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| Date | MOPITT Activity |
|---|---|
| 1999/12/18 | Launch |
| 1999/12/18 - 2000/02/28 | Survival/Safe/Standby modes (initial outgas/activation) |
| 2000/02/28 | Doors opened |
| 2000/03/02 | Coolers on, Science mode |
| 2000/03/07 - 2000/03/22 | 1st Calibration Event (channel calibrations, B&P tests) |
| 2000/03/23 - 2000/07/04 | Science mode |
| 2000/07/04 - 14 | 2nd Calibration Event (channel cals, PMC sweeps, cooler decontamination |
| 2000/07/14 - 2000/11/12 | Science mode |
| 2000/11/12 - 17 | 3rd Calibration Event (channel cals, PMC sweeps, baseline LMC and burstmode data) |
| 2000/11/17 - 2001/2/6 | Science mode |
| 2001/2/4 - 15 | 4th Calibration Event (decontamination) |
| 2001/2/16 - 2001/5/6 | Science mode |
| 2001/5/7 | Side B Cooler Failure (channels 1-4 no longer usable) |
| 2001/5/7 - 8/24 | Standby mode and Instrument tests (no retrievals) |
| 2001/8/25 - 2002/3/2 | Science mode: Phase 2 (with channels 5-8) |
| 2002/3/3-4 | 6th calibration event |
| 2002/3/28-30 | 7th calibration event |
| 2002/11/30 - 2002/12/11 | Hot calibrations and decontamination |
| 2002/12/13 - 18 | Standby mode (cooler off) |
| 2002/12/19 - 2003/12/12 | Science mode |
| 2003/12/13 - 29 | Anomaly & Hot calibration |
| 2003/12/30 - 2004/06/08 | Science mode |
| 2004/06/09 - 10 | Hot calibration |
| 2004/06/11 - 2005/01/18 | Science mode |
| 2005/01/19 - 20 | Hot calibration |
| 2005/01/21 - 2005/04/24 | Science mode |
| 2005/04/25 - 2005/05/05 | Hot calibrations and decontamination |
| 2005/05/06 - 2006/10/01 | Science mode |
| 2006/10/02 - 2006/10/14 | Hot calibrations and decontamination |
| 2006/10/15 - 2008/01/28 | Science mode |
| 2008/01/29 - 2008/02/09 | Hot calibrations and decontamination |
| 2008/02/10 - | Science mode |