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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 15 January 2016 9.00am EST

During the last week Chandra completed the observing schedule as planned.

Chandra passed through the first, second, and third eclipses of the winter 2016 season on Jan 8, 11, and 14 respectively, with nominal power and thermal performance.

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes observations of 2MASX J04293830-2109 and SDSSJ114921.52+5320 coordinated with NuSTAR, and SDSS J1220+0440 coordinated with HET/ARC.



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        Radiation Belts                     Jan 17
        3C220.1                ACIS-S
        SDSSJ114921.52+5320    ACIS-S
        Plaskett'sstar         ACIS-S/HETG  Jan 18
        2MASXJ04293830-2109    ACIS-S
        Plaskett'sstar         ACIS-S/HETG
        Radiation Belts                     Jan 19
        30Doradus              ACIS-I       Jan 20
        SDSSJ1010+1413         ACIS-S
        SDSSJ1220+0440         ACIS-S
        XLSSJ022812.1-04384    ACIS-S       Jan 21
        Plaskett'sstar         ACIS-S/HETG
        XLSSUJ021700.3-0347    ACIS-S
        30Doradus              ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts                     Jan 22
        30Doradus              ACIS-I
        Plaskett'sstar         ACIS-S/HETG
        RXCJ091651.8+523829    ACIS-I       Jan 23
        IRAS07145-2914         ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Jan 24
        3C220.1                ACIS-S

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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