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Baseline Instrument Campaign (BIC)

The Baseline Instrument Campaign (BIC) Plan currently looks like the following. It was last updated in April 2008.

PDF version of the BIC.

A more complete version of the BIC for Cycle-5 is pending

dateinstrumentcampaignnotes
2003 Dec 1 - 7 IRAC1  
2003 Dec 8 - 13 MIPS1  
2003 Dec 14 - 17 IRS 1 
2003 Dec 18 - 28 IRAC2  
2003 Dec 29 - 2004 Jan 3 MIPS2  
2004 Jan 4 - 9 IRS 2 
2004 Jan 9 - 21 IRAC3  
2004 Jan 21 - Feb 3 MIPS3 (note added 7 Jan 04 - this campaign was extended)
2004 Feb 4 - Feb 8 IRS 3 
2004 Feb 9 - 19 IRAC4  
2004 Feb 20 - 26 MIPS4  
2004 Feb 27 - Mar 5 IRS 4 
2004 Mar 6 - 14 IRAC5  
2004 Mar 14 - 22 MIPS5  
2004 Mar 22 - 28 IRS 5 
2004 Mar 28 - Apr 6 IRAC6  
2004 Apr 6 - 14 MIPS6  
2004 Apr 14 - 19 IRS 6 
2004 Apr 20 - May 1 IRAC7  
2004 May 2 - 11 MIPS7  
2004 May 11 - 16 IRS 7 
2004 May 16 - 27 IRAC8  
2004 May 28 - Jun 4 MIPS8  
2004 Jun 5 - 8 IRS 8  
2004 Jun 9 - 11 IRAC9 Spitzer entered Safe Mode on June 10, 2004.
2004 Jun 18 IRAC9' Operations resumed on June 18 (UT).
2004 Jun 18 - 23 MIPS 9 
2004 Jun 24 - 28 IRS9  
2004 Jun 29 - Jul 7 IRAC 10 
2004 Jul 8 - 12 MIPS 10  
2004 Jul 13 - 18 IRS 10 
2004 Jul 19 - 28 IRAC 11  
2004 Jul 29 - Aug 6 MIPS 11 
2004 Aug 7 - 11 IRS 11 
2004 Aug 12 - 18 IRAC 12  
2004 Aug 19 - 26 MIPS 12 
2004 Aug 26 - Sep 1 IRS12  
2004 Sep 2 - 13 IRAC 13 
2004 Sep 14 - 25 MIPS 13 
2004 Sep 26 - Oct 4 IRS 13 
2004 Oct 5 - 12 IRAC14  
2004 Oct 13 - 19 MIPS 14 
2004 Oct 20 - 26 IRS 14 
2004 Oct 27 - Nov 1 IRAC 15 
2004 Nov 2 - 10 MIPS 15 
2004 Nov 11 - 17 IRS 15 
2004 Nov 18 - 28 IRAC 16 
2004 Nov 29 - Dec 7 MIPS 16 
2004 Dec 8 - 14 IRS 16 
2004 Dec 15 - 21 IRAC 17 
2004 Dec 22 - 2005 Jan 2 MIPS 17 
2005 Jan 3 - 15 IRS 17 
2005 Jan 16 - 22 IRAC 18 
2005 Jan 23 - Feb 3 MIPS 18 
2005 Feb 4 - 17 IRS 18 
2005 Feb 18 - 25 IRAC 19 
2005 Feb 26 - Mar 10 MIPS 19 
2005 Mar 11 - 24IRS 19 
2005 Mar 25 - 31IRAC 20 
2005 Apr 1 - 13MIPS 20 
2005 Apr 14 - Apr 24IRS 20 
2005 Apr 25 - May 5 off due to safing
2005 May 6 - 10IRAC 21 
2005 May 11 - 20MIPS 21 
2005 May 21 - Jun 8IRS 21 May 28 is single MIPS day for engineering tests
2005 Jun 9 - 15IRAC 22 
2005 Jun 16 - 29MIPS 22 
2005 Jun 30 - Jul 14IRS 22 
2005 Jul 15 - 26IRAC 23 
2005 Jul 27 - Aug 3MIPS 23 
2005 Aug 4 - 17IRS 23Aug 7 is single MIPS day for engineering tests
2005 Aug 18 - 25IRAC 24 
2005 Aug 26 - Sep 5MIPS 24 
2005 Sep 6 - 14IRS 24 
2005 Sep 15 - 23IRAC 25 
2005 Sep 24 - Oct 9MIPS 25 
2005 Oct 10 - 20IRS 25 
2005 Oct 21 - Nov 2IRAC 26 
2005 Nov 3 - 13MIPS 26 
2005 Nov 14 - 23IRS 26 
2005 Nov 24 - 30IRAC 27 
