All users of GOES-10 data:
We have been advised by NESDIS/SOCC that the GOES-10 spacecraft will be
affected by a lunar shadow on January 24, 2001. During the affected
period, the satellite must be placed into eclipse configuration. As a
result, there will be NO GOES-8 imaging or sounding scan operations from
0930 UTC to 1029 UTC.
In support of the GOES-10 outage, the GOES-8 spacecraft will provide Full
Disk scans from 0915 UTC through 1044 UTC.
GOES-10 will resume the routine schedule at 1030 UTC.
GOES-8 will have a lunar shadow on January 24 and 25, but it will not
require eclipse configuration.
Thomas Renkevens
Satellite Analysis Branch
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS
thomas.renkevens@xxxxxxxx