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Release Notes and Index File Configurations


Release Notes

The following table lists all the CALDB releases made and includes the version number, release notes, and the date on which the update was released and made available to CIAO and Standard Data Processing (SDP). The times given are Universal Time (UT).

Public
Release Notes
CALDB Date SDP Date CIAO Date Level 3 Date
4.11.0 2023-12-12T17:00:00 2023-12-12T15:49:23 2023-12-12T17:00:00 N/A
4.10.7 2023-09-14T16:00:00 2023-09-15T18:18:54 2023-09-14T16:00:00 N/A
4.10.5 2023-04-12T16:00:00 2023-04-12T17:06:50 N/A N/A
4.10.4 2023-03-17T15:00:00 2023-03-17T15:00:44 2023-03-22T16:00:00 N/A
4.10.2 2022-11-15T17:00:00 2022-11-14T18:41:26 2022-11-15T17:00:00 N/A
4.9.8 2022-06-15T14:00:00 2022-06-15T19:37:14 2022-06-16T20:00:00 N/A
4.9.7 2022-03-11T16:00:00 2022-03-16T20:22:35 2022-03-24T16:00:00 2022-04-01T16:00:00
4.9.6 2021-09-21T16:00:00 2021-09-21T16:30:00 2021-09-24T16:00:00 N/A
4.9.5 2021-04-23T19:30:00 2021-04-23T19:30:00 2021-04-29T16:00:00 N/A
4.9.4 2020-12-16T16:00:00 2020-12-23T20:00:00 2020-12-16T16:00:00 N/A
4.9.3 2020-10-15T16:00:00 2020-10-14T18:17:04 2020-10-16T14:00:00 N/A
4.9.2.1 2020-07-09T16:00:00 N/A 2020-07-09T18:00:00 N/A
4.9.2 2020-07-06T16:00:00 2020-07-06T17:01:07 N/A N/A
4.9.1 2020-03-24T16:00:00 2020-03-24T17:39:37 2020-04-03T16:00:00 N/A
4.9.0 2019-12-17T17:00:00 N/A 2019-12-17T17:00:00 N/A
4.8.5 2019-11-07T17:00:00 N/A 2019-11-07T17:00:00 N/A
4.8.4.2 2019-10-02T14:00:00 2019-10-02T16:27:33 N/A N/A
4.8.4.1 2019-09-06T17:00:00 2019-09-06T17:31:43 2019-09-13T14:00:00 N/A
4.8.4 2019-08-28T18:00:00 2019-08-28T19:11:12 2019-09-03T15:00:00 N/A
4.8.3.1 2019-07-03T16:00:00 2019-07-03T18:46:14 N/A N/A
4.8.3 2019-05-23T16:00:00 2019-05-24T01:06:00 2019-05-23T16:00:00 N/A
4.8.2 2018-12-13T16:00:00 2018-12-13T13:25:28 2018-12-13T16:00:00 N/A
4.8.1 2018-10-25T16:00:00 N/A 2018-10-25T16:00:00 N/A
4.8.0.1 2018-10-24T14:53:53 2018-10-24T14:53:53 N/A N/A
4.8.0 2018-09-11T16:00:00 2018-09-10T18:22:55 2018-09-11T16:00:00 N/A
4.7.9 2018-06-28T17:00:00 N/A 2018-06-28T17:00:00 N/A
4.7.8 2018-03-05T17:00:00 2018-03-19T18:00:00 2018-03-19T16:00:00 N/A
4.7.7 2017-12-14T14:00:00 2017-12-14T14:30:00 2017-12-14T14:00:00 N/A
4.7.6 2017-08-18T17:00:00 2017-08-24T18:00:00 2017-08-18T17:00:00 N/A
4.7.5.1 2017-07-20T17:00:00 N/A 2017-07-20T17:00:00 N/A
