STEREO - Coordinated Observations Calendar

Information about STEREO-A close approach to Earth, August 2023
STEREO Coordinated Observations Calendar - 2010

Below, please find the archived plans for STEREO operations in the year 2010. 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)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 12:15
		Behind: SECCHI warm restart, 21:25, corrupted images
W Jan 06 (006)  HGA calibration, Ahead 14:00 UT, Behind 16:00 UT
		Behind: SECCHI corrupted images until 4 UT
T Jan 07 (007)  EIT shutterless (TBC)
F Jan 08 (008)  
S Jan 09 (009)  
S Jan 10 (010)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 02:

M Jan 11 (011)  Start of JOP 225
T Jan 12 (012)  
W Jan 13 (013)  
T Jan 14 (014)  
F Jan 15 (015)  EIT shutterless (TBC)
S Jan 16 (016)  
S Jan 17 (017)  

Notes:
* JOP 225, STEREO/SOHO Joint Plume Campaign, Jan 11-18

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Scheduled activities for Week 03:

M Jan 18 (018)  End of JOP 225
T Jan 19 (019)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 16:00 UT
		Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 8:40 UT
W Jan 20 (020)  
T Jan 21 (021)  
F Jan 22 (022)  
S Jan 23 (023)  
S Jan 24 (024)  

Notes:
* JOP 225, STEREO/SOHO Joint Plume Campaign, Jan 11-18

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Scheduled activities for Week 04:

M Jan 25 (025)  
T Jan 26 (026)  Behind: SECCHI software load, 13:00 UT
W Jan 27 (027)  
T Jan 28 (028)  
F Jan 29 (029)  
S Jan 30 (030)  
S Jan 31 (031)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 05:

M Feb 01 (032)  
T Feb 02 (033)  Ahead: SECCHI software load, 17:00 UT
W Feb 03 (034)  Behind: Momentum dump, 18:00 UT
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)  Both: Move pointers during pass
T Feb 09 (040)  
W Feb 10 (041)  
T Feb 11 (042)  Ahead: Move pointers during pass
		Behind: SECCHI watchdog reset, 8:39-13:25 UT
F Feb 12 (043)  
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)  
S Feb 20 (051)  Behind: SECCHI watchdog reset, 00:38-03:05 UT
S Feb 21 (052)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 08:

M Feb 22 (053)  
T Feb 23 (054)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 2:10 UT
W Feb 24 (055)  
T Feb 25 (056)  ICAL001, 11 UT
F Feb 26 (057)  
S Feb 27 (058)  
S Feb 28 (059)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 09:

M Mar 01 (060)  
T Mar 02 (061)  
W Mar 03 (062)  
T Mar 04 (063)  
F Mar 05 (064)  
S Mar 06 (065)  Behind: Move pointers during pass
S Mar 07 (066)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 10:

M Mar 08 (067)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 15:30 UT
T Mar 09 (068)  
W Mar 10 (069)  
T Mar 11 (070)  
F Mar 12 (071)  
S Mar 13 (072)  
S Mar 14 (073)  Daily Savings Time starts in U.S.

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Scheduled activities for Week 11:

M Mar 15 (074)  
T Mar 16 (075)  
W Mar 17 (076)  ICAL01: 11 UT
T Mar 18 (077)  Behind: 720 kbps downlink on station 43.  Pointers moved.
		Behind: Momentum dump, 21:30 UT
F Mar 19 (078)  
S Mar 20 (079)  
S Mar 21 (080)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 12:

M Mar 22 (081)  
T Mar 23 (082)  
W Mar 24 (083)  
T Mar 25 (084)  Behind: 720 kbps downlink on station 43.  Pointers moved.
F Mar 26 (085)  
S Mar 27 (086)  
S Mar 28 (087)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 13:

M Mar 29 (088)  
T Mar 30 (089)  
W Mar 31 (090)  
T Apr 01 (091)  Behind: 720 kbps downlink on station 43.  Pointers moved.
F Apr 02 (092)  
S Apr 03 (093)  
S Apr 04 (094)  Behind: Aphelion, 17:59 UT

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Scheduled activities for Week 14:

M Apr 05 (095)  
T Apr 06 (096)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 17:05 UT
W Apr 07 (097)  
T Apr 08 (098)  
F Apr 09 (099)  
S Apr 10 (100)  
S Apr 11 (101)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 15:

M Apr 12 (102)  
T Apr 13 (103)  
W Apr 14 (104)  Ahead: Return-to-service track on station 34.
T Apr 15 (105)  
F Apr 16 (106)  
S Apr 17 (107)  
S Apr 18 (108)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 16:

