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dir="ltr">Ahhhh, there it is. I had heard that they wanted everyone off that
bird by 1/1/23, and most of their customers are already off it.</div><div
dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And, once again, the switchover is in
winter. Have fun, WFO's poleward of 40 degrees north...</div><div
dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Gilbert Sebenste</div><div
dir="ltr">AllisonHouse, LLC</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On
Aug 22, 2022, at 12:44 PM, Mike Zuranski <zuranski.wx@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div
dir="ltr">Greetings all,<div><br></div><div>It's been a while since we've heard
any news on this front, but this PNS (<a
href="https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf2/scn22-77_sbn_galaxy31_change.pdf";>https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf2/scn22-77_sbn_galaxy31_change.pdf</a>)
was just issued announcing plans to change satellites "effective early
2023." The tentative transition schedule is
below:</div><div><br></div><div>NOV 2022: G31 Planned Launch
Date<br>FEB 2023: Dual Illumination Period<br>APR 2023:
Complete Transition to G31<br></div><div><br></div><div>Also of note is
that the satellite we'll be switching to, Galaxy 31, will be a new
one launched later this year (<a
href="https://www.satbeams.com/satellites?id=2748";>https://www.satbeams.com/satellites?id=2748</a>). </div><div><br></div><div>If
I see any more details come across I'll forward them here as
well.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>-Mike</div><div><div><div
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dir="ltr"><div>======================</div>Mike Zuranski<div>Meteorology
Support Analyst<br></div><div>College of DuPage - Nexlab</div><div><a
href="http://weather.cod.edu/";
target="_blank">Weather.cod.edu</a></div><div>======================</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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