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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1862 JANUARY 11... 2001
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES-10 LUNAR SHADOW
PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING NOTICE
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-10 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/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS
LISTED BELOW.
HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
/LOWER CASE/
DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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