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NOUS42 KWNO 172342
ADMNFD
SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION
CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC
2335 UTC THU FEB 17 2000
172335Z...BAD NEWS...WORD RECEIVED FROM NESDIS SOCC...SATELLITE
OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER...THAT REPAIR OF THE CABLE CUT TO THE
EUROPEAN METEOSAT 7 AND JAPANESE GMS SATELLITE DATA LINES AT
SUITLAND WILL INVOLVE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AND THAT THIS DELICATE
REPAIR MAY NOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL SOMETIME FRI MORNING OR POSSIBLY
EVEN LATER. FORTUNATELY GOES 8 AND 10 DATA WAS NOT AFFECTED AND
THE NOAA POLAR ORBITER LINE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED.
BUREK/SDM/NCO/NCEP
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