STEREO - Coordinated Observations Calendar

Information about STEREO-A close approach to Earth, August 2023
STEREO Coordinated Observations Calendar - 2024

Below, please find the archived plans for STEREO operations in the year 2024. 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 Jan 01 (001)  New Year's Day
T Jan 02 (002)
W Jan 03 (003)  End of Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass
T Jan 04 (004)
F Jan 05 (005)
S Jan 06 (006)
S Jan 07 (007)

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Scheduled activities for Week 02:

M Jan 08 (008)
T Jan 09 (009)  Momentum dump, 16:45 UT
W Jan 10 (010)
T Jan 11 (011)
F Jan 12 (012)
S Jan 13 (013)
S Jan 14 (014)

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Scheduled activities for Week 03:

M Jan 15 (015)  Martin Luther King holiday
T Jan 16 (016)
W Jan 17 (017)
T Jan 18 (018)
F Jan 19 (019)
S Jan 20 (020)
S Jan 21 (021)

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Scheduled activities for Week 04:

M Jan 22 (022)  Ahead: Battery discharge event, 15:25 UT
T Jan 23 (023)  Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 05:45 UT
W Jan 24 (024)
T Jan 25 (025)  Ahead: SECCHI watchdog reset, 16:28 UT
F Jan 26 (026)
S Jan 27 (027)
S Jan 28 (028)

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Scheduled activities for Week 05:

M Jan 29 (029)
T Jan 30 (030)
W Jan 31 (031)
T Feb 01 (032)
F Feb 02 (033)
S Feb 03 (034)
S Feb 04 (035)

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Scheduled activities for Week 06:

M Feb 05 (036)
T Feb 06 (037)
W Feb 07 (038)
T Feb 08 (039)
F Feb 09 (040)
S Feb 10 (041)
S Feb 11 (042)  Ahead: Project Interface Test, 10:45-13:00 UT

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Scheduled activities for Week 07:

M Feb 12 (043)
T Feb 13 (044)
W Feb 14 (045)
T Feb 15 (046)
F Feb 16 (047)
S Feb 17 (048)
S Feb 18 (049)

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Scheduled activities for Week 08:

M Feb 19 (050)
T Feb 20 (051) Ahead: Momentum dump, 15:00 UT
W Feb 21 (052)
T Feb 22 (053)
F Feb 23 (054)
S Feb 24 (055)
S Feb 25 (056)

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Scheduled activities for Week 09:

M Feb 26 (057)
T Feb 27 (058)
W Feb 28 (059)
T Feb 29 (060)
F Mar 01 (061)
S Mar 02 (062)
S Mar 03 (063)

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Scheduled activities for Week 10:

M Mar 04 (064)
T Mar 05 (065)
W Mar 06 (066)
T Mar 07 (067)
F Mar 08 (068)
S Mar 09 (069)
S Mar 10 (070)  Daylight Savings Time begins

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Scheduled activities for Week 11:

M Mar 11 (071)
T Mar 12 (072)
W Mar 13 (073) Start of Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 13
T Mar 14 (074) Ahead: 23 hour data gap
F Mar 15 (075)
S Mar 16 (076)
S Mar 17 (077)

Notes:

* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 13, Mar 13-24

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Scheduled activities for Week 12:

M Mar 18 (078)
T Mar 19 (079)
W Mar 20 (080)
T Mar 21 (081) Ahead: Momentum dump
F Mar 22 (082) Betelgeuse campaign, 12:00-14:00
S Mar 23 (083) Solar Orbiter Conjunction begins
S Mar 24 (084) Solar Orbiter Conjunction ends
               End of Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 13

Notes:

* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 13, Mar 13-24
* Betelgeuse campaign:
     - HI-2 short-exposure, high-resolution
     - 1 HI-1 image
     - no EUVI, COR1 or COR2

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Scheduled activities for Week 13:

M Mar 25 (085)
T Mar 26 (086) PSP Perihelion begins
W Mar 27 (087) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 14
T Mar 28 (088)
F Mar 29 (089) Betelgeuse campaign 12:00-14:00
S Mar 30 (090)
S Mar 31 (091)

Notes:

* PSP Perihelion, March 26 - April 4
* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 14, March 27-April 9
* Betelgeuse campaign:
     - HI-2 short-exposure, high-resolution
     - 1 HI-1 image
     - no EUVI, COR1 or COR2

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Scheduled activities for Week 14:

M Apr 01 (092) Begin COR2 2.5-min + HI1 20-min
T Apr 02 (093)
W Apr 03 (094)
T Apr 04 (095) End of PSP Perihelion
F Apr 05 (096)
S Apr 06 (097)
S Apr 07 (098) Begin COR2 pB 5-min program

