STEREO - Coordinated Observations Calendar

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STEREO Coordinated Observations Calendar - 2009

Below, please find the archived plans for STEREO operations in the year 2009. 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 Dec 29 (364)  
T Dec 30 (365)  
W Dec 31 (366)  Leap second added at end of day
T Jan 01 (001)  
F Jan 02 (002)  
S Jan 03 (003)  
S Jan 04 (004)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 02:

M Jan 05 (005)  
T Jan 06 (006)  
W Jan 07 (007)  HGA calibration, Ahead: 15:30 UT, Behind: 18:00 UT
T Jan 08 (008)  ICAL 1, 14:00 UT
F Jan 09 (009)  
S Jan 10 (010)  COR1 high cadence observations, Ahead: 2-3 UT, Behind: 2-4 UT
S Jan 11 (011)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 03:

M Jan 12 (012)  
T Jan 13 (013)  
W Jan 14 (014)  
T Jan 15 (015)  
F Jan 16 (016)  JOP 80, EIT shutterless, 12-15 UT
S Jan 17 (017)  
S Jan 18 (018)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 04:

M Jan 19 (019)  
T Jan 20 (020)  
W Jan 21 (021)  Behind: Momentum dump, 19:00 UT
T Jan 22 (022)  Start of extended mission
F Jan 23 (023)  Ahead: SECCHI watchdog reset, 13:29
S Jan 24 (024)  Ahead: SECCHI recovery, 08:00
		STEREO at 90 degrees separation
S Jan 25 (025)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 05:

M Jan 26 (026)  
T Jan 27 (027)  
W Jan 28 (028)  
T Jan 29 (029)  
F Jan 30 (030)  
S Jan 31 (031)  
S Feb 01 (032)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 06:

M Feb 02 (033)  
T Feb 03 (034)  
W Feb 04 (035)  Ahead: Momentum dump 14:00 UT
T Feb 05 (036)  
F Feb 06 (037)  
S Feb 07 (038)  
S Feb 08 (039)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 07:

M Feb 09 (040)  
T Feb 10 (041)  
W Feb 11 (042)  
T Feb 12 (043)  
F Feb 13 (044)  
S Feb 14 (045)  
S Feb 15 (046)  

Notes:
* Feb 12-15		JOP x: High Cadence Study of Quiet Sun Supergranular
			EUV Brightenings.  SECCHI observing 14-18 UT each day

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Scheduled activities for Week 08:

M Feb 16 (047)  
T Feb 17 (048)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 13:00
		DAWN - Mars fly-by
W Feb 18 (049)  
T Feb 19 (050)  
F Feb 20 (051)  
S Feb 21 (052)  
S Feb 22 (053)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 09:

M Feb 23 (054)  
T Feb 24 (055)  Behind: Power on IMU2
W Feb 25 (056)  
T Feb 26 (057)  Behind: Switch to IMU2, power off IMU1
F Feb 27 (058)  JOP 216: Oscillations in Polar Plumes, SECCHI 12-14 UT
S Feb 28 (059)  JOP 216: Oscillations in Polar Plumes
S Mar 01 (060)  

Notes:

* Target for JOP 216 is south pole

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Scheduled activities for Week 10:

M Mar 02 (061)  
T Mar 03 (062)  
W Mar 04 (063)  
T Mar 05 (064)  ICAL1, 13:00 UT
F Mar 06 (065)  Ahead: SECCHI test of extended mission schedule
		Behind: SECCHI watchdog reset 02:28 UT
S Mar 07 (066)  Ahead: SECCHI test of extended mission schedule
S Mar 08 (067)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 11:

M Mar 09 (068)  Behind: Momentum dump, 20 UT
T Mar 10 (069)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 01:20 UT
		Ahead: SECCHI watchdog reset, 8:36 UT
W Mar 11 (070)  Ahead: SECCHI recovery from watchdog reset, 12:56 UT
T Mar 12 (071)  Ahead: SECCHI HI 180 degree roll, 05:30 UT
F Mar 13 (072)  
S Mar 14 (073)  
S Mar 15 (074)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 12:

