The MGS in Hawaii is outside of the Galaxy 15 footprint. --George
Peter Laws wrote:
> I don't get it. What does this mitigate, exactly? SES-1 still seems
> to be in the data path, just with a different ground station.
>
> How would that help??
>
> I'm leaning more for the phaser plan ...
>
> Peter
>
> On 12/09/10 11:31, Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
>> This could get interesting...
>>
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>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 11:27:56 -0600 (CST)
>> Subject: NWS NOAAport message
>>
>> 668
>> NOUS72 KNCF 091727
>> ADMNCF
>> SUBJECT: GALAXY-15 MITIGATION PLANS
>> .
>> A POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE RISK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY
>> THE AWIPS SBN SATELLITE PROVIDER WHEN THE GALAXY 15
>> 'ROUGE' SATELLITE TRAVERSES THE SES-1 ORBITAL POSITION,
>> WHICH MAY RESULT IN A POSSIBLE LOSS OF DATA TO THE NWS
>> AWIPS SBN. CURRENT PROJECTIONS HAVE THE INTERFERENCE
>> TAKING PLACE BETWEEN DEC 12TH AND DEC 18TH.
>> .
>> ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 10TH FROM 2000Z UNTIL 2200Z, THE
>> FOLLOWING TEST WILL BE CONDUCTED TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL
>> IMPACTS TO THE NWS AWIPS SBN:
>>
>> 1. THE AWIPS SBN DATA WILL BE ROUTED AS USUAL FROM THE
>> NCF TO THE PRIMARY AWIPS MASTER GROUND STATION (MGS)
>> LOCATED IN HAUPPAUGE NY.
>>
>> 2. THE AWIPS PRIMARY MGS WILL BROADCAST THE SIGNAL FEED
>> THROUGH ANOTHER SATELLITE FOR ROUTING TO ANOTHER
>> MASTER GROUND STATION LOCATED IN HAWAII.
>>
>> 3. THE AWIPS SBN FEED WILL THEN BE RE-BROADCAST THROUGH
>> THE MGS IN HAWAII TO THE SES-1 AND THEN DOWNLINKED USING
>> THE CURRENT AWIPS SBN PARAMETERS.
>>
>> IF THE MITIGATION TEST IS SUCCESSFUL ON DECEMBER 10TH,
>> THE TEMPORARY CONFIGURATION WILL REMAIN UNTIL AFTER
>> CONFIRMATION IS RECEIVED THAT GALAXY 15 CAN NO LONGER
>> INTERFERE WITH THE AWIPS PRIMARY SATELLITE. CURRENT
>> PROJECTIONS HAVE THE INTERFERENCE TAKING PLACE BETWEEN
>> DEC 13TH AND DEC 18TH. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RESULTS
>> OF THE MITIGATION TEST WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER THE TEST IS
>> COMPLETED.
>>
>> NCF/SEG
>>
>>
>>
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