FUSE Guest Investigator Site Guide

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• GI Home

• FUSE Home

• Important Dates

• Cycle 6 Proposal Information

• Proposal Planning Tools

• FUSE Documentation

• Data Analysis

• Target Lists

• FUSE Data Archive

• FUSE Observing Programs

• FUSE Publication Acknowledgement

• GI Budget & Reports

• Observer's Committee

• Contacts

Cycle 6 Proposal Selection

The announcement of successful Cycle 6 proposals is being delayed until we resume scientific operations and determine any changes in the mission's scientific capabilities. This announcement will not be earlier than February 2005. On 3 January 2005, a message describing reasons for the delay was sent to the astronomical community.

Roll Wheel Stiction

FUSE Mission Status Reports provide updates on FUSE operations. Mission Status Report 80 describes the roll reaction wheel event on 27 December 2004 and the resulting FUSE operations.

Cycle 6 Proposals

The nominal Cycle 6 period is from 1 April 2005 through 31 March 2006. The FUSE Cycle 6 proposal deadline was 17 September 2004.

FUSE Science Conference

A conference showcasing 5 years of FUSE science results was held August 2004 in Victoria, B.C.

Cycle 5 Observations

The nominal Cycle 5 period is from 1 April 2004 through 31 March 2005.

Cycles 1-4 Observations

The nominal period for Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 ran from 1 December 1999 through 30 November 2001. Cycle 3 was extended through March 2003 due to the suspension (December 2001 - February 2002) of science operations while the pointing control system was being modified to circumvent the reaction wheel problems, see Mission Status Reports 52 and 55 . Cycles 1-3 included a mix of PI Team and GI programs.

Except for Target of Opportunity programs and Survey programs, any Cycle 1-4 programs that were not executed within the nominal cycle boundary will be carried over to the next cycle.

FUSE Launch

FUSE was successfully launched aboard a Delta II rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Station at 15:44 UT on 24 June 1999.