Updated GOES-9 and GOES-12 Information:
GOES-9 Updated Schedule:
GOES-9 GVAR activities resumed on December 17th, 2001 with short Full
Disk scans (19 min.) at XX15/XX45 and Conus soundings (18 min.) at
XX16/XX46. This schedule will continue through December 25, 2001 (If
you recall in the previous schedule, there were NO GOES-9 GVAR scan
operations scheduled between 12/21/01 and 12/26/01.)
The GOES-9 schedule on 12/26/01 will revert to a normal Full Disk
schedule with imager scans at xx15/xx45 and the current GOES-8 sounder
scan scenario. GOES-9 GVAR will continue for several weeks until
returning back to storage on 01/17/02.
GOES-12 Activities from SOCC morning report
(http://www.oso.noaa.gov/daily-news/index.htm):
The Z-Axis Precession (ZAP) storage spinup activity was completed on
December 20 at 0718z. Final post-launch handover of the GOES-12
satellite is expected on December 21.
Tom Renkevens
Satellite Analysis Branch
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
thomas.renkevens@xxxxxxxx