National Aeronautics and Space Administration

PLEASE NOTE:

RXTE was decommissioned on January 5, 2012, after 16 years of science operations. Hence, science operations are no longer being carried out. All timelines and mission info shown below are for use in analyzing archival data. For more information, see the RXTE Archive and RXTE Data Analysis Web pages.

General, Whole-Mission Timelines

• Search RXTE As-Flown Timeline - see details of RXTE observations by searching the mission's as-flown timeline files (obscats).
• Short-term timelines/"Human Readable" - Detailed RXTE observation schedule, by weeks.
• Short-form, short-term timelines - weekly schedule information with one line of target info for each observation.
• Shift Report Viewer - SOF operations log for each observing shift (may note observing anomalies).
• Obscats - "Observation Catalog" files, one for each mission day; forms the as-flown timeline.
• Argus for browsing the proposal database, long-term and short-term timelines.

Significant Mission Events and Documentation

• RXTE Significant Events - significant events in the RXTE mission, items that may effect data analysis.
• Gap Report - list of large (many seconds) data gaps found in RXTE telemetry, by mission day.
• Anomalies in processed data - known anomalies in processed data, by observation number.
• An analysis of the usage/popularity of the many PCA/EDS/EA data modes on RXTE (pdf file) (courtesy of Barry Giles and the LOFT Consortium).
• The RXTE X-ray target catalog observing time vs. PCA area (pdf file) (courtesy of Barry Giles and the LOFT Consortium).

Cycle-Specific Target & Timeline Info

• Scorecards - information on how much of each proposal was completed
• RXTE Cycle 15
  • Recommended Core Program Targets
  • Recommended Open Time (i.e., Peer-Reviewed) Targets
• RXTE Cycle 14
  • Recommended Core Program Targets
  • Recommended Open Time (i.e., Peer-Reviewed) Targets
• RXTE Cycle 13
  • Recommended Core Program Targets
  • Recommended Open Time (i.e., Peer-Reviewed) Targets
  • Long-term timeline
• RXTE Cycle 12
  • Recommended observing program
  • Long-term timeline
• RXTE Cycle 11
  • Recommended observing program
  • Long-term timeline
• RXTE Cycle 10
  • Recommended observing program
  • Long-term timeline
• RXTE Cycle 9
  • Recommended observing program
  • Long-term timeline
• RXTE Cycle 8
  • Approved observing program
  • Long-term timeline
• RXTE Cycle 7
  • Approved observing program
  • Long-term timeline
• RXTE Cycle 6
  • Approved observing program
  • Long-term timeline
• RXTE Cycle 5
  • Approved observing program
  • Long-term timeline
• RXTE Cycle 4
  • Approved observing program
  • Long-term timeline
• RXTE Cycle3
  • Approved observing program
  • Long-term timeline
  • OGIP grants status
• RXTE Cycle 2
  • Approved observing program
  • Long-term timeline
  • OGIP grants status
• RXTE Cycle 1
  • Approved observing program
  • Long-term timeline
  • OGIP grants status

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