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Timeline for the EPOXI Mission:
Launch of Deep Impact: 2005 Jan 12
P/Tempel 1 Encounter: 2005 Jul 04
Start of EPOXI mission using Deep Impact Flyby Spacecraft: 2007 Sep 26
(Cruise 1)
Start calibration observations: on 2007 Oct 04
Pre-EPOCh Earth fly-by: 2007 Dec 31 (lunar calibration performed)
Earth observations by EPOCh:
2008 March 18-19 (delivered)
2008 May 28-29 (delivered)
2008 June 4-5 (delivered)
2009 March 27-28 (northern latitudes)
2009 October 4-5 (southern latitudes)
Exoplanet stellar observations:
Start: 2008 January 22
End: 2008 August 31
Earth fly-bys (for informational purposes only):
2008 Dec 29
2009 Jun 29
2009 Dec 28
2010 Jun 27
Comet P/Hartley 2 Encounter phase: begins September, encounter is 2010 Nov 04.
End of encounter phase in late November.
Mars observations with all three instruments
2009 Nov 20-21
2010 Mar 15-16