4.7.5 2017-06-13T13:00:00 2017-06-13T13:00:00 N/A N/A
4.7.4 2017-05-04T17:00:00 2017-05-04T18:22:52 2017-05-04T17:00:00 N/A
4.7.3 2016-12-13T14:00:00 2016-12-13T14:15:00 2016-12-15T14:00:00 N/A
4.7.2 2016-05-26T17:00:00 2016-05-31T21:28:27 2016-05-31T17:00:00 N/A
4.7.1 2016-03-23T17:00:00 2016-03-22T17:02:35 2016-03-23T17:00:00 N/A
4.7.0 2015-12-15T17:00:00 2015-12-15T14:30:00 2015-12-15T17:00:00 N/A
4.6.10a 2015-09-30T14:00:00 2015-09-30T14:00:00 N/A N/A
4.6.9 2015-09-23T15:00:00 N/A 2015-09-23T15:00:00 N/A
4.6.8 2015-06-30T17:00:00 2015-07-08T12:12:50 2015-07-01T15:00:00 N/A
4.6.7 2015-02-23T17:00:00 2015-02-23T16:30:00 2015-02-23T17:00:00 2015-04-01T00:00:00
4.6.6 2015-01-21T15:00:00 2015-01-21T15:00:00 N/A N/A
4.6.5 2014-12-16T17:00:00 2014-12-16T17:15:00 2014-12-16T17:00:00 N/A
4.6.4 2014-10-29T15:00:00 2014-10-29T15:00:00 N/A N/A
4.6.3 2014-08-29T16:00:00 2014-09-02T18:00:00 2014-07-09T16:00:00 N/A
4.6.2 2014-07-09T16:00:00 2014-07-09T21:00:00 2014-07-09T16:00:00 N/A
4.6.1.1 2014-04-09T17:00:00 N/A 2014-04-09T17:00:00 N/A
4.6.1 2014-03-26T17:00:00 2014-03-31T16:20:00 2014-03-26T17:00:00 N/A
4.6.0 2013-12-15T14:30:00 2013-12-15T14:30:00 N/A N/A
4.5.9 2013-11-19T17:00:00 2013-11-19T23:25:07 2013-11-19T17:00:00 N/A
4.5.8 2013-08-22T17:00:00 2013-08-22T19:40:00 2013-08-22T17:00:00 N/A
4.5.7 2013-06-28T14:00:00 2013-06-28T19:59:11 2013-06-28T14:00:00 N/A
4.5.6 2013-02-27T17:00:00 2013-02-27T17:15:00 2013-02-28T21:00:00 N/A
4.5.5.1 2013-01-08T16:00:00 N/A 2013-01-08T16:00:00 N/A
4.5.5 2012-12-13T14:00:00 2012-12-13T14:00:00 2012-12-13T16:00:00 N/A
4.5.4 2012-12-05T16:00:00 2012-12-05T20:00:00 N/A N/A
4.5.3 2012-10-15T16:00:00 N/A 2012-10-15T16:00:00 N/A
4.5.2 2012-09-27T19:00:00 2012-09-27T20:25:53 2012-09-27T19:00:00 N/A
4.5.1.1 2012-08-09T17:00:00 2012-08-09T17:00:00 N/A N/A
4.5.1 2012-07-24T16:00:00 2012-07-25T13:14:00 2012-07-24T21:00:00 N/A
4.5.0 2012-06-26T16:00:00 2012-06-27T13:53:54 2012-06-27T21:00:00 N/A
4.4.10 2012-05-30T17:00:00 2012-06-05T14:30:00 2012-05-30T17:00:00 N/A
4.4.9 2012-03-31T17:30:00 2012-03-31T17:30:00 N/A N/A
4.4.8 2012-02-17T17:00:00 2012-02-17T17:00:00 2012-02-23T17:30:00 N/A
4.4.7 2011-12-15T17:00:00 2011-12-14T13:42:02 2011-12-15T17:00:00 N/A
4.4.6.1 2011-12-02T19:00:00 N/A 2011-12-02T19:00:00 N/A
4.4.6 2011-09-13T16:00:00 2011-09-15T16:46:27 2011-09-13T16:00:00 N/A
4.4.5 2011-06-30T19:00:00 N/A 2011-06-30T19:00:00 N/A
