STEREO - Coordinated Observations Calendar

Information about STEREO-A close approach to Earth, August 2023
STEREO Coordinated Observations Calendar - 2008

Below, please find the archived plans for STEREO operations in the year 2008. 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 31 (365)  
T Jan 01 (001)  
W Jan 02 (002)  
T Jan 03 (003)  Ahead: SECCHI Stepped Calibration Roll, 07:10 UT
F Jan 04 (004)  
S Jan 05 (005)  
S Jan 06 (006)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 02:

M Jan 07 (007)  Start of second SECCHI campaign (JOP 187)
T Jan 08 (008)  
W Jan 09 (009)  
T Jan 10 (010)  Both: JOP 200: High Cadence EUV, 12-14 UT
F Jan 11 (011)  
S Jan 12 (012)  
S Jan 13 (013)  

Notes:
* Jan 7-20		SECCHI campaign (JOP 187)

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Scheduled activities for Week 03:

M Jan 14 (014)  Messenger - Mercury fly-by
		Behind: SECCHI reset due to processor watchdog timeout
T Jan 15 (015)  
W Jan 16 (016)  Behind: IMPACT SEPT table load
T Jan 17 (017)  
F Jan 18 (018)  
S Jan 19 (019)  
S Jan 20 (020)  End of SECCHI campaign (JOP 187)

Notes:
* Jan 7-20		SECCHI campaign (JOP 187)

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Scheduled activities for Week 04:

M Jan 21 (021)  
T Jan 22 (022)  
W Jan 23 (023)  Behind: Momentum dump 15:30 UT
T Jan 24 (024)  Ahead: SECCHI reset due to processor watchdog timeout 01:07 UT
F Jan 25 (025)  
S Jan 26 (026)  
S Jan 27 (027)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 05:

M Jan 28 (028)  
T Jan 29 (029)  
W Jan 30 (030)  
T Jan 31 (031)  
F Feb 01 (032)  
S Feb 02 (033)  
S Feb 03 (034)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 06:

M Feb 04 (035)  
T Feb 05 (036)  
W Feb 06 (037)  Ahead: Momentum dump 13:45 UT
T Feb 07 (038)  Ahead: PLASTIC flight software load
F Feb 08 (039)  
S Feb 09 (040)  
S Feb 10 (041)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 07:

M Feb 11 (042)  
T Feb 12 (043)  
W Feb 13 (044)  
T Feb 14 (045)  
F Feb 15 (046)  
S Feb 16 (047)  
S Feb 17 (048)  

Notes:
* Star tracker use will be disabled on Behind Feb 11-13, and Ahead Feb 13-15

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Scheduled activities for Week 08:

M Feb 18 (049)  
T Feb 19 (050)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 09:45 UT
W Feb 20 (051)  
T Feb 21 (052)  
F Feb 22 (053)  
S Feb 23 (054)  
S Feb 24 (055)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 09:

M Feb 25 (056)  
T Feb 26 (057)  
W Feb 27 (058)  Behind: SWAVES rebooted into wrong mode
T Feb 28 (059)  Behind: SWAVES recovered
F Feb 29 (060)  Behind: SECCHI reset due to processor watchdog timeout
S Mar 01 (061)  Ahead: IMPACT SWEA/STE-D shut down
S Mar 02 (062)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 10:

M Mar 03 (063)  Ahead: IMPACT SWEA/STE-D recovered
		Behind: PLASTIC flight software load
T Mar 04 (064)  
W Mar 05 (065)  
T Mar 06 (066)  
F Mar 07 (067)  
S Mar 08 (068)  
S Mar 09 (069)  

Notes:
* Power outage at APL March 7-9.  MOC will be on generators, but without email
  or phone.
* Daylight savings time in U.S. starts March 9.

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Scheduled activities for Week 11:

M Mar 10 (070)  
T Mar 11 (071)  
W Mar 12 (072)  
T Mar 13 (073)  
F Mar 14 (074)  
S Mar 15 (075)  
S Mar 16 (076)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 12:

M Mar 17 (077)  
T Mar 18 (078)  Behind: Momentum dump 21:25
		Behind: Some corrupted files
W Mar 19 (079)  ICAL001, 14:00 UT
		Behind: Some corrupted files
T Mar 20 (080)  Start of Whole Heliosphere Interval Campaign
		JOP 201, Linking Corona to Solar Wind at Ulysses
		Behind: Some corrupted files
F Mar 21 (081)  JOP 201, Linking Corona to Solar Wind at Ulysses
		Behind: Some corrupted files
S Mar 22 (082)  JOP 201, Linking Corona to Solar Wind at Ulysses
		Behind: Some corrupted files
S Mar 23 (083)  JOP 201, Linking Corona to Solar Wind at Ulysses
		Behind: Some corrupted files

