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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 12 October 2007 8.00am EDT

During the last week the observing schedule was replanned to include a 96 Ks LETG/HRC-S observation of H2356-309. The source was accepted as a fast turn-around Target Of Opportunity (TOO) on Oct 10 and loads were replanned and uplinked on Oct 11. An observation of NGC4252 was reduced in duration to accommodate the TOO and the balance will be observed as part of a future schedule.

Chandra passed through a 16 minute lunar eclipse on Oct 10 with nominal power and thermal performance. A real-time procedure was conducted following the eclipse on Oct 11 to disable SCS 29. A second real-time procedure was conducted on Oct 11 to update the on-board Ephemeris.

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below.

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2A 0335+096            ACIS-S       Oct 14
Radiation Belts                     Oct 15
G266.2-1.2 South       ACIS-S       Oct 16
AX J144519-5949        ACIS-S       Oct 17
SDSS J144507.30+59     ACIS-S
NGC1023                ACIS-S
3C 445                 ACIS-S
Radiation Belts                     Oct 18
PSR J1832+0029         ACIS-S       Oct 19
Chandra Deep Field     ACIS-I
APMUKS 230535-1029     ACIS-S       Oct 20

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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