4.4.4 2011-06-28T20:45:00 2011-06-28T20:45:00 N/A N/A
4.4.3 2011-04-26T16:00:00 2011-04-26T20:00:00 2011-04-26T16:00:00 N/A
4.4.2 2011-03-01T17:00:00 N/A 2011-03-01T17:00:00 N/A
4.4.1 2010-12-15T17:00:00 2010-12-22T13:15:00 2010-12-15T17:00:00 N/A
4.4.0 2010-11-02T17:00:00 2010-11-02T17:00:00 N/A N/A
4.3.1 2010-09-22T19:00:00 2010-09-22T19:00:00 2010-09-28T14:00:00 N/A
4.3.0 2010-06-11T17:00:00 2010-06-29T16:44:56 2010-06-11T17:00:00 N/A
4.2.2 2010-04-19T19:00:00 N/A 2010-04-19T19:00:00 N/A
4.1.7 2010-04-15T21:00:00 2010-04-15T21:00:00 N/A N/A
4.1.6 2010-04-09T20:00:00 2010-04-09T20:00:00 N/A N/A
4.2.1 2010-04-05T17:00:00 N/A 2010-04-05T17:00:00 N/A
4.2.0 2009-12-15T17:00:00 N/A 2009-12-15T17:00:00 N/A
4.1.5 2010-01-08T20:41:50 2010-01-08T20:41:50 N/A N/A
4.1.4 2009-09-16T13:45:00 2009-09-16T13:45:00 2009-09-17T14:30:00 N/A
4.1.3 2009-07-07T16:00:00 2009-07-13T14:15:00 2009-07-07T16:00:00 N/A
4.1.2 2009-03-27T18:00:00 N/A 2009-03-27T18:00:00 N/A
4.1.1 2009-01-21T19:00:00 N/A 2009-01-21T19:00:00 N/A
4.1.0 2008-12-15T17:00:00 N/A 2008-12-15T17:00:00 N/A
3.5.0 2008-09-05T16:00:00 2008-09-08T16:00:00 2008-09-10T15:30:00 2008-09-05T16:00:00
3.4.5 2008-06-16T16:30:00 2008-06-16T17:00:00 2008-06-23T17:30:00 N/A
3.4.4 2008-04-02T14:00:00 2008-04-02T14:00:00 N/A N/A
3.4.3 2008-03-24T16:00:00 2008-03-27T13:53:00 2008-03-31T16:00:00 N/A
3.4.2 2007-12-07T16:00:00 2007-12-12T13:00:00 2007-12-13T17:30:00 N/A
3.4.1 2007-09-14T14:00:00 2007-09-19T14:30:00 2007-09-14T14:00:00 N/A
3.4.0 2007-05-16T15:00:00 2007-05-22T12:00:00 2007-05-16T18:00:00 N/A
3.3.0.1 2007-02-02T14:00:00 N/A 2007-02-02T14:00:00 N/A
3.3.0 2006-12-18T17:00:00 2007-01-09T16:01:00 2006-12-18T17:00:00 N/A
3.2.4 2006-11-06T21:00:00 2006-11-12T14:50:00 2006-11-07T22:00:00 N/A
3.2.3 2006-08-09T16:00:00 2006-08-10T15:30:00 2006-08-10T15:00:00 N/A
3.2.2 2006-05-03T15:00:00 2006-05-03T16:30:00 2006-05-09T16:00:00 N/A
3.2.1 2005-12-15T16:00:00 2005-12-15T17:30:00 2005-12-15T22:00:00 N/A
3.2.0 2005-11-16T16:00:00 2005-11-15T15:30:00 2005-11-21T12:00:00 N/A
3.1.0 2005-06-23T12:00:00 2005-06-23T15:17:00 2005-06-23T12:00:00 N/A
3.0.4 2005-06-14T13:00:00 2005-06-14T13:00:00 N/A N/A
3.0.3 2005-05-09T16:00:00 N/A 2005-05-09T16:00:00 N/A
3.0.2 2005-03-23T15:00:00 2005-03-23T16:01:00 N/A N/A
3.0.1 2005-02-08T14:00:00 2005-02-15T16:45:00 2005-02-10T16:00:00 N/A
