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STEREO Coordinated Observations Calendar

Archived plans: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

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.

These page gives information about possible STEREO support for Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter.

Links to planning and scheduling pages for other missions: SOHO, Hinode, NSO, VLA, EISCAT, Max Millenium, ISTP Planning.

Information about reduced science operations during the solar conjunction period between August 2014 and November 2015 can be found here.

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Scheduled activities for Week 04:

M Jan 23 (023)  Ahead: SECCHI COR2 pB campaign test run, 4-8 UT
T Jan 24 (024)
W Jan 25 (025)  Ahead: Downlink testing with APL 18m station, 18:40-20:00 UT
T Jan 26 (026)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 15:00 UT
F Jan 27 (027)  
S Jan 28 (028)  
S Jan 29 (029)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 05:

M Jan 30 (030)  
T Jan 31 (031)  
W Feb 01 (032)  DSN network maintenance, 12:30-20:30 UT
T Feb 02 (033)  
F Feb 03 (034)  
S Feb 04 (035)  
S Feb 05 (036)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 06:

M Feb 06 (037)
T Feb 07 (038)  
W Feb 08 (039)  
T Feb 09 (040)  
F Feb 10 (041)  
S Feb 11 (042)  
S Feb 12 (043)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 07:

M Feb 13 (044)  MOC network maintenance, 13-14 UT
T Feb 14 (045)  
W Feb 15 (046)  
T Feb 16 (047)  Ahead: Battery maintenance, 14:00 UT
F Feb 17 (048)  
S Feb 18 (049)  
S Feb 19 (050)

Notes:

* STEREO Annual Assessment, Thursday, Feb 16, 8:30-12:00 EST, APL

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Scheduled activities for Week 08:

M Feb 20 (051)  
T Feb 21 (052)  
W Feb 22 (053)  
T Feb 23 (054)  
F Feb 24 (055)  
S Feb 25 (056)  
S Feb 26 (057)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 09:

M Feb 27 (058)  
T Feb 28 (059)  
W Mar 01 (060)  
T Mar 02 (061)  
F Mar 03 (062)  
S Mar 04 (063)  
S Mar 05 (064)  

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Upcoming events:

Behind events are contingent on recovering the spacecraft.

2023:

* Mar 13-23		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Mar 15-16		SECCHI COR2 campaign (TBC)
* Mar 17-20		SECCHI COR2 Deep Field + EUVI 171A Deep Field campaign (TBC)
* Mar 22-Apr 1		Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 7
* Apr 4-17		Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 8
* Apr 16		Solar Orbiter Venus occultation
* Apr 20-24		Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 9
* May 5			Behind: Mercury transit
* Jun 17-27		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Jun 27		Solar Orbiter Mercury transit
* Jul 17		Behind: Closest approach to Earth
* Aug 13		Ahead: Closest approach to Earth
* Aug 21		Parker Solar Probe Venus flyby
* Sep 23-Oct 3		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Oct 1-10		Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 10
* Oct 12-21		Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 11
* Oct 23-Nov 1		Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 12
* Dec 25-Jan 3		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass

2024:

* Mar 26-Apr 4		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Jun 26-Jul 5		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Sep 26-Oct 5		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Nov 6			Parker Solar Probe Venus flyby, in HI2-A field-of-view
* Dec 20-29		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass

2025:

* Feb 18		Solar Orbiter Venus flyby
* Mar 19-27		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Apr 7			Ahead: Mercury transit
* Jun 15-24		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass

2026:

* Dec 24		Solar Orbiter Venus flyby

2027:

* Feb 1			Behind: Mercury transit

2028:

* Mar 18		Solar Orbiter Venus flyby

2029:

* Jun 10		Solar Orbiter Venus flyby
* Jun 30		Ahead: Mercury transit

2030:

* Sep 3			Solar Orbiter Venus flyby

Plans last modified Tuesday, 24-Jan-2023 18:57:11 UTC

Last Revised: Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 18:50:05 UTC
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