M Mar 16 (075)  
T Mar 17 (076)  Behind: data gap from 4-24 UT due to commanding error
W Mar 18 (077)  Behind: SECCHI HI 180 degree roll, 15:50 UT
T Mar 19 (078)  
F Mar 20 (079)  
S Mar 21 (080)  
S Mar 22 (081)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 13:

M Mar 23 (082)  
T Mar 24 (083)  
W Mar 25 (084)  Ahead: momentum dump, 14:30 UT
T Mar 26 (085)  
F Mar 27 (086)  
S Mar 28 (087)  
S Mar 29 (088)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 14:

M Mar 30 (089)  
T Mar 31 (090)  
W Apr 01 (091)  JOP 216, Oscillations in Polar Plumes, 12-14 UT
		JOP 80, EIT shutterless, 16-19 UT
T Apr 02 (092)  
F Apr 03 (093)  
S Apr 04 (094)  
S Apr 05 (095)  

Notes:

* JOP 216, Multi-wavelength Observations of Oscillations in Polar Plumes
  Target is south pole/southern coronal hole

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Scheduled activities for Week 15:

M Apr 06 (096)  
T Apr 07 (097)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 01:40 UT
W Apr 08 (098)  Both: SECCHI HI 180 degree rolls, Ahead: 03:50, Behind: 07:50
T Apr 09 (099)  ICAL 1, 16:00 UT
F Apr 10 (100)  
S Apr 11 (101)  
S Apr 12 (102)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 16:

M Apr 13 (103)  
T Apr 14 (104)  
W Apr 15 (105)  Start of SUMER campaign
		Behind: Switch back to IMU #1
T Apr 16 (106)  
F Apr 17 (107)  
S Apr 18 (108)  
S Apr 19 (109)  

Notes:
* Apr 15-29	SUMER campaign, JOPS 178,195,207,210,214,215,217,218,219
	http://www.mps.mpg.de/services/campaignplanner/planning/campaign-200904/
	Contact Davina Innes-Markiewicz for access

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Scheduled activities for Week 17:

M Apr 20 (110)  SUMER campaign continues
T Apr 21 (111)  
W Apr 22 (112)  Behind: Momentum dump, 3 UT
T Apr 23 (113)  
F Apr 24 (114)  
S Apr 25 (115)  
S Apr 26 (116)  

Notes:
* Apr 15-29	SUMER campaign, JOPS 178,195,207,210,214,215,217,218,219
	http://www.mps.mpg.de/services/campaignplanner/planning/campaign-200904/
	Contact Davina Innes-Markiewicz for access

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Scheduled activities for Week 18:

M Apr 27 (117)  
T Apr 28 (118)  Ahead:  SECCHI/HI 180 degree roll, 19:50 UT
W Apr 29 (119)  SUMER campaign ends
T Apr 30 (120)  
F May 01 (121)  
S May 02 (122)  
S May 03 (123)  

Notes:
* Apr 15-29	SUMER campaign, JOPS 178,195,207,210,214,215,217,218,219
	http://www.mps.mpg.de/services/campaignplanner/planning/campaign-200904/
	Contact Davina Innes-Markiewicz for access

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Scheduled activities for Week 19:

M May 04 (124)  
T May 05 (125)  Ahead: SECCHI watchdog reset, 5:30 UT
W May 06 (126)  Ahead: SECCHI observations resume, 8 UT
		Behind: SECCHI/HI 180 degree roll, 17:50 UT
T May 07 (127)  
F May 08 (128)  
S May 09 (129)  
S May 10 (130)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 20:

M May 11 (131)  
T May 12 (132)  Ahead:  Momentum dump, 13:30 UT
		Behind: Spacecraft reset for G&C update.  Preparations for
		power-down start at 18:30 UT
W May 13 (133)  Behind: Recovery from G&C reset.
T May 14 (134)  
F May 15 (135)  
S May 16 (136)  
S May 17 (137)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 21:

