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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, 2024

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 pages 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 38:

M Sep 16 (260)
T Sep 17 (261)
W Sep 18 (262)
T Sep 19 (263) Ahead: Momentum dump, 22:00 UT
F Sep 20 (264)
S Sep 21 (265)
S Sep 22 (266)

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Scheduled activities for Week 39:

M Sep 23 (267)
T Sep 24 (268)
W Sep 25 (269) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 16 begins
T Sep 26 (270) PSP Perihelion begins
F Sep 27 (271)
S Sep 28 (272)
S Sep 29 (273)

Notes:

* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 16, Sept 25-30
* PSP Perihelion:
    -COR2 36 sec exp/5 min cadence (Earth-STA  Radial align.), Sept 26-28
    -COR2 15-min pB + HI1 20-min cadence (STA-PSP Quadrature), Sept 29-30
    -HI-1 20-min cad, Oct 1-3

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Scheduled activities for Week 40:

M Sep 30 (274) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 16 ends
T Oct 01 (275)
W Oct 02 (276) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 17 begins
T Oct 03 (277) PSP Perihelion ends
F Oct 04 (278)
S Oct 05 (279)
S Oct 06 (280)

Notes:

* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 16, Sept 25-30
* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 17, Oct 2-15
* PSP Perihelion:
    -COR2 36 sec exp/5 min cadence (Earth-STA  Radial align.), Sept 26-28
    -COR2 15-min pB + HI1 20-min cadence (STA-PSP Quadrature), Sept 29-30
    -HI-1 20-min cad, Oct 1-3

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Scheduled activities for Week 41:

M Oct 07 (281)
T Oct 08 (282)
W Oct 09 (283)
T Oct 10 (284)
F Oct 11 (285)
S Oct 12 (286)
S Oct 13 (287)

Notes:

* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 17, Oct 2-15

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Scheduled activities for Week 42:

M Oct 14 (288)
T Oct 15 (289) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 17 ends
W Oct 16 (290)
T Oct 17 (291) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 18 begins
F Oct 18 (292)
S Oct 19 (293)
S Oct 20 (294)

Notes:

* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 17, Oct 2-15
* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 18, Oct 17-26

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Scheduled activities for Week 43:

M Oct 21 (295)
T Oct 22 (296)
W Oct 23 (297)
T Oct 24 (298)
F Oct 25 (299) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 18 ends
S Oct 26 (300) STEREO 18th Launch Anniversary
S Oct 27 (301)

Notes:

* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 18, Oct 17-25



Upcoming events:

2024:

* Nov 6			Parker Solar Probe Venus flyby, in HI2-A field-of-view
* Nov 6			Solar Orbiter full disk mosaic
* Dec 24		Solar Obiter off-point and roll for Parker Solar Probe
* Dec 20-29		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass

2025:

* Feb 18		Solar Orbiter Venus flyby
* Mar 11-28             Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 19
* Mar 19-27		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Mar 29-Apr 6          Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 20
* Apr 7			Ahead: Mercury transit
* Apr 25-30             Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 21
* Jun 15-24		Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
* Sep 7-12              Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 22
* Sep 13-23             Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 23
* Oct 1-6               Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 24

2026:

* Dec 24		Solar Orbiter Venus flyby

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, 17-Sep-2024 19:58:59 UTC

Last Revised: Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 15:20:23 UTC
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