Notes:
* Whole Heliosphere Interval, Mar 20 - Apr 16

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Scheduled activities for Week 13:

M Mar 24 (084)  JOP 201, Linking Corona to Solar Wind at Ulysses
		Behind: Some corrupted files
T Mar 25 (085)  Ahead: Momentum dump 16:30 UT
		JOP 201, Linking Corona to Solar Wind at Ulysses
		Behind: Some corrupted files
W Mar 26 (086)  JOP 201, Linking Corona to Solar Wind at Ulysses
		Behind: Some corrupted files
T Mar 27 (087)  JOP 202, Origin of the Slow Solar Wind
F Mar 28 (088)  JOP 202, Origin of the Slow Solar Wind
S Mar 29 (089)  JOP 202, Origin of the Slow Solar Wind
		JOP 206, Low-latitude coronal holes
S Mar 30 (090)  JOP 202, Origin of the Slow Solar Wind
		JOP 206, Low-latitude coronal holes

Notes:
* Maintenance work will be performed at APL on Saturday, March 29.
* Whole Heliosphere Interval, Mar 20 - Apr 16

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Scheduled activities for Week 14:

M Mar 31 (091)  JOP 202, Origin of the Slow Solar Wind
		JOP 194, Activity in Filaments and Filament Cavities
T Apr 01 (092)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll 10:35 UT
		JOP 202, Origin of the Slow Solar Wind
		JOP 194, Activity in Filaments and Filament Cavities
W Apr 02 (093)  Both: HGA calibrations, Ahead: 15:00, Behind 20:00 UT
		JOP 202, Origin of the Slow Solar Wind
		JOP 194, Activity in Filaments and Filament Cavities
T Apr 03 (094)  JOP 203, Coronal hole boundaries
F Apr 04 (095)  JOP 203, Coronal hole boundaries
S Apr 05 (096)  JOP 203, Coronal hole boundaries
S Apr 06 (097)  JOP 203, Coronal hole boundaries

Notes:
* Whole Heliosphere Interval, Mar 20 - Apr 16

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Scheduled activities for Week 15:

M Apr 07 (098)  JOP 203, Coronal hole boundaries
T Apr 08 (099)  JOP 203, Coronal hole boundaries
W Apr 09 (100)  JOP 203, Coronal hole boundaries
T Apr 10 (101)  JOP 204, Energetics and dynamics of quiet Sun
F Apr 11 (102)  JOP 204, Energetics and dynamics of quiet Sun
S Apr 12 (103)  JOP 204, Energetics and dynamics of quiet Sun
S Apr 13 (104)  JOP 204, Energetics and dynamics of quiet Sun
		Ahead: PLASTIC instrument anomaly

Notes:
* Whole Heliosphere Interval, Mar 20 - Apr 16

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Scheduled activities for Week 16:

M Apr 14 (105)  JOP 204, Energetics and dynamics of quiet Sun
		Ahead: Beginning of PLASTIC recovery
T Apr 15 (106)  JOP 204, Energetics and dynamics of quiet Sun
W Apr 16 (107)  JOP 204, Energetics and dynamics of quiet Sun
		End of Whole Heliospheric Interval
T Apr 17 (108)  
F Apr 18 (109)  
S Apr 19 (110)  
S Apr 20 (111)  

Notes:
* Whole Heliosphere Interval, Mar 20 - Apr 16

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Scheduled activities for Week 17:

M Apr 21 (112)  
T Apr 22 (113)  ICAL-001 14:00 UT
W Apr 23 (114)  
T Apr 24 (115)  
F Apr 25 (116)  
S Apr 26 (117)  
S Apr 27 (118)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 18:

M Apr 28 (119)  
T Apr 29 (120)  
W Apr 30 (121)  
T May 01 (122)  
F May 02 (123)  
S May 03 (124)  
S May 04 (125)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 19:

M May 05 (126)  
T May 06 (127)  
W May 07 (128)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 12:45 UT
T May 08 (129)  
F May 09 (130)  
S May 10 (131)  
S May 11 (132)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 20:

M May 12 (133)  
T May 13 (134)  
W May 14 (135)  
T May 15 (136)  Behind: Momentum dump, 22:40 UT
F May 16 (137)  
S May 17 (138)  
S May 18 (139)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 21:

M May 19 (140)  
T May 20 (141)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 11:30 UT
W May 21 (142)  
T May 22 (143)  
F May 23 (144)  
S May 24 (145)  
S May 25 (146)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 22:

M May 26 (147)  
T May 27 (148)  
W May 28 (149)  
T May 29 (150)  
F May 30 (151)  
S May 31 (152)  
S Jun 01 (153)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 23:

M Jun 02 (154)  
T Jun 03 (155)  
W Jun 04 (156)  
T Jun 05 (157)  
F Jun 06 (158)  
S Jun 07 (159)  
S Jun 08 (160)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 24:

