Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD Satellite Services Division
Topic: GOES-10 East/West Maneuver November 2, 2004
Message Issued: November 1, 2004, 1715 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-10 and GOES-12
Products Impacted: GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 2, 2004 0251 UTC
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Details:
A GOES-10 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, November 2 2004 at 0953 UTC. For National Weather Service
operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, November 4,
2004. 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 November 2, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to
support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 Full
Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-10 outage during the
maneuver.*)
GOES-10 Maneuver Schedule starts at 0251 UTC on November 2, 2004.
GOES-10 Southern Hemisphere scan at 0251 UTC is canceled.
From 0300 UTC through 0829 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Imaging and Soundings.
From 0830 UTC through 0929 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk imaging with soundings.
From 0930 UTC through 0941 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Imaging and Soundings.
*From 0942 UTC through 1059 UTC -- No GOES-10 Imaging or Soundings*
**From 0915 UTC through 1114 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging**
From 1100 UTC through 1749 UTC -- GOES-10 Post Maneuver Recovery
Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
* CONUS Soundings at XX01
1751 UTC November 2 -- GOES-10 Routine Scan Operations Resume
Expect GOES-10 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours
following the maneuver.
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