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Operations CXO Status Report
Friday 26 July 2002, 5.00pm EDT
During the last week, Chandra completed the observing schedule as planned - and passed 3 years of operations on July 23!
A Chandra press release was issued on July 23 describing observations of a nearby dwarf galaxy emitting oxygen and other "heavy" elements into intergalactic space. The observation supports the idea that dwarf galaxies may be responsible for most of the heavy elements found between the galaxies. For more details and the image, see: http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/02_releases/press_072302.html
Approval was given to uplink a software patch to the B-side OBC to update the gyro scale-factor and alignment matrix to match the A-side values uplinked on July 16. The uplink is planned for next week.
The observing schedule for the next week is shown below and includes a phase constrained observation of Cyg X-1.
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2052-474 ACIS-S Jul 28
GS 1826-238 ACIS-S/HETG Jul 29
Radiation Belts
Cyg X-1 ACIS-S/HETG Jul 30
Cyg OB2 8A ACIS-S/HETG
IM PEG ACIS-S/HETG Jul 31
1H 0414+009 ACIS-S/HETG
Radiation Belts Aug 1
1H 0414+009 ACIS-S/HETG Aug 2
WPVS 007 ACIS-S
2101-490 ACIS-S
3C 391 ACIS-S
3C346 ACIS-S Aug 3
Radiation Belts Aug 4
M28 ACIS-S
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All spacecraft subsystems continued to operate nominally.
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