M Jun 09 (161)  ICAL001, 11-14 UT
T Jun 10 (162)  
W Jun 11 (163)  
T Jun 12 (164)  
F Jun 13 (165)  
S Jun 14 (166)  
S Jun 15 (167)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 25:

M Jun 16 (168)  
T Jun 17 (169)  
W Jun 18 (170)  Ahead: momentum dump 14:30
T Jun 19 (171)  
F Jun 20 (172)  
S Jun 21 (173)  
S Jun 22 (174)  

Notes:
* Jun 20-30, SUMER observing

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Scheduled activities for Week 26:

M Jun 23 (175)  
T Jun 24 (176)  
W Jun 25 (177)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 14:20
T Jun 26 (178)  Ahead:  SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 08:55
F Jun 27 (179)  
S Jun 28 (180)  
S Jun 29 (181)  

Notes:
* Jun 20-30, SUMER observing

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Scheduled activities for Week 27:

M Jun 30 (182)  SECCHI GT-driven off-point, Ahead 16:15, Behind 12:15
T Jul 01 (183)  
W Jul 02 (184)  
T Jul 03 (185)  
F Jul 04 (186)  
S Jul 05 (187)  
S Jul 06 (188)  

Notes:
* Jun 20-30, SUMER observing

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Scheduled activities for Week 28:

M Jul 07 (189)  Both: SECCHI GT-driven off-point, 16:15 UT
T Jul 08 (190)  
W Jul 09 (191)  HGA calibrations, Ahead: 14:00, Behind: 17:00
T Jul 10 (192)  
F Jul 11 (193)  
S Jul 12 (194)  
S Jul 13 (195)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 29:

M Jul 14 (196)  
T Jul 15 (197)  
W Jul 16 (198)  
T Jul 17 (199)  Behind: momentum dump, 19:45
F Jul 18 (200)  
S Jul 19 (201)  
S Jul 20 (202)  

Notes:
* ICAL July 16, 11-14 UT

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Scheduled activities for Week 30:

M Jul 21 (203)  
T Jul 22 (204)  
W Jul 23 (205)  JOP 80, EIT shutterless, 21:00-23:50 UT
T Jul 24 (206)  Both: SECCHI solar eclipse test
F Jul 25 (207)  
S Jul 26 (208)  
S Jul 27 (209)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 31:

M Jul 28 (210)  
T Jul 29 (211)  
W Jul 30 (212)  JOP 80, EIT shutterless, 17:00-19:50 UT
T Jul 31 (213)  Ahead: 480 kbps test track
		Ahead: momentum dump, 20:20 UT
F Aug 01 (214)  Total solar eclipse, 9:20-11:20 UT
S Aug 02 (215)  
S Aug 03 (216)  

Notes:
* Information about total solar eclipse available at
	http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2008/TSE2008.html
* STEREO plans available at
	http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/plans/eclipse.shtml

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Scheduled activities for Week 32:

M Aug 04 (217)  Both: Begin 5 hour daily DSN tracks
T Aug 05 (218)  ICAL-001, 12-18 UT
W Aug 06 (219)  
T Aug 07 (220)  
F Aug 08 (221)  
S Aug 09 (222)  
S Aug 10 (223)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 33:

M Aug 11 (224)  
T Aug 12 (225)  
W Aug 13 (226)  
T Aug 14 (227)  
F Aug 15 (228)  
S Aug 16 (229)  
S Aug 17 (230)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 34:

M Aug 18 (231)  
T Aug 19 (232)  
W Aug 20 (233)  
T Aug 21 (234)  
F Aug 22 (235)  
S Aug 23 (236)  
S Aug 24 (237)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 35:

M Aug 25 (238)  
T Aug 26 (239)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll 20:15 UT
W Aug 27 (240)  
T Aug 28 (241)  
F Aug 29 (242)  
S Aug 30 (243)  
S Aug 31 (244)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 36:

M Sep 01 (245)  
T Sep 02 (246)  
W Sep 03 (247)  
T Sep 04 (248)  
F Sep 05 (249)  
S Sep 06 (250)  
S Sep 07 (251)  

Notes:

* Sep 6-19, JOP 214: Quiescent prominence structure and dynamics with Hinode
  and La Palma, 8-12 UT

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Scheduled activities for Week 37:

M Sep 08 (252)  Behind: Some corrupted images at beginning of day
T Sep 09 (253)  
W Sep 10 (254)  
T Sep 11 (255)  ICAL-001, 14:00 UT
		Ahead: SECCHI watchdog reset at 20:56
F Sep 12 (256)  Ahead: SECCHI recovered at 11:45, schedule restarted at 14:00
S Sep 13 (257)  
S Sep 14 (258)  

Notes:

* Sep 6-19, JOP 214: Quiescent prominence structure and dynamics with Hinode
  and La Palma, 8-12 UT