M Apr 19 (109)  Ahead: Begin 7 hour daily DSN tracks
		Ahead: Test of 240 and 120 kbps telemetry rates, 17:00 UT
T Apr 20 (110)  
W Apr 21 (111)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 16:00 UT
T Apr 22 (112)  Ahead: 720 kbps downlink on station 43 (Switched to 34 meter)
F Apr 23 (113)  
S Apr 24 (114)  
S Apr 25 (115)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 17:

M Apr 26 (116)  Ahead:  Switch downlink rate to 240 kbps
T Apr 27 (117)  Behind: Momentum dump, 20:30 UT
		Ahead:  SECCHI watchdog reset, 18:49 UT
W Apr 28 (118)  Behind: SECCHI-driven GT calibration offpoint, 7:30 UT
		Ahead:  Recovery from watchdog reset, 13:08 UT
T Apr 29 (119)  
F Apr 30 (120)  
S May 01 (121)  
S May 02 (122)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 18:

M May 03 (123)  EVE calibration sounding rocket launch, 18:12 UT
T May 04 (124)  
W May 05 (125)  
T May 06 (126)  SECCHI HI stray light cal. offpoint, Ahead: 09:35, Behind: 17:50
F May 07 (127)  
S May 08 (128)  
S May 09 (129)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 19:

M May 10 (130)  
T May 11 (131)  
W May 12 (132)  
T May 13 (133)  
F May 14 (134)  
S May 15 (135)  
S May 16 (136)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 20:

M May 17 (137)  
T May 18 (138)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 00:25 UT
		Ahead: Perihelion, 18:57 UT
		Behind: 31 hour gap between passes
W May 19 (139)  
T May 20 (140)  Ahead: 34 hour gap between passes
F May 21 (141)  Behind: 35.5 hour gap between passes
S May 22 (142)  Ahead: SECCHI watchdog reset
S May 23 (143)  

Notes:

* Large data gaps May 22-26 on Behind due to insufficient track coverage
  combined with a lost track on May 24.

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Scheduled activities for Week 21:

M May 24 (144)  
T May 25 (145)  
W May 26 (146)  Ahead: SECCHI GT calibration offset, 9:25 UT
T May 27 (147)  
F May 28 (148)  
S May 29 (149)  
S May 30 (150)  

Notes:

* Large data gaps May 22-26 on Behind due to insufficient track coverage
  combined with a lost track on May 24.

* Commercial power will off at APL during Memorial Day weekend, May 28-31.  The
  STEREO MOC will be operating on UPS and a generator.

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Scheduled activities for Week 22:

M May 31 (151)  
T Jun 01 (152)  
W Jun 02 (153)  
T Jun 03 (154)  
F Jun 04 (155)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 14:00 UT
S Jun 05 (156)  
S Jun 06 (157)  

Notes:

* Commercial power will off at APL during Memorial Day weekend, May 28-31.  The
  STEREO MOC will be operating on UPS and a generator.

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Scheduled activities for Week 23:

M Jun 07 (158)  
T Jun 08 (159)  
W Jun 09 (160)  Behind: Momentum dump, 21:30 UT
T Jun 10 (161)  Ahead: Engineering test on station 25
F Jun 11 (162)  
S Jun 12 (163)  
S Jun 13 (164)  

Notes:

* Intermittent data losses for in situ instruments starting Jun 8 due to
  insufficient track coverage.

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Scheduled activities for Week 24:

M Jun 14 (165)  
T Jun 15 (166)  
W Jun 16 (167)  ICAL01, 11 UT
T Jun 17 (168)  
F Jun 18 (169)  SECCHI 304 observations with SST, 8-12 UT
S Jun 19 (170)  SECCHI 304 observations with SST, 8-12 UT
S Jun 20 (171)  SECCHI 304 observations with SST, 8-12 UT

Notes:

* SUMER campaign, June 18-29
* SECCHI 304 A co-observations with Swedish Solar Telescope, 3 days within
  June 15-22, between 8-12 UT
* JOP 227, Doppler shift oscillations of AR loops, June 20-30
* Intermittent data losses for in situ instruments expected through Jun 19 due
  to insufficient track coverage.