M May 18 (138)  
T May 19 (139)  
W May 20 (140)  Ahead: SECCHI watchdog reset, 07:36-22 UT
T May 21 (141)  ICAL-1, 14 UT
F May 22 (142)  
S May 23 (143)  
S May 24 (144)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 22:

M May 25 (145)  
T May 26 (146)  
W May 27 (147)  SECCHI HI 180 degree rolls, Ahead: 13:50, Behind: 17:50.
T May 28 (148)  
F May 29 (149)  
S May 30 (150)  
S May 31 (151)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 23:

M Jun 01 (152)  
T Jun 02 (153)  
W Jun 03 (154)  
T Jun 04 (155)  Behind: Momentum dump, 15:00 UT
F Jun 05 (156)  
S Jun 06 (157)  
S Jun 07 (158)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 24:

M Jun 08 (159)  Sunrise launch, 06:27 UT
T Jun 09 (160)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 09:50 UT
W Jun 10 (161)  
T Jun 11 (162)  
F Jun 12 (163)  
S Jun 13 (164)  
S Jun 14 (165)  

Notes:

* Sunrise 5-day balloon flight
	http://www.mps.mpg.de/services/sunrise/sot/sot.php
	http://star.mpae.gwdg.de/Sunrise/project/publicat/SPIE_2004.pdf

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Scheduled activities for Week 25:

M Jun 15 (166)  
T Jun 16 (167)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 11:30 UT
W Jun 17 (168)  SECCHI HI 180 degree rolls, Ahead: 01:50, Behind: 15:50
T Jun 18 (169)  
F Jun 19 (170)  
S Jun 20 (171)  
S Jun 21 (172)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 26:

M Jun 22 (173)  
T Jun 23 (174)  
W Jun 24 (175)  
T Jun 25 (176)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 20:00 UT
		ICAL 1: 12 UT
F Jun 26 (177)  
S Jun 27 (178)  
S Jun 28 (179)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 27:

M Jun 29 (180)  
T Jun 30 (181)  
W Jul 01 (182)  Behind: HGA calibration, 17:00 UT
T Jul 02 (183)  Ahead:  HGA calibration, 14:00 UT
		EIT shutterless, 17-20 UT
F Jul 03 (184)  
S Jul 04 (185)  
S Jul 05 (186)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 28:

M Jul 06 (187)  
T Jul 07 (188)  
W Jul 08 (189)  HI 180 degree rolls, Ahead: 01:50, Behind 15:50 UT
T Jul 09 (190)  
F Jul 10 (191)  
S Jul 11 (192)  
S Jul 12 (193)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 29:

M Jul 13 (194)  
T Jul 14 (195)  
W Jul 15 (196)  
T Jul 16 (197)  
F Jul 17 (198)  
S Jul 18 (199)  
S Jul 19 (200)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 30:

M Jul 20 (201)  
T Jul 21 (202)  
W Jul 22 (203)  Total solar eclipse
	http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2009/TSE2009.html
T Jul 23 (204)  Behind: Momentum dump, 23:45 UT
F Jul 24 (205)  
S Jul 25 (206)  
S Jul 26 (207)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 31:

M Jul 27 (208)  
T Jul 28 (209)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 12:30 UT
		ICAL01, 17:00 UT
W Jul 29 (210)  Ahead: SECCHI HI 180 degree roll, 21:50
T Jul 30 (211)  
F Jul 31 (212)  
S Aug 01 (213)  
S Aug 02 (214)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 32:

M Aug 03 (215)  
T Aug 04 (216)  Ahead: Spacecraft reset for G&C update
W Aug 05 (217)  Ahead: Spacecraft recovery continues
		Behind: SECCHI HI 180 degree roll, 15:50
T Aug 06 (218)  Behind: SECCHI watchdog reset, 21:34 UT
F Aug 07 (219)  Behind: SECCHI observations resume, 4:30 UT
S Aug 08 (220)  
S Aug 09 (221)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 33:

