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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

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 30:

M Jul 26 (207)  
T Jul 27 (208)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 19:00 UT
W Jul 28 (209)  
T Jul 29 (210)  
F Jul 30 (211)  
S Jul 31 (212)  
S Aug 01 (213)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 31:

M Aug 02 (214)  
T Aug 03 (215)  
W Aug 04 (216)  
T Aug 05 (217)  Start of Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
F Aug 06 (218)  
S Aug 07 (219)  
S Aug 08 (220)	Ahead: SECCHI EUVI 171, COR2 deep fields

Notes:

* Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass, Aug 5-15

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Scheduled activities for Week 32:

M Aug 09 (221)  Solar Orbiter Venus flyby
		Ahead: SECCHI EUVI 171, COR2 deep fields
T Aug 10 (222)  Ahead: SECCHI COR2 pB campaign
W Aug 11 (223)  Ahead: SECCHI COR2 pB campaign
T Aug 12 (224)  
F Aug 13 (225)  
S Aug 14 (226)  
S Aug 15 (227)  End of Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass

Notes:

* Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass, Aug 5-15

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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)  Solar Orbiter in quadrature with Earth
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)  Solar Orbiter METIS roll
W Sep 01 (244)  
T Sep 02 (245)  
F Sep 03 (246)  
S Sep 04 (247)  
S Sep 05 (248)  

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Upcoming events:

Behind events are contingent on recovering the spacecraft.

2021:

* Sep 12-19		Solar Orbiter remote sensing window
* Oct 16		Parker Solar Probe Venus flyby
* Nov 5			Solar Orbiter along Sun-Earth line
* Nov 17-26		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Nov 27		Solar Orbiter Earth flyby
* Dec 4			Solar eclipse in Antartica
* Dec 17-21		Solar Orbiter METIS observations of Comet Leonard

2022:

* Feb 21-Mar 2		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* May 28-Jun 7		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Sep 2-11		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Sep 4			Solar Orbiter Venus flyby
* Dec 7-16		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass

2023:

* Mar 13-23		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* May 5			Behind: Mercury transit
* Jun 17-27		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* 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
* 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, 27-Jul-2021 19:41:08 GMT

Last Revised: Tuesday, 12-Jan-2021 19:41:59 GMT
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