STEREO Coordinated Observations Calendar

Archived plans: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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.

Links to planning and scheduling pages for other missions: SOHO, TRACE, Hinode, Ulysses, NSO, VLA, EISCAT, Max Millenium, Sounding Rockets, ISTP Planning, Mees current/ next month.

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Scheduled activities for Week 25:

M Jun 17 (168)  
T Jun 18 (169)  Behind:	SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 17:00 UT
W Jun 19 (170)  
T Jun 20 (171)  
F Jun 21 (172)  
S Jun 22 (173)  
S Jun 23 (174)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 26:

M Jun 24 (175)  
T Jun 25 (176)  
W Jun 26 (177)  Behind: D54 shadow track during D55 pass
T Jun 27 (178)  
F Jun 28 (179)  
S Jun 29 (180)  
S Jun 30 (181)  

Notes:

* Significant telemetry shortages are expected during the week for both
  spacecraft.

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Scheduled activities for Week 27:

M Jul 01 (182)  Ahead:	Momentum dump, 16:00 UT
T Jul 02 (183)  
W Jul 03 (184)  Ahead:	Return-to-service track for station 24
T Jul 04 (185)  Independence Day
F Jul 05 (186)  
S Jul 06 (187)  
S Jul 07 (188)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 28:

M Jul 08 (189)  Behind:	Engineering demo with station 24
T Jul 09 (190)  Ahead:	HGA calibration, 17:00
		Behind:	Engineering demo with station 55
W Jul 10 (191)  Ahead:	Return-to-service track for station 55
		Behind:	HGA calibration, 16:00
T Jul 11 (192)  Behind: Momentum dump, 17:00
F Jul 12 (193)  
S Jul 13 (194)  Behind:	Engineering demo with station 65
S Jul 14 (195)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 29:

M Jul 15 (196)  Behind:	Engineering demo with station 26
T Jul 16 (197)  
W Jul 17 (198)  Behind:	Engineering demo with station 34
T Jul 18 (199)  
F Jul 19 (200)  
S Jul 20 (201)  
S Jul 21 (202)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 30:

M Jul 22 (203)  
T Jul 23 (204)  
W Jul 24 (205)  
T Jul 25 (206)  
F Jul 26 (207)  
S Jul 27 (208)  
S Jul 28 (209)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 31:

M Jul 29 (210)  
T Jul 30 (211)  
W Jul 31 (212)  
T Aug 01 (213)  
F Aug 02 (214)  
S Aug 03 (215)  
S Aug 04 (216)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 32:

M Aug 05 (217)  
T Aug 06 (218)  
W Aug 07 (219)  
T Aug 08 (220)  
F Aug 09 (221)  
S Aug 10 (222)  
S Aug 11 (223)  

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Upcoming events:

2013:

* Nov 28		Both:  Perihelion passage of Comet ISON
			http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/comet_ison/
* Dec 12		Ahead: Mercury transit

2014:

* Jan 20		Behind: End use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet
* Apr 21		Behind: Resume use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet
* Apr 29		Behind: Mercury transit
* Sep 07-Nov 15		Behind: Passage of Comet Siding Spring through HI2-B
* Oct 15		Behind: End use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet
* Oct 17		Behind: Comet Siding Spring encounter with Mars

2015:

* Feb			DAWN - Ceres arrival
* Jan 20 - Mar 28 (TBC)	Behind: Spacecraft behind Sun
* Mar 17 - Jul 14 (TBC)	Ahead:  Spacecraft behind Sun
* Jul 2			Behind: Resume use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet
* Aug 25 - Oct 19 (TBC)	Behind: Spacecraft behind Sun
* Sep 25		Behind: End use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet
* Jul			DAWN - End of nominal mission

2016:

* Apr 3			Behind: Resume use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet
* Jul			Juno arrival at Jupiter

2017:

* Jul 11		Ahead: Switch downlink rate to 160 kbps
* Jul 22		Behind: Switch downlink rate to 160 kbps

2018:

* Mar 5			Ahead: Mercury transit

Plans last modified Tuesday, 18-Jun-2013 14:38:20 EDT

Last Revised: Tuesday, 08-Jan-2013 14:31:26 EST
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