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Survey Summary

Survey Area [deg2] Length [Months] Exposure [Ksec] Mag. Limit [mAB]* #Galaxies Location
FUV NUV
All-sky Imaging (AIS) 41,000 4 0.1 20 21 10,000,000 All-sky!
Deep Imaging (DIS) 100 4 40 25.5 25 10,000,000 DIS Plan
Ultra-Deep Imaging Survey (UIS) 8 0.5 200 26.5 26 1,000,000 TBD
Wide-field Spectroscopic (WSS) 100 4 40 20 ~10,000 DIS
 21.7 [binned]
Medium Spectroscopic  (MSS) 10 4 400 21.5 ~10,000 UIS
23.3  [binned]
Deep Spectroscopic  (DSS) 2 4 2000 22.5 ~10,000 TBD
24.3  [binned]
Nearby Galaxy Survey (NGS) -- 0.5 2   100 SINGS

*Based on April/May 2001 Science Calibration results

Survey Timeline

bulletL+1 --> L+21 months: Nominal survey phase (AIS, DIS, UIS, WSS, MSS, DSS)
bulletL+21 --> L+25: Mission margin
bulletL+25 --> L+29: Associate Investigator Program
bulletL = 19 May 2002

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