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Scheduled activities for Week 38:

M Sep 15 (259)  Behind: Switch downlink rate to 480 kbps
T Sep 16 (260)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 13:00 UT
W Sep 17 (261)  
T Sep 18 (262)  
F Sep 19 (263)  
S Sep 20 (264)  
S Sep 21 (265)  

Notes:

* Sep 6-19, JOP 214: Quiescent prominence structure and dynamics with Hinode
  and La Palma, 8-12 UT

* Sep 20-Oct4	SUMER Mini-campaign

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Scheduled activities for Week 39:

M Sep 22 (266)  
T Sep 23 (267)  Behind: Momentum dump, 17:00 UT
W Sep 24 (268)  
T Sep 25 (269)  
F Sep 26 (270)  
S Sep 27 (271)  
S Sep 28 (272)  

Notes:

* Sep 20-Oct4	SUMER Mini-campaign

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Scheduled activities for Week 40:

M Sep 29 (273)  
T Sep 30 (274)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 06:55 UT
W Oct 01 (275)  
T Oct 02 (276)  
F Oct 03 (277)  
S Oct 04 (278)  
S Oct 05 (279)  

Notes:

* Sep 20-Oct4	SUMER Mini-campaign

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Scheduled activities for Week 41:

M Oct 06 (280)  Messenger - Mercury fly-by
T Oct 07 (281)  
W Oct 08 (282)  
T Oct 09 (283)  ICAL 1, 13:00 UT
F Oct 10 (284)  
S Oct 11 (285)  
S Oct 12 (286)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 42:

M Oct 13 (287)  Ahead:  Switch downlink rate to 480 kbps
T Oct 14 (288)  
W Oct 15 (289)  
T Oct 16 (290)  JOP 80, EIT shutterless
F Oct 17 (291)  
S Oct 18 (292)  
S Oct 19 (293)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 43:

M Oct 20 (294)  
T Oct 21 (295)  
W Oct 22 (296)  
T Oct 23 (297)  JOP 80, EIT shutterless
F Oct 24 (298)  
S Oct 25 (299)  
S Oct 26 (300)  

Notes:

* Ground station problems on Oct 22 on Ahead resulted in significant data loss

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Scheduled activities for Week 44:

M Oct 27 (301)  
T Oct 28 (302)  
W Oct 29 (303)  
T Oct 30 (304)  Ahead: momentum dump, 12:30 UT
F Oct 31 (305)  
S Nov 01 (306)  
S Nov 02 (307)  Switch to standard time in U.S.

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Scheduled activities for Week 45:

M Nov 03 (308)  
T Nov 04 (309)  
W Nov 05 (310)  
T Nov 06 (311)  
F Nov 07 (312)  
S Nov 08 (313)  
S Nov 09 (314)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 46:

M Nov 10 (315)  
T Nov 11 (316)  
W Nov 12 (317)  
T Nov 13 (318)  
F Nov 14 (319)  
S Nov 15 (320)  
S Nov 16 (321)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 47:

M Nov 17 (322)  
T Nov 18 (323)  
W Nov 19 (324)  
T Nov 20 (325)  
F Nov 21 (326)  
S Nov 22 (327)  
S Nov 23 (328)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 48:

M Nov 24 (329)  Behind: Momentum dump, 18:30 UT
T Nov 25 (330)  
W Nov 26 (331)  
T Nov 27 (332)  Thanksgiving
F Nov 28 (333)  
S Nov 29 (334)  
S Nov 30 (335)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 49:

M Dec 01 (336)  
T Dec 02 (337)  Ahead: SECCHI calibration roll, 14:50 UT
W Dec 03 (338)  
T Dec 04 (339)  ICAL001, 14:00 UT
F Dec 05 (340)  
S Dec 06 (341)  
S Dec 07 (342)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 50:

M Dec 08 (343)  
T Dec 09 (344)  
W Dec 10 (345)  
T Dec 11 (346)  
F Dec 12 (347)  
S Dec 13 (348)  DNS/DHCP maintenance at APL
S Dec 14 (349)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 51:

M Dec 15 (350)  
T Dec 16 (351)  Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 03:50
W Dec 17 (352)  Ahead: Momentum dump, 13:00 UT
T Dec 18 (353)  
F Dec 19 (354)  
S Dec 20 (355)  
S Dec 21 (356)  

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Scheduled activities for Week 52:

M Dec 22 (357)  
T Dec 23 (358)  
W Dec 24 (359)  
T Dec 25 (360)  
F Dec 26 (361)  
S Dec 27 (362)  
S Dec 28 (363)  

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Plans last modified Tuesday, 06-Mar-2012 21:39:16 UTC
Last Revised: Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 19:13:23 UTC
Responsible NASA Official: [email address: Therese.A.Kucera<at>nasa<dot>gov]
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