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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 31 July 2015 9.00am EDT

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

Chandra passed through the eighth and ninth eclipses of the season on Jul 26 and 29, respectively, with nominal power and thermal performance.

The schedule for the next week is shown below and includes observations of V404 Cyg, which was accepted as a Director's Discretionary Time Target of Opportunity on Jul 14, and is coordinated with VLA, and M28, which is coordinated with NRAO-GBT.



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        Radiation Belts                     Aug  3
        SPTCLJ2040-4451        ACIS-I
        NGC2104                ACIS-S       Aug  4
        SDSSJ1628+4744         ACIS-S       Aug  5
        V404Cyg                ACIS-S
        V404Cyg                ACIS-S
        V404Cyg                ACIS-S
        XLSSJ021322.21-06055   ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Aug  6
        KS1731-260             ACIS-S
        GJ667C                 ACIS-S       Aug  7
        CygnusA-EHotspot       ACIS-I
        GJ667C                 ACIS-S
        M28                    ACIS-S
        KS1731-260             ACIS-S       Aug  8
        Radiation Belts
        KS1731-260             ACIS-S       Aug  9

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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