3.0.0 2004-12-14T17:00:00 2004-12-14T18:00:00 2004-12-15T00:00:00 N/A
2.29 2004-11-18T17:00:00 2004-11-18T20:00:00 2004-11-19T15:00:00 N/A
2.28 2004-08-11T17:00:00 2004-08-11T19:30:00 2004-08-11T17:00:00 N/A
2.27 2004-07-01T13:00:00 2004-07-09T13:00:00 2004-07-07T13:00:00 N/A
2.27A 2004-06-22T17:00:00 2004-06-22T17:00:00 N/A N/A
2.26 2004-02-02T21:00:00 2004-03-09T15:40:32 2004-02-02T21:00:00 N/A
2.25 2003-12-15T21:00:00 2003-12-30T14:00:00 2003-12-15T21:00:00 N/A
2.24 2003-09-23T14:00:00 2003-09-23T14:00:00 N/A N/A
2.23 2003-06-30T00:00:00 2003-07-01T17:00:00 2003-08-06T18:00:00 N/A
2.22 2003-06-03T18:00:00 2003-06-05T15:39:00 2003-06-05T15:39:00 N/A
2.21 2003-02-14T16:00:00 2003-02-14T16:00:00 2003-02-14T16:00:00 N/A
2.20 2002-12-13T13:00:00 2002-12-13T13:00:00 2002-12-13T13:00:00 N/A
2.19 2002-11-29T14:00:00 2002-11-29T14:00:00 2002-11-29T14:00:00 N/A
2.18 2002-11-08T00:00:00 2002-11-08T00:00:00 2002-11-08T00:00:00 N/A
2.17 2002-10-01T13:00:00 2002-10-16T15:00:00 2002-10-16T15:00:00 N/A
2.16 2002-08-15T13:45:00 2002-08-15T13:45:00 2002-08-15T13:45:00 N/A
2.15 2002-06-25T13:00:00 2002-06-25T13:00:00 2002-06-25T13:00:00 N/A
2.14 2002-05-02T20:00:00 2002-05-02T20:00:00 2002-05-02T20:00:00 N/A
2.13 2002-04-04T15:05:00 2002-04-04T15:05:00 2002-04-04T15:05:00 N/A
2.12 2002-02-14T17:00:00 2002-02-15T17:00:00 2002-02-15T17:00:00 N/A
2.11 2001-12-26T00:00:00 2001-12-26T13:00:00 2001-12-26T13:00:00 N/A
2.10 2001-12-12T20:00:00 2001-12-19T00:00:00 2001-12-19T00:00:00 N/A
2.9 2001-10-22T16:00:00 2001-10-22T16:00:00 2001-10-22T16:00:00 N/A
2.8 2001-09-06T15:30:00 2001-09-06T15:30:00 2001-09-06T15:30:00 N/A
2.7 2001-08-07T14:00:00 2001-08-07T14:00:00 2001-08-07T14:00:00 N/A
2.6 2001-06-01T19:59:00 2001-06-01T19:59:00 2001-06-01T19:59:00 N/A
2.5 2001-05-15T17:59:00 2001-05-15T17:59:00 2001-05-15T17:59:00 N/A
2.4 2001-03-19T20:00:00 2001-03-19T20:00:00 2001-03-19T20:00:00 N/A
2.3 2001-03-07T14:50:00 2001-03-07T14:50:00 2001-03-07T14:50:00 N/A
2.2 2001-01-25T18:00:00 2001-01-25T18:00:00 2001-01-25T18:00:00 N/A
2.1 2000-12-21T19:00:00 2000-12-21T19:00:00 2000-12-21T19:00:00 N/A
2.0 2000-12-04T21:00:00 N/A 2000-12-04T21:00:00 N/A
1.8.1 2000-12-07T14:25:00 2000-12-07T14:25:00 Not Released Publicly N/A
1.8 2000-11-20T17:00:00 2000-11-20T17:00:00 Not Released Publicly N/A
1.7 2000-11-07T17:00:00 2000-11-07T17:00:00 Not released publicly N/A
1.6 2000-10-12T14:16:00 2000-10-12T14:16:00 Not Released Publicly N/A
