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Operations CXO Status Report
Friday 16 May 2003, 8.00am EDT
During the last week Chandra completed the observing schedule as
planned.
The IRU-1 gyro-1 current remained at ~150mA (its yellow limit) with
continued noisy behavior.
Of note last week was the approval by the Flight Director Board of the
transition to DSS-54 following its upgrade to DSN's next generation
NSP (Network Simplification Project) equipment. All upgraded stations
have now been approved for operational use and we thank DSN for
support and cooperation during the transition period.
A Chandra image release of the compact group of galaxies known as
Stephan's Quintet was made on May 8. The Chandra image when combined
with the the optical provides an excellent example of the tumultuous
dynamics of a compact group. For details see:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/stephan/index.html
The observing schedule for next week is shown below and includes two
observations of Mrk 279 coordinated with HST and FUSE.
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M87 ACIS-S May 18
TXS 1259+468 ACIS-S
Mrk 279 HRC-S/LETG
HR 7547 HRC-I May 19
Radiation Belts
Mrk 279 HRC-S/LETG May 20
G21.5-0.9 (2 obs) ACIS-I
SDSS J001115+144601 ACIS-S
Fornax Cluster (2 obs) ACIS-I
Radiation Belts May 21
A3562 ACIS-I May 22
NGC 3256 ACIS-S
MH 2136-428 ACIS-S May 23
Fornax Cluster (2 obs) ACIS-I
Radiation Belts May 24
PSR J1016-5857 ACIS-S May 25
PKS0537-28_1 ACIS-I
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All spacecraft subsystems, with the exception of the MUPS thruster A-1
under investigation, continued to operate nominally.
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