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13 Dec 2012 CalDB 4.5.5, a cumulative upgrade to CalDB 4.4.7 through 4.5.4, includes the following: ACIS T_GAIN Epoch 51, ACIS time-dependent QEUs, HRC-I 2012 GMAP and PIBGSPEC updates, HRC-S QE for post-HV-adjust OBS_IDs, the PIMMS CY15 Effective areas, and (once again!) RE-re-corrected ACIS Group E blank-sky background files. See the CalDB 4.5.5 Release Notes for details.
13 Dec 2012 CY15 Proposal Planning files have been released, with the new CfP.
15 Oct 2012 CalDB 4.5.3, a cumulative upgrade to CalDB 4.4.7 through 4.5.2, includes the RE-corrected ACIS Group E blank-sky background files, as promised on 04 Oct 2012, when an error was discovered. See the CalDB 4.5.3 Release Notes for details.
27 Sep 2012 CalDB 4.5.2, a cumulative upgrade to CalDB 4.4.7 through 4.5.1, includes the latest ACIS T_GAIN Epoch 50 quarterly updates, as well as corrections to the ACIS GROUP E blank-sky background files. See the CALDB 4.5.2 Release Notes for details.
24 July 2012 CalDB 4.5.5, an upgrade to CalDB 4.4.7 through 4.5.0. This upgrade includes upgrades to the HRC-S time-dependent gain (T_GMAP) file originally released in December 2009. It adds corrections for 2012 Obs_IDs with HRC-S/LETG at either the old or new HRC-S HV settings, which were changed on 29 March 2012. See the CalDB 4.5.5 Release Notes for details.
27 June 2012 CalDB 4.5.0, an upgrade to CalDB 4.4.7-4.4.10. This upgrade includes fixes to the CalDB for certain OBS_IDs that have trouble in reprocessing or analysis due to incorrect calibration validity end dates. It also include new HRC-I and HRC-S GAPLOOKUP (DEGAP solution) files relevant for imaging, LETGS, and timing data. See the CalDB 4.5.0 Release Notes for details.
30 May 2012 CalDB 4.4.10, a patch upgrade to CalDB 4.4.7 and 4.4.8. This upgrade includes latest ACIS Contamination Correction (CONTAM) upgrade version N0007, and the latest T_GAIN corrections from Epoch 49 (Feb-Apr 2012). See the CalDB 4.5.5 Release Notes for details.
24 April 2012 A new CAVEAT PAGE has been added with instructions to correct a problem reading the T_GAIN file from CalDB for 38 specific ACIS archival OBS_IDs.
23 Feb 2012 CalDB 4.4.8, a patch upgrade to CalDB 4.4.x. This upgrade includes latest ACIS T_GAIN corrections from Epoch 48 (Nov 2011-Jan 2012). See the CalDB 4.4.8 Release Notes for details.
15 Dec 2011 CY14 Proposal Planning files have been released, with the new CfP.
2011-12-15 CALDB 4.4.7, a patch upgrade to CalDB 4.4.x, which includes only the latest ACIS T_GAIN Epoch 47 updates, HRC-I GMAPS and PIBGSPEC files for 2010, 2011, and HRC-S QE version N0011. See the CalDB 4.4.7 Release Notes for more information.
2011-12-02 CALDB 4.4.6.1, a patch upgrade to CalDB 4.4.6 only, which includes an upgrade to the HETG GREFF (version N0007), has been released. See the CalDB 4.4.6.1 Release Notes for more information.
2011-09-13 CALDB 4.4.6, a cumulative upgrade to versions 4.2.x and later versions, contains ACIS T_GAIN Epoch 46 updates. See the CalDB 4.4.6 Release Notes for more information.
2011-06-30 CALDB 4.4.5, a cumulative upgrade to versions 4.2.x and later versions, contains ACIS T_GAIN Epoch 45 updates, and HRC-S time-dependent QEU maps See CalDB 4.4.5 Release Notes for more information.
2011-04-26 CALDB 4.4.3, a cumulative upgrade to versions 4.2.x and later versions, contains ACIS T_GAIN Epoch 44 updates, T_GAIN 42 file corrections, and the LETG Grating Efficiencies upgrade version N0007. See the 4.4.3 Release Notes for more information.
2011-03-01 CalDB 4.4.2, a patch to version 4.4.1 (released in Dec 2010 with CIAO 4.3), contains a correction to the ACIS index listing for ACIS CONTAM file version N0006. This corrects an ARDLIB initialization error that occurs for new OBS_IDs when using chips ACIS-8 (S4) and ACIS-9 (S5), such as when running "fullgarf". See the 4.4.2 Release Notes for more information.
2010-12-15 CalDB 4.4.1, a significant upgrade to CalDB to include an upgrade to the ACIS-I CONTAM model, ACIS T_GAIN Epoch 43, the ACIS SUBPIX file, the ACIS T_GAIN Epoch43, the ACIS GRDIMG file, the Temp-dependent CTI correction , the HRC-I QE and GMAP updates, and the HRC-S/LETG tilt correction and LSFPARM upgrades. See the 4.4.1 Release Notes for more information.
2010-12-15 Cycle 13 Proposal Planning files, generated from CalDB 4.4.1, have been released to the public.
2010-09-28 CalDB 4.3.1, a patch upgrade to CalDB to include ACIS T_GAIN Epoch 42 and a pair of ACIS-8 blank-sky background files, has been released. See the 4.3.1 Release Notes for more information.
2010-06-11 CalDB 4.3.0, an important decimal upgrade of the CalDB to include HRC-I background calibrations and the ACIS T_GAIN Epoch 41 updates. See the release notes for more information.
2010-04-05 CalDB 4.2.1, a patch upgrade of the Chandra CalDB, which requires CIAO 4.2 or later CIAO version, has been released. See the release notes for more information.
2009-12-15 CalDB4.2.0, an important (decimal) upgrade of the Chandra CalDB, and necessary to run CIAO 4.2, has been released. See the CalDB 4.2.0 release notes for more information.
2009-09-17 CalDB4.1.4, a patch to all previous CalDB4 versions, has been released. It includes the acis Epoch 38 T_GAIN upgrades (May through Jul 09). See the CalDB 4.1.4 release notes for more information.
2009-07-07 CalDB4.1.3, a patch to all previous CalDB4 versions, has been released. It includes the acis Epoch 37 T_GAIN upgrades (Feb through Apr 09). See the CalDB 4.1.3 release notes for more information.
2009-03-27 CALDB 4.1.2, a patch to CalDB 4.1.0 or 4.1.1, has been released. It includes the ACIS Epoch 36 T_GAIN updates for Nov 08 through Jan 09. See the CalDB 4.1.2 release notes for more information.
2009-01-21 CalDB 4.1.1, a patch to CalDB 4.1.0, was released. It includes upgrades to the HRMA Effective Area and the HETG 1st-order grating efficiencies. See the CalDB 4.1.1 for more information on this upgrade.

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