array recovery attempt
S Jul 17 (199)  Behind:	Phased array recovery attempt

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Scheduled activities for Week 29:

M Jul 18 (200)  Ahead:	SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 13:00 UT
T Jul 19 (201)  
W Jul 20 (202)  Ahead:	Project interface test with station 36
T Jul 21 (203)  
F Jul 22 (204)  
S Jul 23 (205)  
S Jul 24 (206)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 30:

M Jul 25 (207)  
T Jul 26 (208)  
W Jul 27 (209)  
T Jul 28 (210)  
F Jul 29 (211)  
S Jul 30 (212)  
S Jul 31 (213)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 31:

M Aug 01 (214)  
T Aug 02 (215)  
W Aug 03 (216)  
T Aug 04 (217)  
F Aug 05 (218)  
S Aug 06 (219)  
S Aug 07 (220)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 32:

M Aug 08 (221)  
T Aug 09 (222)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 19:30 UT
W Aug 10 (223)  
T Aug 11 (224)  
F Aug 12 (225)  
S Aug 13 (226)  Ahead:	Station 34 pointing test for OSIRIS-REx
S Aug 14 (227)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 33:

M Aug 15 (228)  
T Aug 16 (229)  
W Aug 17 (230)  
T Aug 18 (231)  
F Aug 19 (232)  
S Aug 20 (233)  
S Aug 21 (234)	Behind:	Carrier lock reestablished

Notes

* Single station recovery attempts for Behind, Aug 19-21

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Scheduled activities for Week 34:

M Aug 22 (235)  
T Aug 23 (236)  
W Aug 24 (237)  
T Aug 25 (238)  Behind:	Perihelion
F Aug 26 (239)  
S Aug 27 (240)  Ahead:	Station 35 pointing test for OSIRIS-REx
S Aug 28 (241)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 35:

M Aug 29 (242)  
T Aug 30 (243)  
W Aug 31 (244)  
T Sep 01 (245)  
F Sep 02 (246)  
S Sep 03 (247)  
S Sep 04 (248)  

Notes:

* Daily passes for Behind for spacecraft recovery.

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Scheduled activities for Week 36:

M Sep 05 (249)  Labor Day
T Sep 06 (250)  
W Sep 07 (251)  
T Sep 08 (252)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 19:30 UT
F Sep 09 (253)  
S Sep 10 (254)  
S Sep 11 (255)  

Notes:

* Daily passes for Behind for spacecraft recovery.

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Scheduled activities for Week 37:

M Sep 12 (256)  
T Sep 13 (257)  
W Sep 14 (258)  
T Sep 15 (259)  
F Sep 16 (260)  
S Sep 17 (261)  Behind:	Phased uplink array battery recovery attempt
S Sep 18 (262)  Behind: Phased uplink array carrier recovery attempt

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Scheduled activities for Week 38:

M Sep 19 (263)  
T Sep 20 (264)  
W Sep 21 (265)  Ahead:	No SECCHI images due to scheduling error
T Sep 22 (266)  
F Sep 23 (267)  
S Sep 24 (268)  Ahead:	Return-to-service track with DSS-63
S Sep 25 (269)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 39:

M Sep 26 (270)  
T Sep 27 (271)  Ahead:	SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 11:55 UT
W Sep 28 (272)  
T Sep 29 (273)  
F Sep 30 (274)  
S Oct 01 (275)  
S Oct 02 (276)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 40:

M Oct 03 (277)  
T Oct 04 (278)  
W Oct 05 (279)  
T Oct 06 (280)  
F Oct 07 (281)  Behind: Battery recovery pass with station 26
S Oct 08 (282)  Behind: Battery recovery pass with station 26
S Oct 09 (283)  Behind: Carrier recovery pass with station 14

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Scheduled activities for Week 41:

M Oct 10 (284)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 23:45 UT
T Oct 11 (285)  
W Oct 12 (286)  
T Oct 13 (287)  
F Oct 14 (288)  
S Oct 15 (289)  
S Oct 16 (290)  Ahead:	SECCHI watchdog reset, 19:05-24:00 UT

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Scheduled activities for Week 42:

M Oct 17 (291)  
T Oct 18 (292)  
W Oct 19 (293)  
T Oct 20 (294)  
F Oct 21 (295)  
S Oct 22 (296)  
S Oct 23 (297)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 43:

M Oct 24 (298)  
T Oct 25 (299)  
W Oct 26 (300)  
T Oct 27 (301)  
F Oct 28 (302)  
S Oct 29 (303)  
S Oct 30 (304)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 44:

M Oct 31 (305)  
T Nov 01 (306)  
W Nov 02 (307)  
T Nov 03 (308)  
F Nov 04 (309)  
S Nov 05 (310)  
S Nov 06 (311)  Daily savings time ends in U.S.

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Scheduled activities for Week 45:

M Nov 07 (312)  
T Nov 08 (313)  
W Nov 09 (314)  
T Nov 10 (315)  
F Nov 11 (316)  Behind: Battery recovery pass with station 26
S Nov 12 (317)  
S Nov 13 (318)  Behind: Battery recovery pass with station 26
		Behind: Carrier recovery pass with station 14

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Scheduled activities for Week 46:

M Nov 14 (319)  
T Nov 15 (320)  
W Nov 16 (321)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 14:30 UT
T Nov 17 (322)  
F Nov 18 (323)  
S Nov 19 (324)  
S Nov 20 (325)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 47:

M Nov 21 (326)  
T Nov 22 (327)  
W Nov 23 (328)  
T Nov 24 (329)  Thanksgiving
F Nov 25 (330)  
S Nov 26 (331)  
S Nov 27 (332)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 48:

M Nov 28 (333)  
T Nov 29 (334)  
W Nov 30 (335)  
T Dec 01 (336)  
F Dec 02 (337)  
S Dec 03 (338)  
S Dec 04 (339)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 49:

M Dec 05 (340)  
T Dec 06 (341)  
W Dec 07 (342)  
T Dec 08 (343)  
F Dec 09 (344)  
S Dec 10 (345)  
S Dec 11 (346)  Ahead:	Project interface test with station 26

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Scheduled activities for Week 50:

M Dec 12 (347)  
T Dec 13 (348)  Ahead:	SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 06:55 UT
W Dec 14 (349)  
T Dec 15 (350)  
F Dec 16 (351)  Behind: Battery recovery track with station 26
S Dec 17 (352)  
S Dec 18 (353)  Behind: Battery recovery track with station 43
		Behind: Carrier recovery track with station 14

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Scheduled activities for Week 51:

M Dec 19 (354)  
T Dec 20 (355)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 15:30 UT
W Dec 21 (356)  
T Dec 22 (357)  
F Dec 23 (358)  
S Dec 24 (359)  
S Dec 25 (360)  Christmas

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Scheduled activities for Week 52:

M Dec 26 (361)  Christmas holiday
T Dec 27 (362)  
W Dec 28 (363)  
T Dec 29 (364)  
F Dec 30 (365)  
S Dec 31 (366)  
S Jan 01 (001)  New Year

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