ASCA: Timelines & Mission Information

This page documents observations that were accepted and/or carried out, and planned or unforseen events that affected the operations of, or data downlink from, ASCA.

Mission Information

• Important Events During the ASCA Mission

• Data loss report - check this report if your observation has an unexpected gap.

• ASCA Operation News - any other mission anomalies?
• Daily Mission Reports - the duty scientists (touban) reports

• Archive of ASCANEWS email bulletins
• Publications and Bibliographies from ASCA
• The US ASCA GOF Anonymous FTP Area
• ASCA Orbital Information History of: Period, Eccentricity, ...
• A List of Common ASCA Acronyms

Timelines, Observation Log, Archive List etc.

• ASCA databases in Browse

• ASCA observation log

• The Approved Observing Program (PV, AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4 and AO5)
• Accepted AO-5 Targets (Updated 1997 Oct 28)
• AO-5 Long-term Timeline
• Accepted AO-6 Targets (Updated 1997 Dec 03)
• AO-6 Long-term Timeline
• Accepted AO-7 Targets (Minor corrections on 1999 Jan 21)
• AO-7 Long-term Timeline
• Accepted "AO-8" Long-look Targets
• "AO-8" Schedule

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This file was last modified on Tuesday, 12-Oct-2021 14:34:41 EDT
Curator: Michael Arida (SP Sys); arida@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
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This file was last modified on Tuesday, 12-Oct-2021 14:34:41 EDT