1.5 2000-09-14T20:30:00 2000-09-14T20:30:00 Not released publicly N/A
1.4 2000-08-17T18:00:00 2000-08-17T18:00:00 Not Released Publicly N/A
1.3 2000-07-31T16:00:00 2000-07-31T16:00:00 Not Released Publicly N/A
1.2 2000-06-12T15:25:00 2000-06-12T15:25:00 Not Released Publicly N/A
1.1 2000-04-25T05:00:00 2000-04-30T11:45:00 Not Released Publicly N/A
1.0 2000-03-26T05:00:00 2000-04-05T05:00:00 Not Released Publicly N/A

Chandra CalDB4 Index File Configurations

Special FITS index files contain the lists of CALDB keywords for the principle header data unit (HDU) of each calibration file; there is one index file for each instrumental branch. More information is available from the Indexing System page.

The index files are named caldbNxxxx.indx, where xxxx is a four-digit version number. The following table gives the version number of the instrument branch for each CALDB release. For CalDB 4.1.0, the index versions were all reinitialized to 0400, to prevent there ever being confusion with CalDB 3.#.# or earlier versions.

CALDB
Version
ACIS DEFAULT EPHIN HRC PCAD PIMMS SIM
4.11.0 0465 0407 0400 0440 0411 0416 0400
4.10.7 0464 0407 0400 0438 0410 0415 0400
4.10.6 0464 0407 0400 0437 0409 0415 0400
4.10.5 0464 0407 0400 0437 0408 0415 0400
4.10.4 0464 0407 0400 0436 0408 0415 0400
4.10.3 0463 0407 0400 0436 0407 0415 0400
4.10.2 0463 0407 0400 0436 0407 0414 0400
4.10.1 0462 0407 0400 0436 0407 0414 0400
4.10.0 0462 0407 0400 0436 0406 0414 0400
4.9.8 0462 0407 0400 0436 0405 0414 0400
4.9.7 0462 0406 0400 0435 0404 0414 0400
4.9.6 0461 0406 0400 0435 0404 0413 0400
4.9.5 0460 0406 0400 0434 0404 0413 0400
4.9.4 0459 0406 0400 0433 0404 0413 0400
4.9.3 0458 0406 0400 0432 0404 0412 0400
4.9.2.1 0457 0406 0400 0431 0404 0412 0400
4.9.2 0456 0406 0400 0431 0404 0412 0400
4.9.1 0455 0406 0400 0430 0404 0412 0400
4.9.0 0454 0406 0400 0429 0403 0412 0400
4.8.5 0453 0406 0400 0428 0403 0411 0400
4.8.4.2 0452 0406 0400 0429 0403 0411 0400
4.8.4.1 0452 0406 0400 0428 0403 0411 0400
4.8.4 0451 0406 0400 0428 0403 0411 0400
4.8.3.1 0450 0406 0400 0427 0403 0411 0400
4.8.3 0449 0406 0400 0426 0403 0411 0400
4.8.2 0448 0406 0400 0425 0403 0411 0400
4.8.1 0448 0406 0400 0424 0402 0410 0400
4.8.0.1 0447 0406 0400 0424 0403 0410 0400
4.8.0 0447 0406 0400 0424 0402 0410 0400
4.7.9 0446 0406 0400 0424 0402 0410 0400
4.7.8 0445 0406 0400 0423 0402 0410 0400
