GSOPs Listing of Time Intervals

More information on GSOPs are available via the Master Table

see also the table on SPOTs.

Bold days and UT indicate specially good cases

More on Current Operations, GSOPs and SPOTs.
   START	END       WIND       IMP-8       IB TAIL       GEOTAIL         POLAR
      DATE & TIME	    

96130 1000  96130 1630   in the                              in the mag-       Cusp
                      magnetosphere                          netosphere  
96131 1000  96131 1630   in the                              in the mag-       Apogee
                      magnetosphere                          netosphere
96157 1600  96158 0200                         in the mag-   in the mag-       Cusp, apogee 
                                               netosphere    netosphere

96259 1800                                                   At midnight       Above Cusp

96264 1800                                                   At midnight       Dayside oval, east
								    	       of Hudson Bay.
								    	       Possible Sondrestrom
									       WB priority
96270 0400                                                   At midnight       Almost at N. pole

96274 0000                        Y=+10Re     At dawn       Y=-10Re          Apogee
				   ahead of    mag-pause     ahead of
				   shock       at equator    shock
96275 1200                                                   At midnight       Apogee

96278 1200		 At midnight  		  			       Above cusp
                         Small Z
96286 0300  96286 0700    SW       SW	                   Upper dusk       Crosses nightside oval
                                                              lobe             into night side polar
									       cap. WB priority
96291 0600  96291 0800    SW   Center of   N. lobe at    Center of        Crosses Canopus
			           tail	       02 LT         tail             WB priority
96302 1000                                                   At midnight      Toward apogee
									      slightly nightside
96303 0500  96303 0600    SW   Dusk        Dawn, high     Dawn            Near apogee
				   appr.22LT   lat. lobe     0.3LT
96303 2000  96303 2200    SW   Dusk        Dawn, high     Mag             High Lat. night-
				   appr.23LT   lat.lobe      sheath	      side towards dawn
96307 2000                                                   At midnight     Almost dayside cusp.
                                                                              Above Canopus
96308 0000  96308 0300    SW      SW        X appr.20Re   Very close      S. auroral and polar
						Y appr. -8Re  to IB Tail      cap crossing, then up
					        Z small                       thru. nightside oval
									       (Note)

                            WIND    IMP-8       IB TAIL       GEOTAIL         POLAR

Note: Between Canopus and Greenland: maybe Sondrestrom; WB priority
This server and the information being made available are evolving as the ISTP Planning and Operations evolve. Maintained by: Daniel Berdichevsky - Raytheon STX Corp. at ISTP Science Planning and Operations Facility (SPOF) (e-mail: berdi@istp1.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Last modification, Oct. 2, 1996.