Topic: GOES-10 (GOES South America) East/West Maneuver June 10, 2008
Message Issued: June 4, 2008, 1415 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-10
Products Impacted: GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 10, 2008 1233 UTC
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Details:
A GOES-10 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 1813 UTC. There is no back-up day scheduled
for this maneuver.
On June 10, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support
maneuver operations:
GOES-10 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1233 UTC on June 10, 2008.
(GOES-10 South America scan at 1245 UTC is canceled.)
From 1257 UTC through 1644 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Imaging and Soundings.
From 1645 UTC through 1714 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging and Soundings.
From 1715 UTC through 1754 UTC -- GOES-10 South America Imaging and
Soundings.
*From 1757 UTC through 1914 UTC -- No GOES-10 Imaging or Soundings*
From 10/1915 UTC through 11/0205 UTC -- GOES-10 Post Maneuver Recovery
Including:
* Americas Scans (19:30 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* Abbreviated South America 1-4 Soundings occur at XX31
0215 UTC June 11 -- 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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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.