Cycle 3 Flight Plans
The Cycle Plan is the baseline schedule approved by SOFIA senior management. It is subject to change depending on budget and operational constraints. The detailed contents, such as targets, observing order and exposure times for each flight series are set about a month before the beginning of each series.
The flight plan tables for series that have been planned are available via the links. These tables contain information about the flight legs during which observations of astronomical targets, including calibrators, are planned. The durations listed for each leg are the total times, not the actual exposure times on target. Generally, the overall layout of observations is not expected to change in any major way, but since the posted plans are approved several weeks before the flight dates, the actual flight plans may differ from these in minor ways.
Cycle 3 Flight Plans (posted March 4, 2015)
| Name | Instrument | Date | Number of flights | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OC2-I and OC3-A | EXES | Tuesday, February 17, 2015 (All day) to Wednesday, March 04, 2015 (All day) | 6 | Palmdale |
| OC3-B | FIFI-LS | Tuesday, March 17, 2015 (All day) to Thursday, March 26, 2015 (All day) | 8 | Palmdale |
| OC3-Maintenance-1 | N/A | Wednesday, April 01, 2015 (All day) to Thursday, April 30, 2015 (All day) | Palmdale | |
| OC3-Commissioning-1 | upGREAT | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 (All day) to Thursday, May 21, 2015 (All day) | 4 | Palmdale |
| OC3-C | FORCAST | Thursday, May 28, 2015 (All day) to Thursday, June 04, 2015 (All day) | 5 | Palmdale |
| OC3-D-1 | FORCAST | Saturday, June 13, 2015 (All day) | 1 | Ferry-flight |
| OC3-D-2 | FORCAST | Wednesday, June 17, 2015 (All day) to Wednesday, June 24, 2015 (All day) | 6 | Christchurch |
| OC3-E | FLIPO | Monday, June 29, 2015 (All day) | 1 | Christchurch |
| OC3-F | FORCAST | Friday, July 03, 2015 (All day) to Tuesday, July 07, 2015 (All day) | 4 | Christchurch |
| OC3-G | GREAT | Sunday, July 12, 2015 (All day) to Monday, July 20, 2015 (All day) | 3 | Christchurch |
| OC3-Maintenance-2 | N/A | Saturday, August 01, 2015 (All day) to Tuesday, August 25, 2015 (All day) | Palmdale | |
| OC3-H | EXES | Wednesday, August 26, 2015 (All day) to Wednesday, September 02, 2015 (All day) | 5 | Palmdale |
| OC3-I | FORCAST | Thursday, September 10, 2015 (All day) to Wednesday, September 23, 2015 (All day) | 6 | Palmdale |
| OC3-J | FLITECAM | Tuesday, September 29, 2015 (All day) to Tuesday, October 06, 2015 (All day) | 4 | Palmdale |
| OC3-K | FIFI-LS | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 (All day) to Wednesday, October 28, 2015 (All day) | 8 | Palmdale |
| OC3-L | FORCAST | Tuesday, November 03, 2015 (All day) to Tuesday, November 24, 2015 (All day) | 9 | Palmdale |
| OC3-M | GREAT | Thursday, December 03, 2015 (All day) to Thursday, December 17, 2015 (All day) | 10 | Palmdale |
| OC3-Maintenance-3 | N/A | Friday, January 01, 2016 (All day) to Monday, January 25, 2016 (All day) | Palmdale | |
| OC3-Commissioning-2 | HAWC+ | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 (All day) to Friday, January 29, 2016 (All day) | 3 | Palmdale |
