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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1747 JULY 18... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES-10 E/W MANEUVER
A GOES-10 EAST-WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER WILL BE
PERFORMED ON TUESDAY... AUGUST 1... 2000 AT 0954 UTC.
FOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS
THE BACKUP DATE... AND LAST WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY /FINAL DATE/
FOR THIS MANEUVER IS THURSDAY... AUGUST 3... 2000. IF THE NWS
REGIONS HAVE ANY OPERATIONAL CONCERNS... PLEASE CONTACT THE
NCEP SDM /301-763-8298/ AT LEAST 6.5 HOURS PRIOR TO THE
MANEUVER TIME.
ON AUGUST 1ST... THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE WILL BE
EMPLOYED TO SUPPORT MANEUVER OPERATIONS / PLEASE NOTE THE
SCHEDULED GOES-8 FULL DISK SCAN PERIOD TO SUPPORT THE PRIMARY
GOES-10 OUTAGE DURING THE MANEUVER. /
MANEUVER SCHEDULE STARTS AT 0451 UTC ON AUGUST 1.
FROM 0500 UTC THROUGH 0759 UTC -- GOES-10 ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS EXCEPT 0452 UTC SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DATA WILL BE
CANCELED.
FROM 0800 UTC THROUGH 0829 UTC -- GOES-10 FULL DISK SCANNING
FROM 0830 UTC THROUGH 0944 UTC -- GOES-10 ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS
FROM 0945 UTC THROUGH 1059 UTC--NO GOES-10 IMAGES OR SOUNDINGS
FROM 0945 UTC THROUGH 1114 UTC -- GOES-8 FULL DISK IMAGING
FROM 1100 UTC THROUGH 1759 UTC -- GOES-10 ABBREVIATED FULL
DISK /19 MINUTE SCAN/ AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IMAGING... WITH
CONUS SOUNDINGS.
1800 UTC -- GOES-10 ROUTINE SCAN OPERATIONS RESUME
EXPECT GOES-10 IMAGER AND SOUNDER GRIDDING OFFSETS FOR UP TO
SIX HOURS FOLLOWING THE MANEUVER.
ANY POSTPONEMENT MAY CAUSE CHANGES TO THIS SCHEDULE.
TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH /SAB/
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION /SSD/
NOAA/NESDIS
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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