M Aug 10 (222)  Both: Begin 6 hour daily DSN tracks
T Aug 11 (223)  
W Aug 12 (224)  Behind: SECCHI watchdog reset, 6:02 UT
T Aug 13 (225)  Behind: Recovery from watchdog reset, 1:34 UT
		Ahead: SECCHI HI 180 degree roll, 01:50 UT
		Ahead: Test of 360 kbps downlink rate
F Aug 14 (226)  
S Aug 15 (227)  
S Aug 16 (228)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 34:

M Aug 17 (229)  Ahead: Switch downlink rate to 360 kbps
		Both: SECCHI/EUVI switch to 195 as prime wavelength
T Aug 18 (230)  
W Aug 19 (231)  
T Aug 20 (232)  ICAL-001, 14:00 UT
		Ahead: SECCHI watchdog reset, 18:01 UT
F Aug 21 (233)  Ahead: SECCHI schedule resumes, 14:00 UT
S Aug 22 (234)  
S Aug 23 (235)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 35:

M Aug 24 (236)  
T Aug 25 (237)  
W Aug 26 (238)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 14:00 UT
T Aug 27 (239)  
F Aug 28 (240)  
S Aug 29 (241)  
S Aug 30 (242)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 36:

M Aug 31 (243)  Ahead: Some corrupted images
T Sep 01 (244)  
W Sep 02 (245)  
T Sep 03 (246)  
F Sep 04 (247)  
S Sep 05 (248)  
S Sep 06 (249)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 37:

M Sep 07 (250)  Labor day
T Sep 08 (251)  Behind: Switch downlink rate to 360 kbps
W Sep 09 (252)  
T Sep 10 (253)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 12:45 UT
F Sep 11 (254)
S Sep 12 (255)  Ahead at L4 Lagrange point  
S Sep 13 (256)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 38:

M Sep 14 (257)  ICAL14, Herschel sounding rocket launch, 17:40 UT
	http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/soc/JOPs/ical014-draft.pdf
T Sep 15 (258)  
W Sep 16 (259)  Behind: Momentum dump, 17:00 UT
T Sep 17 (260)  ICAL 001, 15:00 UT
F Sep 18 (261)  
S Sep 19 (262)  
S Sep 20 (263)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 39:

M Sep 21 (264)  Behind: aphelion
T Sep 22 (265)  
W Sep 23 (266)  
T Sep 24 (267)  
F Sep 25 (268)  
S Sep 26 (269)  
S Sep 27 (270)  Start of JOP 224

Notes:
* JOP 224, Solar Tomography with Minimal Solar Rotation, Sep 27-Oct 27

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Scheduled activities for Week 40:

M Sep 28 (271)  Ahead:  SECCHI watchdog reset, 17:29 UT
T Sep 29 (272)  Messenger - Mercury fly-by
		Ahead:  SECCHI observations resume, 14:00 UT
W Sep 30 (273)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration, 18:10 UT
T Oct 01 (274)  
F Oct 02 (275)  
S Oct 03 (276)  
S Oct 04 (277)  

Notes:
* JOP 224, Solar Tomography with Minimal Solar Rotation, Sep 27-Oct 27

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Scheduled activities for Week 41:

M Oct 05 (278)  
T Oct 06 (279)  
W Oct 07 (280)  
T Oct 08 (281)  EIT shutterless (TBC)
F Oct 09 (282)  
S Oct 10 (283)  
S Oct 11 (284)  

Notes:
* JOP 224, Solar Tomography with Minimal Solar Rotation, Sep 27-Oct 27

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Scheduled activities for Week 42:

M Oct 12 (285)
T Oct 13 (286)
W Oct 14 (287)
T Oct 15 (288)  Ahead: 25th momentum dump, 17:00 UT
F Oct 16 (289)
S Oct 17 (290)
S Oct 18 (291)

