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PLEASE PASS TO THE ESA, SOO, AFP, ITO AND LEAD FORECASTER:
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SUBJECT: GOES-13 SCHEDULED TO REPLACE GOES-12 AS
THE GOES-EAST OPERATIONAL SPACECRAFT
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GOES-13 IS SCHEDULED TO REPLACE GOES-12 AS THE GOES-EAST
OPERATIONAL SPACECRAFT ON APRIL 14, 2010 AT 1834 UTC, WITH
GOES-13 BEGINNING OPERATIONS STARTING WITH THE 1845 UTC
IMAGE. AN UPDATED /data/fxa/nationalData/satSpecificInfo.txt IS
NEEDED TO RECEIVE AND DECODE SATELLITE DATA FROM THE
GOES-13 SATELLITE. THE NCF WILL UPDATE THE /data/fxa/nationalData/satSpecificInfo.txt FILE AT ALL AWIPS SITES
BEGINNING AT 1835 UTC ON APRIL 14. THE NCF WILL ALSO RESTART
THE SATDECODER ON DX3 AT ALL SITES WHEN THE satSpecificInfo.txt
FILE IS UPDATED.
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UNTIL GOES-13'S MOVE TO ITS PERMANENT OPERATIONAL
POSITION IS COMPLETE ON APRIL 26, THE FOG MONITOR'S DAYTIME
SATELLITE DISPLAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY DEGRADED; BUT THE
APPLICATION WILL STILL BE USABLE.
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A FOLLOW UP MESSAGE WILL BE SENT WHEN THE INSTALLATION
IS COMPLETED AT ALL SITES.
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NCF
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