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Table 6
Main events of the ART-XC flight from launch to the start of the survey.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/07/13 | 15:31 | Launch |
| 2019/07/13 | 17:31 | End of s/c acceleration and separation of DM-03 booster from s/c |
| 2019/07/13 | 18:43 | Telescope subsystems switched on and stores onboard information |
| 2019/07/13 | 18:58 | Telescope thermal control system switched on |
| 2019/07/18 | 18:42 | First telemetry from first X-ray camera received |
| 2019/07/21 | All cameras switched on and reported ‘healthy’ | |
| 2019/07/22 | First trajectory correction | |
| 2019/07/23 | 18:31 | Telescope cover opened |
| 2019/07/27 | First X-ray calibration source opened and first calibration of first camera performed, | |
| start of cameras commissioning | ||
| 2019/07/30 | 17:29 | ‘First Light’ (image of Cen X-3 on all cameras) |
| 2019/08/06 | Second trajectory correction | |
| 2019/08/25 | End of seven cameras commissioning, EEPROM of first camera successfully reprogrammed | |
| to working configuration, start of ART-XC calibration and performance verification phase | ||
| 2019/10/05 | End of the ART-XC calibration and performance verification phase | |
| 2019/10/21 | Third trajectory correction | |
| 2019/12/12 | Start of the all-sky survey |
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