Topic: REMINDER GOES-12 North/South Maneuver December 20, 2005
Message Issued: December 19, 2005, 1330 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 and GOES-10
Products Impacted: GOES-12 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-10 Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 20, 2005 1035 UTC
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Details:
A GOES-12 North-South Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday,
December 20, 2005 at 1703 UTC. For National Weather Service operations: The backup
date for this maneuver is Thursday, December 22, 2005. 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 Tuesday December 20, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support
maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-10 Full Disk scan period to
support the primary GOES-12 outage during the maneuver.*)
GOES-12 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1035 UTC on December 20, 2005.
(Southern Hemisphere Scan at 1039 UTC is canceled)
From 1045 UTC through 1514 UTC -- GOES-12 Routine Imaging and Soundings.
From 1515 UTC through 1610 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging and Routine
Soundings.
*From 1611 UTC through 1844 UTC -- No GOES-12 Imaging or Soundings*
**From 1600 UTC through 1859 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging**
From 20/1845 UTC through 21/0214 UTC -- GOES-12 Post Maneuver Recovery
Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* CONUS Soundings at XX46
0215 UTC December 21 -- GOES-12 Routine Scan Operations Resume
Expect GOES-12 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the
maneuver.
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Contact Information:
Brian Hughes
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
301-763-8051 x106
Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite
related messages.
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov for full GOES scanning schedules.