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Scheduled activities for Week 25:

M Jun 21 (172)	SECCHI 304 observations with SST, 8-12 UT
T Jun 22 (173)	SECCHI 304 observations with SST, 8-12 UT
W Jun 23 (174)  Behind: JOP 227, 0-6 UT
T Jun 24 (175)
F Jun 25 (176)	Behind: 720 kbps on station 43
S Jun 26 (177)
S Jun 27 (178)  Ahead: JOP 227, 2-10 UT

Notes:

* SUMER campaign, June 18-29
* SECCHI 304 A co-observations with Swedish Solar Telescope, 3 days within
  June 15-22, between 8-12 UT
* JOP 227, Doppler shift oscillations of AR loops, June 20-30

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Scheduled activities for Week 26:

M Jun 28 (179)
T Jun 29 (180)
W Jun 30 (181)
T Jul 01 (182)  Behind: HGA Calibration, 21:00 UT
F Jul 02 (183)
S Jul 03 (184)	Behind: 720 kbps on station 43
S Jul 04 (185)

Notes:

* SUMER campaign, June 18-29
* JOP 227, Doppler shift oscillations of AR loops, June 20-30

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Scheduled activities for Week 27:

M Jul 05 (186)  
T Jul 06 (187)  
W Jul 07 (188)  
T Jul 08 (189)  
F Jul 09 (190)  
S Jul 10 (191)  
S Jul 11 (192)  Total solar eclipse
	http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2010/TSE2010.html

Notes:

* HOP 114: Coordinated Diagnostics of Prominence Cavities, to run
  concurrent with solar eclipse, Jul 11

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Scheduled activities for Week 28:

M Jul 12 (193)  
T Jul 13 (194)  
W Jul 14 (195)  
T Jul 15 (196)  Ahead: HGA Calibration, 15:00 UT
F Jul 16 (197)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 14:00 UT
S Jul 17 (198)  
S Jul 18 (199)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 29:

M Jul 19 (200)  
T Jul 20 (201)  
W Jul 21 (202)  
T Jul 22 (203)  Behind: Momentum dump, 17:00 UT
F Jul 23 (204)  
S Jul 24 (205)  
S Jul 25 (206)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 30:

M Jul 26 (207)  
T Jul 27 (208)  
W Jul 28 (209)  
T Jul 29 (210)  Behind: SECCHI watchdog reset, 14-24 UT
F Jul 30 (211)  SUMI sounding rocket launch, 18:11 UT
	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AGUSMSP51B..01A
S Jul 31 (212)  
S Aug 01 (213)  

Notes:

* Data gaps on Behind Aug 1-2 due to lost track on Aug 1.

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Scheduled activities for Week 31:

M Aug 02 (214)  
T Aug 03 (215)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 14:00 UT
W Aug 04 (216)  
T Aug 05 (217)  
F Aug 06 (218)  
S Aug 07 (219)  
S Aug 08 (220)  

Notes:

* Data gaps on Behind Aug 1-2 due to lost track on Aug 1.

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Scheduled activities for Week 32:

M Aug 09 (221)  
T Aug 10 (222)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 08:10 UT
W Aug 11 (223)  
T Aug 12 (224)  
F Aug 13 (225)  
S Aug 14 (226)  
S Aug 15 (227)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 33:

M Aug 16 (228)  
T Aug 17 (229)  
W Aug 18 (230)  
T Aug 19 (231)  
F Aug 20 (232)  
S Aug 21 (233)  
S Aug 22 (234)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 34:

M Aug 23 (235)  
T Aug 24 (236)  
W Aug 25 (237)  
T Aug 26 (238)  
F Aug 27 (239)  
S Aug 28 (240)  
S Aug 29 (241)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 35:

M Aug 30 (242)  
T Aug 31 (243)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 13:30 UT
W Sep 01 (244)  
T Sep 02 (245)  
F Sep 03 (246)  
S Sep 04 (247)  Ahead: Shadow track on station 15 for testing
S Sep 05 (248)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 36:

M Sep 06 (249)  
T Sep 07 (250)  Behind: Momentum dump, 22:30 UT
W Sep 08 (251)  Ahead: PIT test
T Sep 09 (252)  
F Sep 10 (253)  Ahead: PIT test
S Sep 11 (254)  
S Sep 12 (255)  

Notes:

* Network maintenance at APL, Sep 11, 11:30-15:00 UT

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Scheduled activities for Week 37:

M Sep 13 (256)  
T Sep 14 (257)  
W Sep 15 (258)  
T Sep 16 (259)  
F Sep 17 (260)  
S Sep 18 (261)  
S Sep 19 (262)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 38:

M Sep 20 (263)  
T Sep 21 (264)  
W Sep 22 (265)  Ahead: Return-to-service track on station 65
T Sep 23 (266)  
F Sep 24 (267)  
S Sep 25 (268)  
S Sep 26 (269)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 39:

