Subject:
GI: REMINDER GOES-11 (GOES-West) N/S Maneuver 6/17/08 - Issued 6/16/08
From:
Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx>
Date:
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:45:46 -0400
To:
Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx>
Topic: REMINDER GOES-11 (GOES-West) North/South Maneuver June 17, 2008
Message Issued: June 16, 2008, 1350 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) and GOES-12 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data and
GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 17, 2008 0147 UTC
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Details:
A GOES-11 (GOES-West) North-South Station Keeping maneuver will be
performed on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 0858 UTC. The backup date for
this maneuver is Thursday, June 19, 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 June 17, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support
maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 (GOES-East)
Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11 (GOES-West) outage
during the maneuver.*)
GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 0147 UTC on June 17, 2008.
(Southern Hemisphere scan at 0151 UTC is canceled)
From 0200 UTC through 0729 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging
and Soundings.
From 0730 UTC through 0759 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk imaging
and routine soundings.
*From 0800 UTC through 1029 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or
Soundings*
**From 0815 UTC through 1044 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging**
From 1030 UTC through 1859 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver
Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
* CONUS Soundings at XX01
1900 UTC June 17 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations Resume
Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) 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.