2005 Dec 1 - 8MIPS 27 
2005 Dec 9 - 10IRAC27-a 
2005 Dec 11 - 22IRS 27 
2005 Dec 23 - 2006 Jan 5IRAC 28 
2006 Jan 6 - 13MIPS 28 
2006 Jan 14 - Feb 3IRS 28 
2006 Feb 4 - 13IRAC 29 
2006 Feb 14 - Mar 3MIPS 29 
2006 Mar 4 - 22IRS 29 
2006 Mar 23 - 29IRAC 30 
2006 Mar 30 - Apr 15MIPS 30 
2006 Apr 16 - 26IRS 30 
2006 Apr 27 - May 3IRAC 31 
2006 May 4 - 10MIPS 31 
2006 May 11 - 31IRS 31 
2006 Jun 1 - 5IRAC 32 
2006 Jun 6 - 18MIPS 32 
2006 Jun 19 - Jul 5IRS 32 
2006 Jul 6 - 12IRAC 33 
2006 Jul 13 - 23MIPS 33 
2006 Jul 24 - Aug 7IRS 33 
2006 Aug 8 - 14IRAC 34 
2006 Aug 15 - Sep 5MIPS 34MIPS warm campaign; no 160 um observations. Safing at 21:55:17 on Aug 18 (Resumed at 21:13 UT on Aug 31).
2006 Sep 6 - 18IRS 34 
2006 Sep 19 - 29IRAC 35 
2006 Sep 29 - Oct 16MIPS 35MIPS warm campaign; no 160 um observations
2006 Oct 17 - 25IRS 35 
2006 Oct 26 - Nov 1IRAC 36 
2006 Nov 2 - 8MIPS 36MIPS warm campaign; no 160 um observations
2006 Nov 9 -21IRS 36 
2006 Nov 22 - 30IRAC 37 
2006 Dec 1 - 8MIPS 37MIPS warm campaign; no 160 um observations
2006 Dec 9 - 24IRS 37 
2006 Dec 25 - 31IRAC 38 
2006 Dec 31 - 2007 Jan 23MIPS 38MIPS cold campaign
2007 Jan 24 - Feb 13IRS 38 
2007 Feb 14 - 21IRAC 39 
2007 Feb 22 - Mar 7MIPS 39MIPS cold campaign
2007 Mar 8 - 28IRS 39 
2007 Mar 29 - Apr 4IRAC 40 
2007 Apr 5 - 15MIPS 40MIPS cold campaign
2007 Apr 16 - May 5IRS 40 
2007 May 6 - 16IRAC 41 
2007 May 17 - Jun 6MIPS 41MIPS cold campaign
2007 Jun 7 - 27IRS 41 
2007 Jun 28 - Jul 4IRAC 42 
2007 Jul 5 - 25MIPS 42MIPS cold campaign
2007 Jul 26 - Aug 6IRS 42 
2007 Aug 7 - 16IRAC 43 
2007 Aug 17 - 27MIPS 43 
2007 Aug 28 - Sep 7IRS 43 
2007 Sep 8 - 14IRAC 44 
2007 Sep 15 - 29MIPS 44MIPS cold campaign
2007 Sep 30 - Oct 15IRS 44 
2007 Oct 16 - 23IRAC 45 
2007 Oct 24 - 29MIPS 45 
2007 Oct 30 - Nov 12IRS 45 
2007 Nov 13 - 26IRAC 46 
2007 Nov 27 - Dec 4MIPS 46 
2007 Dec 5 - 21IRS 46 
2007 Dec 22 - 31IRAC 47 
2008 Jan 1 - 9MIPS 47MIPS cold campaign
2008 Jan 10 - 22IRS 47 
2008 Jan 23 - Feb 6IRAC 48 
2008 Feb 7 - 18MIPS 48 
2008 Feb 19 - Mar 1IRS 48 
2008 Mar 2 - 11IRAC 49 
2008 Mar 12 - 18MIPS 49 
2008 Mar 19 - Apr 5IRS 49IRS/CE anomaly
2008 Apr 6 - 13IRAC 50 
2008 Apr 14 - 20MIPS 50MIPS cold campaign
2008 Apr 21 - May 7IRS 50 
2008 May 8 - 14IRAC 51 
2008 May 15 - 21MIPS 51 
2008 May 22 - June 9IRS 51 
2008 Jun 10 - 19IRAC 52 
2008 Jun 20 - 28MIPS 52MIPS cold campaign
2008 Jun 29 - Jul 11IRS 52 
2008 Jul 12 - 22IRAC 53 
2008 Jul 23 - Aug 1MIPS 53 
2008 Aug 2 - 15IRS 53 
2008 Aug 16 - 26IRAC 54 
2008 Aug 27 - Sep 5MIPS 54MIPS cold campaign
2008 Sep 6 - 19IRS 54 
2008 Sep 20 - 24IRAC 55 

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