M Sep 27 (270)  
T Sep 28 (271)  
W Sep 29 (272)  
T Sep 30 (273)  End of extended mission #1
F Oct 01 (274)  
S Oct 02 (275)  
S Oct 03 (276)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 40:

M Oct 04 (277) 
T Oct 05 (278)  Ahead: Change beacon modulation index, 16:15 UT
W Oct 06 (279) 
T Oct 07 (280)  
F Oct 08 (281)  Ahead: Return-to-service track on station 14
                Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 11:15 UT
		Both: Disable soft command loss timer
S Oct 09 (282) 
S Oct 10 (283) 

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Scheduled activities for Week 41:

M Oct 11 (284)  
T Oct 12 (285)  IONet down 12-21 UT
W Oct 13 (286)  
T Oct 14 (287)  
F Oct 15 (288)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 14:00 UT
S Oct 16 (289)  Behind: Aphelion
S Oct 17 (290)	

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Scheduled activities for Week 42:

M Oct 18 (291)  Both: Re-enable soft command loss timer
T Oct 19 (292)  
W Oct 20 (293)  
T Oct 21 (294)  
F Oct 22 (295)  
S Oct 23 (296)  
S Oct 24 (297)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 43:

M Oct 25 (298)  
T Oct 26 (299)  Fourth anniversary of STEREO's launch
W Oct 27 (300)  Behind: Change modulation index for beacon telemetry
T Oct 28 (301)  Behind: Momentum dump, 17:30 UT
F Oct 29 (302)  
S Oct 30 (303)  
S Oct 31 (304)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 44:

M Nov 01 (305)  
T Nov 02 (306)  
W Nov 03 (307)  
T Nov 04 (308)  
F Nov 05 (309)  
S Nov 06 (310)  Ahead: Aphelion
S Nov 07 (311)  Daily savings time ends in U.S.

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Scheduled activities for Week 45:

M Nov 08 (312)  
T Nov 09 (313)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 08:30 UT
W Nov 10 (314)  
T Nov 11 (315)  
F Nov 12 (316)  
S Nov 13 (317)  
S Nov 14 (318)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 46:

M Nov 15 (319)  
T Nov 16 (320)  
W Nov 17 (321)  
T Nov 18 (322)  
F Nov 19 (323)  
S Nov 20 (324)  Ahead:  SECCHI watchdog reset, 06:31-15:30 UT
S Nov 21 (325)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 47:

M Nov 22 (326)  
T Nov 23 (327)  
W Nov 24 (328)  
T Nov 25 (329)  US Thanksgiving
F Nov 26 (330)  
S Nov 27 (331)  
S Nov 28 (332)  

Notes:

* APL closed both Nov 25 and Nov 26

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Scheduled activities for Week 48:

M Nov 29 (333)  
T Nov 30 (334)  
W Dec 01 (335)  Behind: Shadow track on station 25
T Dec 02 (336)  Ahead:  Momentum dump, 15:00 UT
F Dec 03 (337)  Ahead:  SECCHI watchdog reset, 17:32 UT
S Dec 04 (338)  Ahead:  Recovery from SECCHI watchdog reset, 13:40 UT
S Dec 05 (339)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 49:

M Dec 06 (340)  
T Dec 07 (341)  
W Dec 08 (342)  
T Dec 09 (343)  
F Dec 10 (344)  
S Dec 11 (345)  
S Dec 12 (346)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 50:

M Dec 13 (347)  
T Dec 14 (348)  
W Dec 15 (349)  Behind: Momentum dump, 17:30 UT
T Dec 16 (350)  Ahead:  SECCHI calibration roll, 13:20 UT
F Dec 17 (351)  
S Dec 18 (352)  
S Dec 19 (353)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 51:

M Dec 20 (354)  
T Dec 21 (355)  
W Dec 22 (356)  
T Dec 23 (357)  
F Dec 24 (358)  
S Dec 25 (359)  Christmas
S Dec 26 (360)  

Notes:

* APL will be closed on Dec 24

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Scheduled activities for Week 52:

M Dec 27 (361)  
T Dec 28 (362)  
W Dec 29 (363)  
T Dec 30 (364)  
F Dec 31 (365)  
S Jan 01 (001)  New Years
S Jan 02 (002)  Ahead: SECCHI watchdog reset, 5:55-13:50 UT

Notes:

* APL will be closed on Dec 31

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Plans last modified Tuesday, 06-Mar-2012 21:16:11 UTC
Last Revised: Tuesday, 12-Jan-2010 19:24:12 UTC
Responsible NASA Official: [email address: Therese.A.Kucera<at>nasa<dot>gov]
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