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NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION MESSAGE 96-22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
945 AM EDT TUE AUG 20 1996
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
/NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM RONALD S. GIRD...SATELLITE PROGRAM LEADER
SUBJECT GOES-8/9 RISK MITIGATION DEMONSTRATION
A MEETING BETWEEN NWS...NESDIS AND SAO WAS HELD ON AUGUST 19
1996...12-1PM. ALL OFFICES AGREED TO THE FOLLOWING OUTLINE OF
EVENTS FOR ESTABLISHING A NEW GOES-8 AND GOES-9 OPERATIONS.
GOES-8/9 RISK MITIGATION DEMONSTRATION
START DATE AUGUST 20...1996
END DATE SEPTEMBER 4...1996 /ESTIMATED/
DAILY EVENTS DURING THE PERIOD
GOES-9
0200GMT NORMAL IMAGING SCHEDULE...NO RAPID SCAN
REQUESTS
0445GMT INSTRUMENT PITCH-OFF
NESDIS SOCC WILL TRY TO FOLLOW NORMAL
SCHEDULE
IMAGES ARE SHIFTED
NAVIGATION STAR WINDOWS
0500GMT TEST SCHEDULE WILL BE RUN WITH TEST IMAGES
/WITH A PLUS 4 DEGREE BIAS/
TEST IMAGES
0515GMT PACUS
0522GMT SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
0530GMT NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
0545GMT PACUS
0522GMT SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
0600GMT FULL DISK
0630GMT INSTRUMENT MIRRORS PLACED IN A "STORED" MODE
1200GMT INSTRUMENT MIRRORS PLACED IN
"NORMAL/UNSTORED" MODE
1200GMT BEGIN TRANSMITTING "TEST"IMAGES /WITH A
NEGATIVE 4 DEGREE BIAS/
TEST IMAGES
1205GMT FULL DISK
1234GMT NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
1245GMT PACUS
1300GMT RECONFIGURE OPERATIONS AT NADIR POINTING
1330GMT NAVIGATION STAR WINDOWS
1345GMT SSAA COMPUTE LOAD AND ENABLE
1357GMT START NORMAL IMAGING SCHEDULE
1400GMT FIRST NORMAL IMAGE AND SOUNDING
GOES-8 DURING THE DAILY OUTAGE FOR GOES-9...NESDIS WILL
OPERATE GOES-8 IN A FULL DISK MODE ONLY UNLESS
OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY NWS.
NOTE NESDIS SPACECRAFT ENGINEERS MAY REFINE THIS SCHEDULE
AS THEY GATHER MORE DATA FROM THIS DEMONSTRATION.
NWS GUIDELINES NWS WILL NOT INTERRUPT THIS PLANNED
TWO-WEEK TEST UNLESS DIRECTLY ADVISED BY JOE FRIDAY
GOES-7 GOES-TAP IMAGERY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE DURING THIS
TEST PERIOD. THE PLANS ARE TO HAVE THE GOES-7 IMAGERY ON
GOES-TAP DURING THE NEXT TEST AT THE END OF THE CURRENT ECLIPSE
SEASON.
GOES-7 MODE AAA DATA IS PLANNED TO BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH
THE GOES-9 SPACECRAFT...SO THOSE ANTENNA AIMED AT GOES-9 WILL NOT
HAVE TO BE MOVED. WE DO NOT HAVE A DATE ON THAT
CAPABILITY...YET. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT CAPABILITY WILL
BE AVAILABLE. /FOR NWS DIRECT READOUT SITES/...DO YOU STILL HAVE
THE ABILITY TO PROCESS MODE AAA DATA?
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING
RONALD S. GIRD /SATELLITE PROGRAM LEADER/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MD 20910
301-713-1867 EXT 110
JAMES N. HEIL /ASSISTANT SATELLITE PROGRAM LEADER/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MD 20910
301-713-1867 EXT 111
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