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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 8 August 2025 9.00am EDT

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

Real-time procedures were executed on Aug 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).

Chandra passed through the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th eclipses of the season on Aug 2, 4, and 7 respectively, with nominal power and thermal performance.

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes an observation of EP250630b, which was accepted as a Director's Discretionary Time Target of Opportunity on Aug 5, an observation of EXO 0748-676, which is a follow-up to a Target of Opportunity which was accepted on Apr 29, and an observation of Sgr A* coordinated with JWST.



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        Abell370               ACIS-I       Aug 10
        NGC7314                ACIS-S/HETG  Aug 11
        PSZ2G047.73-60.15      ACIS-I
        EXO0748-676            ACIS-S
        70OPH                  HRC-I
        SgrA*                  ACIS-S
        HE1353-1917            HRC-I        Aug 12
        LAMOSTJ215015.75+05    ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Aug 13
        GW170817               ACIS-S
        EP250630b              HRC-I
        PSZ2G200.63-64.71      ACIS-I
        NGC7314                ACIS-S/HETG
        HE1353-1917            HRC-I
        WISEJ025942.86-1635    ACIS-S       Aug 14
        SPT-CLJ2305-2248       ACIS-I
        HE1353-1917            HRC-I
        Abell3017              ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Aug 15
        SPT-CLJ2305-2248       ACIS-I
        IC4709                 ACIS-S       Aug 16
        GAMA238411             ACIS-S
        2RXSJ205841.2-14291    ACIS-S
        SDSSJ142819.32+1525    ACIS-S
        Abell370               ACIS-I
        SDSSJ223025.08-09204   ACIS-S       Aug 17
        GaiaDR233219439712     ACIS-S
        Abell370               ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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