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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 8 May 2026 9.00am EDT

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

Real-time procedures were executed on May 6 to perform a routine self-check of the Electrical Interface Assembly (EIA) Sequencer and to perform a diagnostic dump of the Control Processing Electronics (CPE).

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes an observation of SN2026hkg, which is a follow-up to a Target of Opportunity which was accepted on Mar 28 and is coordinated with NuSTAR, an observation of J0952+50, which was accepted as a Target of Opportunity on Mar 18, and an observation of AT2026fgk, which was accepted as a Director's Discretionary Time Target of Opportunity on May 1.



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        CenterofCOSMOS-Web     ACIS-I       May 10
        NGC5728                ACIS-S       May 11
        CenterofCOSMOS-Web     ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts                     May 12
        NGC5728                ACIS-S
        TVCassiopeia           ACIS-S/HETG
        NGC5728                ACIS-S
        TVCassiopeia           ACIS-S/HETG  May 13
        CloverleafORC          ACIS-I
        CenterofCOSMOS-Web     ACIS-I
        NGC5728                ACIS-S
        SN2026hkg              ACIS-S       May 14
        CenterofCOSMOS-Web     ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts
        MCG-5-23-16            ACIS-S/HETG  May 15
        MOOJ1514-1259          ACIS-I
        J0952+50               ACIS-S
        PG1553+113             ACIS-I
        ANUMa                  ACIS-S/HETG  May 16
        PG1553+113             ACIS-I
        TVCassiopeia           ACIS-S/HETG
        MOOJ1514-1259          ACIS-I
        CenterofCOSMOS-Web     ACIS-I
        MOOJ1514-1259          ACIS-I       May 17
        AT2026fgk              ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts

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All spacecraft subsystems except HRC-S continued to support nominal operations.

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