Subject:
GI: CORRECTION GOES-12 (GOES-East) E/W Maneuver 4/15/08 - Issued 4/15/08
From:
Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx>
Date:
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:12:49 -0400
To:
Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx>
Topic: CORRECTION GOES-12 (GOES-East) East/West Maneuver April 15, 2008
Message Issued: April 15, 2008, 1115 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) and GOES-11 (GOES-West)
Products Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager and Sounder Data and
GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 15, 2008 1305 UTC
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Details:
** Correction issued for the length of the GOES-12 (GOES-East) outage
and the length of the GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk schedule **
A GOES-12 (GOES-East) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be
performed on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 1916 UTC. For National Weather
Service operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, April
17, 2008. 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 April 15, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to
support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-11
(GOES-West) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-12
(GOES-East) outage during the maneuver.*)
GOES-12 (GOES-East) Maneuver Schedule starts at 1305 UTC on April 15, 2008.
(Southern Hemisphere Scan at 1309 UTC is canceled)
From 1315 UTC through 1829 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Imaging
and Soundings.
*From 1830 UTC through 2014 UTC -- No GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imaging or
Soundings*
**From 1830 UTC through 2029 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk Imaging**
From 15/2015 UTC through 16/0314 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Post
Maneuver Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* CONUS Soundings at XX46
0315 UTC April 16 -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Scan Operations Resume
Expect GOES-12 (GOES-East) 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.