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Subject: Administrative, GOES-13 (GOES-East) East/West Maneuver on
10/5/10, Issued 9/28/10
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:29:18 -0400
From: Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx>
To: Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx
Topic: GOES-13 (GOES-East) East/West Maneuver October 5, 2010
Message Issued: September 28, 2010, 0030 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-13 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager and Sounder Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 5, 2010 0115 UTC
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Details:
A GOES-13 (GOES-East) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be
performed on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 0120 UTC. For National Weather
Service operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday,
October 7, 2010. If the NWS regions have any operational concerns,
please contact the NCEP SDM (301-763-8298) at least 8 hours prior to the
maneuver time.
On Tuesday, October 5, 2010, the following exclusive schedule will be
employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE due to the short
duration of the GOES-13 maneuver, there will not be a Full Disk schedule
employed on GOES-11*)
GOES-13 (GOES-East) Maneuver Schedule starts at 0115 UTC on Tuesday,
October 5, 2010.
*From 0115 UTC through 0129 UTC -- No GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imaging or
Soundings*
**From 1030 UTC through 1059 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk Imaging**
0131 UTC July 13 -- GOES-13 (GOES-East) Routine Scan Operations Resume
(There is no recovery schedule for this maneuver)
Expect GOES-13 (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
Seehttp://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other
satellite related messages.
Seehttp://www.ssd.noaa.gov for full GOES scanning schedules.