XMMChandra Schedules

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XMM/Chandra Schedules
Chandra Cycle 5
XMM-Newton AO-3

• AO date 15 Dec 2002
• Deadline 15 March 2003
• Peer Review 15 June 2002

• AO date mid-March 2003
• Deadline late April 2003
• Review mid-May late June 2003

No longer a deadline collision Similar
concurrent reviews next year
Future
XMM-Newton AO-3 1.25 years long
3-6 month spread in schedules
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Joint Time
Current Programs
Cycle 5 new programs

• HST 100 orbits reciprocal, est. Cycle 2
• NOAO up to 5 time, one way, est. Cycle 2
• XMM 400 ksecs, reciprocal, est. Cycle 4

• NRAO, UC approved, one-way, details to be worked
• RXTE, 500 ksecs, one-way, approved by RUG

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HST-approved Chandra Time
Cycle 2 288 ksec
Merged w/C4 LP
4
HST-approved Chandra Time
Cycle 3 375 ksec
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Cycle 4
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Cycle 4 Theory Proposals

• Jan 2001 CUC voted no on Theory
• 4 Oct 01 CXC directed by NASA HQ to add theory
  4 Oct. 01 (NB. NRA sent to HQ in early Sept)
• Oct-Nov updated NRA, RPS, review software etc.
• Oct-Nov Updated POG, including the Whats New
  in Cycle 4 section
• 15 Dec Cycle 4 material released at CXC

• 22 Jan 02 NRA released by NASA HQ
• NRA release announced in electronic bulletin 10
• Future such announcements will include Whats
  New
• Will investigate wider distribution for any
  future new initiatives, when appropriate