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Topic: GOES-10 (GOES-South America) Decommissioning
Message Issued: November 17, 2009, 1900 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-10 (GOES-South America)
Products Impacted: All imager products and all services from GOES-10
Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 1, 2009 1230 UTC
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Details:
GOES-10, located at 60W longitude, currently provides meteorological
imagery for South America users. GOES-10 has reached its end-of-fuel
life and requires decommissioning. NOAA plans to decommission GOES-10
on December 1, 2009. GOES-10 will be boosted to a disposal orbit
and all GOES-10 user services will end on December 1, 2009, at 1230 UTC.
Dedicated South America imaging will be interrupted at this time. NOAA
has considered GOES-10 replacement options and has developed plans for
resuming dedicated South America coverage prior to June 2010. During the
interruption period, GOES-12/EAST will continue to provide South America
coverage every half hour during routine scan operations.
Web Sites for more information:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/TEN/
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/rt/goes10.php
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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.