Notes:

* PSP Perihelion, March 26 - April 4
* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 14, March 27-April 9
* SECCHI High-downlink Campaign for solar eclipse: April 1-15
     - COR2 2.5-min + HI1 20-min, April 1-6
     - COR2 pB 5-min program, April 7-9

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Scheduled activities for Week 15:

M Apr 08 (099)  Solar Eclipse
T Apr 09 (100)  End of Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 14
W Apr 10 (101)
T Apr 11 (102)
F Apr 12 (103)  Start of Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 15
S Apr 13 (104)
S Apr 14 (105)

Notes:

* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 14, March 27-April 9
* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 15, April 12-15
* SECCHI High-downlink Campaign for solar eclipse: April 1-15
     - COR2 2.5-min + HI1 20-min, April 1-6
     - COR2 pB 5-min program, April 7-9

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Scheduled activities for Week 16:

M Apr 15 (106) End of SECCHI high downlink campaign; End of SolO RSW 15
T Apr 16 (107)
W Apr 17 (108) SolO Quadrature: COR2 15-min pB only
T Apr 18 (109) SolO Quadrature: COR2 15-min pB only
F Apr 19 (110) Betelgeuse campaign, 12:00-14:00
S Apr 20 (111) Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 10:55 UT
S Apr 21 (112)

Notes:

* Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 15, April 12-15
* SECCHI High-downlink Campaign for solar eclipse: April 1-15
     - COR2 2.5-min + HI1 20-min, April 1-6
     - COR2 pB 5-min program, April 7-9
* Betelgeuse campaign:
     - HI-2 short-exposure, high-resolution
     - 1 HI-1 image
     - no EUVI, COR1 or COR2

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Scheduled activities for Week 17:

M Apr 22 (113)
T Apr 23 (114) Ahead: Momentum dump, 13:30 UT
W Apr 24 (115)
T Apr 25 (116)
F Apr 26 (117) Betelgeuse campaign, 12:00-14:00
S Apr 27 (118)
S Apr 28 (119)

Notes:

* Betelgeuse campaign:
     - HI-2 short-exposure, high-resolution
     - 1 HI-1 image
     - no EUVI, COR1 or COR2

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Scheduled activities for Week 18:

M Apr 29 (120)
T Apr 30 (121)
W May 01 (122)
T May 02 (123)
F May 03 (124) Betelgeuse campaign, 12:00-14:00
S May 04 (125)
S May 05 (126)

Notes:

* Betelgeuse campaign:
     - HI-2 short-exposure, high-resolution
     - 1 HI-1 image
     - no EUVI, COR1 or COR2

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Scheduled activities for Week 19:

M May 06 (127)
T May 07 (128)
W May 08 (129)
T May 09 (130)
F May 10 (131) Betelgeuse campaign, 12:00-14:00
S May 11 (132)
S May 12 (133) mislabelled images

* Betelgeuse campaign:
     - HI-2 short-exposure, high-resolution
     - 1 HI-1 image
     - no EUVI, COR1 or COR2
* Data loss May 6, 06:05 UT - May 7, 06:55 UT due to ground systems problem

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Scheduled activities for Week 20:

M May 13 (134)
T May 14 (135)
W May 15 (136)
T May 16 (137)
F May 17 (138)
S May 18 (139)
S May 19 (140)

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Scheduled activities for Week 21:

M May 20 (141)
T May 21 (142)
W May 22 (143)
T May 23 (144)
F May 24 (145)
S May 25 (146)
S May 26 (147)

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Scheduled activities for Week 22:

M May 27 (148) Memorial Day holiday
T May 28 (149)
W May 29 (150)
T May 30 (151)
F May 31 (152) Ahead: Momentum dump, 18:30 UT
S Jun 01 (153)
S Jun 02 (154)

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Scheduled activities for Week 23:

M Jun 03 (155)
T Jun 04 (156)
W Jun 05 (157)
T Jun 06 (158)
F Jun 07 (159)
S Jun 08 (160)
S Jun 09 (161)

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Scheduled activities for Week 24:

M Jun 10 (162)
T Jun 11 (163)
W Jun 12 (164)
T Jun 13 (165)
F Jun 14 (166)
S Jun 15 (167)
S Jun 16 (168)

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Scheduled activities for Week 25:

M Jun 17 (169)
T Jun 18 (170) Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 09:25 UT
W Jun 19 (171)
T Jun 20 (172)
F Jun 21 (173)
S Jun 22 (174)
S Jun 23 (175)

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Scheduled activities for Week 26:

