TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 1034 SUBJECT: BeppoSAX GRB: extension of BSAX operations upto April 30, 2002 DATE: 01/04/13 03:09:19 GMT FROM: Luigi Piro at IAS/CNR Frascati Dear colleagues, we would like to inform you that on April 10, 2001 the board of administrators of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) has approved the continuation of BeppoSAX operations until April 30 2002, at least. The 5th Announcement of opportunity (AO5) will be released soon. We would like to thank all the scientific community that has expressed, with more than 250 messages, its support for BeppoSAX. Best regards on behalf of the BeppoSAX team: Livio Scarsi Chairperson of the Steering Committee Luigi Piro Mission Scientist on behalf of the BeppoSAX Time Allocation Committee: L. Maraschi Chairperson