Notes:
* JOP 224, Solar Tomography with Minimal Solar Rotation, Sep 27-Oct 27

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Scheduled activities for Week 43:

M Oct 19 (292)	Behind: SECCHI watchdog reset and recovery, 05:32-14:51 UT
T Oct 20 (293)
W Oct 21 (294)
T Oct 22 (295)
F Oct 23 (296)	Ahead:  SECCHI watchdog reset, 20:17 UT
S Oct 24 (297)	Ahead:  SECCHI recovery, 10:40 UT
		Behind: SECCHI watchdog reset and recovery, 03:31-23:30 UT
S Oct 25 (298)

Notes:
* JOP 224, Solar Tomography with Minimal Solar Rotation, Sep 27-Oct 27

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Scheduled activities for Week 44:

M Oct 26 (299)  Behind: At L5 Lagrange point
T Oct 27 (300)
W Oct 28 (301)
T Oct 29 (302)
F Oct 30 (303)
S Oct 31 (304)
S Nov 01 (305)  Daylight savings ends in U.S., 06:00 UT

Notes:
* JOP 224, Solar Tomography with Minimal Solar Rotation, Sep 27-Oct 27
* JOP 222, Origin of SEPS, Target of opportunity, Oct 28 - Nov 1

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Scheduled activities for Week 45:

M Nov 02 (306)  
T Nov 03 (307)  Behind: Momentum dump, 16:00 UT
W Nov 04 (308)  
T Nov 05 (309)  
F Nov 06 (310)  
S Nov 07 (311)  
S Nov 08 (312)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 46:

M Nov 09 (313)  
T Nov 10 (314)  
W Nov 11 (315)  
T Nov 12 (316)  
F Nov 13 (317)  
S Nov 14 (318)  
S Nov 15 (319)  Ahead: SECCHI watchdog reset, 16:07 UT

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Scheduled activities for Week 47:

M Nov 16 (320)  Ahead: SECCHI recovery, 05:21 UT
T Nov 17 (321)  
W Nov 18 (322)  
T Nov 19 (323)  
F Nov 20 (324)  
S Nov 21 (325)  
S Nov 22 (326)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 48:

M Nov 23 (327)  
T Nov 24 (328)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 14:15
W Nov 25 (329)  
T Nov 26 (330)  Thanksgiving
F Nov 27 (331)  
S Nov 28 (332)  
S Nov 29 (333)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 49:

M Nov 30 (334)  Behind: Begin 7 hour daily DSN tracks
T Dec 01 (335)  
W Dec 02 (336)  Ahead: momentum dump, 15:00 UT
T Dec 03 (337)  
F Dec 04 (338)  
S Dec 05 (339)  
S Dec 06 (340)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 50:

M Dec 07 (341)  Behind: Switch downlink rate to 240 kbps
T Dec 08 (342)  
W Dec 09 (343)  
T Dec 10 (344)  
F Dec 11 (345)  
S Dec 12 (346)  
S Dec 13 (347)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 51:

M Dec 14 (348)  
T Dec 15 (349)  
W Dec 16 (350)  
T Dec 17 (351)  
F Dec 18 (352)  
S Dec 19 (353)  
S Dec 20 (354)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 52:

M Dec 21 (355)  
T Dec 22 (356)  Behind: Momentum dump, 16:00 UT
W Dec 23 (357)  
T Dec 24 (358)  
F Dec 25 (359)  Christmas
S Dec 26 (360)  
S Dec 27 (361)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 53:

M Dec 28 (362)  
T Dec 29 (363)  
W Dec 30 (364)  
T Dec 31 (365)  
F Jan 01 (001)  New Year
S Jan 02 (002)  
S Jan 03 (003)  

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Plans last modified Tuesday, 07-Feb-2012 21:28:36 UTC
Last Revised: Tuesday, 20-Jan-2009 20:15:25 UTC
Responsible NASA Official: [email address: Therese.A.Kucera<at>nasa<dot>gov]
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