M Jun 24 (176)
T Jun 25 (177) Ahead: Battery discharge event, 14:40 UT
W Jun 26 (178) PSP Perihelion begins
T Jun 27 (179)
F Jun 28 (180)
S Jun 29 (181)
S Jun 30 (182)

Notes:
* PSP Perihelion:
     -COR2 15 min pB (STA-PSP quadrature), June 26-28
     -COR2 15 min pB  with HI1 @ 20min (STA/Earth–PSP Quadrature), June 29-July 1
     -COR2 Deep Exposure doubles, July 2-4

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Scheduled activities for Week 27:

M Jul 01 (183)
T Jul 02 (184)
W Jul 03 (185)
T Jul 04 (186) Independence Day holiday, PSP Perihelion ends
F Jul 05 (187)
S Jul 06 (188)
S Jul 07 (189)

Notes:
* PSP Perihelion:
     -COR2 15 min pB (STA-PSP quadrature), June 26-28
     -COR2 15 min pB  with HI1 @ 20min (STA/Earth–PSP Quadrature), June 29-July 1
     -COR2 Deep Exposure doubles, July 2-4

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Scheduled activities for Week 28:

M Jul 08 (190)
T Jul 09 (191)
W Jul 10 (192) Ahead: Momentum dump, 18:05 UT
T Jul 11 (193)
F Jul 12 (194)
S Jul 13 (195) SUNRISE Balloon support
S Jul 14 (196)

Notes:
* SUNRISE Balloon support:
    -EUVI 171 high cadence (2.5 min), July 13-16

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Scheduled activities for Week 29:

M Jul 15 (197)
T Jul 16 (198)
W Jul 17 (199)
T Jul 18 (200)
F Jul 19 (201)
S Jul 20 (202)
S Jul 21 (203)

Notes:
* SUNRISE Balloon support:
    -EUVI 171 high cadence (2.5 min), July 13-16

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Scheduled activities for Week 30:

M Jul 22 (204)
T Jul 23 (205)
W Jul 24 (206)
T Jul 25 (207)
F Jul 26 (208)
S Jul 27 (209)
S Jul 28 (210)

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Scheduled activities for Week 31:

M Jul 29 (211)
T Jul 30 (212)
W Jul 31 (213)
T Aug 01 (214)
F Aug 02 (215)
S Aug 03 (216)
S Aug 04 (217)

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Scheduled activities for Week 32:

M Aug 05 (218)
T Aug 06 (219)
W Aug 07 (220)
T Aug 08 (221)
F Aug 09 (222)
S Aug 10 (223)
S Aug 11 (224)

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Scheduled activities for Week 33:

M Aug 12 (225)
T Aug 13 (226) Ahead: Momentum dump, 13:00 UT
W Aug 14 (227)
T Aug 15 (228)
F Aug 16 (229)
S Aug 17 (230)
S Aug 18 (231)

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Scheduled activities for Week 34:

M Aug 19 (232)
T Aug 20 (233)
W Aug 21 (234)
T Aug 22 (235)
F Aug 23 (236)
S Aug 24 (237)
S Aug 25 (238)

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Scheduled activities for Week 35:

M Aug 26 (239)
T Aug 27 (240)
W Aug 28 (241)
T Aug 29 (242)
F Aug 30 (243)
S Aug 31 (244)
S Sep 01 (245)

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Scheduled activities for Week 36:

M Sep 02 (246) Labor Day holiday
T Sep 03 (247)
W Sep 04 (248)
T Sep 05 (249)
F Sep 06 (250)
S Sep 07 (251)
S Sep 08 (252)

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Scheduled activities for Week 37:

M Sep 09 (253)
T Sep 10 (254)
W Sep 11 (255)
T Sep 12 (256) Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 12:40 UT
F Sep 13 (257)
S Sep 14 (258)
S Sep 15 (259)

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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)  Ahead: Momentum dump
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

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Scheduled activities for Week 44:

M Oct 28 (302)
T Oct 29 (303)
W Oct 30 (304)
T Oct 31 (305)
F Nov 01 (306)
S Nov 02 (307)
S Nov 03 (308) Daylight Savings Time ends

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Scheduled activities for Week 45:

M Nov 04 (309)
T Nov 05 (310)
W Nov 06 (311) PSP Venus fly-by, SolO full-disk mosaic
T Nov 07 (312)
F Nov 08 (313)
S Nov 09 (314)
S Nov 10 (315)

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Plans last modified Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 21:37:03 UTC
Last Revised: Tuesday, 30-Jan-2024 18:55:38 UTC
Responsible NASA Official: [email address: Therese.A.Kucera<at>nasa<dot>gov]
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