4.7.7 0444 0406 0400 0422 0402 0410 0400
4.7.6 0444 0406 0400 0421 0402 0409 0400
4.7.5.1 0443 0406 0400 0421 0402 0409 0400
4.7.5 0442 0406 0400 0420 0402 0409 0400
4.7.4 0441 0406 0400 0420 0402 0409 0400
4.7.3 0440 0406 0400 0419 0402 0409 0400
4.7.2 0439 0406 0400 0418 0402 0408 0400
4.7.1 0438 0406 0400 0418 0402 0408 0400
4.7.0 0437 0406 0400 0418 0402 0408 0400
4.6.10a 0436 0406 0400 0417 0402 0407 0400
4.6.9 0435 0406 0400 0417 0402 0407 0400
4.6.8 0434 0406 0400 0416 0402 0407 0400
4.6.7 0433 0406 0400 0415 0402 0407 0400
4.6.6 0432 0406 0400 0415 0402 0407 0400
4.6.5 0432 0405A 0400 0415 0402 0407 0400
4.6.4 0431 0405A 0400 0414 0402 0406 0400
4.6.3 0430 0405A 0400 0414 0402 0406 0400
4.6.2 0429 0405A 0400 0413 0402 0406 0400
4.6.1.1 0428 0405A 0400 0413 0401 0406 0400
4.6.1 0428 0405A 0400 0412 0401 0406 0400
4.6.0 0427 0405A 0400 0411 0401 0406 0400
4.5.9 0427 0405A 0400 0411 0401 0405 0400
4.5.8 0426 0405A 0400 0410 0401 0405 0400
4.5.7 0425 0405A 0400 0410 0401 0405 0400
4.5.6 0424 0405A 0400 0409 0401 0405 0400
4.5.5.1 0423 0405A 0400 0409 0401 0405 0400
4.5.5 0422 0405A 0400 0409 0401 0405 0400
4.5.4 0421 0405A 0400 0408B 0401 0404 0400
4.5.3 0420 0405 0400 0408A 0401 0404 0400
4.5.2 0419 0405 0400 0408A 0401 0404 0400
4.5.1.1 0418A 0405 0400 0408A 0401 0404 0400
4.5.1 0418 0405 0400 0408 0401 0404 0400
4.5.0 0418 0405 0400 0407 0401 0404 0400
4.4.10 0417 0405 0400 0406 0401 0404 0400
4.4.9 0416 0405 0400 0406 0401 0404 0400
4.4.8 0416 0405 0400 0405 0401 0404 0400
4.4.7 0415 0405 0400 0405 0401 0404 0400
4.4.6.1 0414 0405 0400 0404 0401 0403 0400
4.4.6 0414 0404 0400 0404 0401 0403 0400
4.4.5 0413 0404 0400 0404 0401 0403 0400
4.4.4 0413 0404 0400 0403 0401 0403 0400
4.4.3 0412 0404 0400 0403 0400 0403 0400
4.4.2 0411 0403 0400 0403 0400 0402 0400
4.4.1 0410 0403 0400 0403 0400 0402 0400
4.4.0 0409 0403 0400 0402 0400 0402 0400
4.3.1 0408 0402 0400 0402 0400 0402 0400
4.3.0 0407 0402 0400 0402 0400 0402 0400
4.1.7 0406 0402 0400 0400 0400 0402 0400
4.1.6 0405 0402 0400 0400 0400 0402 0400
4.2.1 0405 0402 0400 0401 0400 0402 0400
4.2.0 0404 0401 0400 0401 0400 0402 0400
4.1.5 0404 0401 0400 0400 0400 0402 0400
4.1.4 0403 0401 0400 0400 0400 0401 0400
4.1.3 0402 0401 0400 0400 0400 0401 0400
4.1.2 0401 0401 0400 0400 0400 0401 0400
4.1.1 0400 0401 0400 0400 0400 0401 0400
4.1.0 0400 0400 0400 0400 0400 0400 0400