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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 21 November 2025 9.00am EST

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

Of note this week was the release on Nov 20 of version 2.0.6 of SAOTrace, which provides a high fidelity raytrace model for the Chandra optics. The new version incorporates bug fixes and expands the range of supported operating systems. For details, see https://cxc.harvard.edu/cal/Hrma/SAOTrace/ReleaseNotes.html

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below.



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        Radiation Belts                     Nov 23
        BOSS1348               ACIS-I
        Perseuscluster         ACIS-I
        NGC4051                ACIS-S/HETG
        Perseuscluster         ACIS-I
        NGC4051                ACIS-S/HETG  Nov 25
        Perseuscluster         ACIS-I
        BOSS1348               ACIS-I
        Perseuscluster         ACIS-I
        ANUMa                  ACIS-S/HETG
        Perseuscluster         ACIS-I       Nov 26
        Radiation Belts
        CygnusX-2              ACIS-S/HETG
        Perseuscluster         ACIS-I       Nov 27
        PSRJ1015-5719          ACIS-I
        zetaTau                ACIS-S/HETG
        PSRJ1015-5719          ACIS-I
        NGC2566                ACIS-S       Nov 28
        zetaTau                ACIS-S/HETG
        PSRJ1015-5719          ACIS-I
        zetaTau                ACIS-S/HETG
        1eRASSJ120844.7+144    ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Nov 29
        NGC4654                ACIS-S
        zetaTau                ACIS-S/HETG
        NGC4654                ACIS-S
        Perseuscluster         ACIS-I       Nov 30
        NGC5523                ACIS-I
        Perseuscluster         ACIS-I
        IRAS14026+4341         ACIS-S
        Perseuscluster         ACIS-I
        NGC6740                ACIS-S
        Perseuscluster         ACIS-I

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All spacecraft subsystems except HRC continued to support nominal operations.

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