| Key Project Announcement of Opportunity |
Feb 2008 |
| Cycle 1 Guaranteed Time Observations Call |
2008 |
| Launch (L) |
2008 |
| Commissioning/ Performance Verification |
L --> L+ 3 months |
| Cycle 1 Open Time Observations Call |
L + 6 months |
| Routine Observations |
L + 4 months --> L + 40 months (+) |
| Boiloff (B) |
L + 40 months (+) |
| Mission Consolidation |
B + 3 months --> B + 9 months |
| Archive |
B + 9 months --> B + 33 Months (End of Mission) |
| Archive Consolidation |
B + 33 months --> B + 39 Months |
| Historic Archive Phase |
B + 39 months --> TBD |