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Subject: GI: REMINDER GOES-11 E/W Maneuver 1/8/08 - Issued 1/7/08 From: Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:07:50 -0500 To: Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx> Topic: REMINDER GOES-11 East/West Maneuver January 8, 2008 Message Issued: January 7, 2008, 1515 UTC Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 and GOES-12 Products Impacted: GOES-11 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 Imager Data Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 8, 2008 0547 UTC -------------------------- Details: A GOES-11 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 1146 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, January 10, 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 January 8, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11 outage during the maneuver.*) GOES-11 Maneuver Schedule starts at 0547 UTC on January 8, 2008. (Southern Hemisphere scan at 0551 UTC is canceled)
From 0600 UTC through 1029 UTC -- GOES-11 Routine Imaging and Soundings.
From 1030 UTC through 1129 UTC -- GOES-11 Full Disk imaging (30 minute)
and routine soundings. *From 1130 UTC through 1259 UTC -- No GOES-11 Imaging or Soundings* **From 1115 UTC through 1314 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk (30 minute) Imaging**
From 1300 UTC through 1959 UTC -- GOES-11 Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30 * CONUS Soundings at XX01 2000 UTC January 8 -- GOES-11 Routine Scan Operations Resume Expect GOES-11 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver. --------------------------- 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. -
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