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> A GOES-8 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Thursday, > October 21, 1999 at 1813 UTC. For NWS operations - The backup and final > date for this maneuver is Tuesday, October 26, 1999. 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 *****October 21st, ********** the following exclusive schedule will be > employed to support maneuver operations. (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-10 >> full disk scan period to support the primary GOES-8 data outage): > > GOES-8 E-W Station keeping Maneuver Schedule of Operations > > Maneuver Schedule starts at 1254 UTC > > From 1255 UTC through 1544 UTC -- GOES-8 Routine Imaging > and Soundings > > Except 1309 UTC Southern Hemisphere data is canceled. > > From 1545 UTC through 1614 UTC -- GOES-8 Full Disk Scanning > > From 1615 UTC through 1644 UTC - GOES-8 Routine Imaging and Soundings > > From 1645 UTC through 1714 UTC GOES-8 Full Disk Scanning > > From 1715 UTC through 1745 UTC GOES-8 Routine Imaging and Soundings > > From 1745 UTC through 1759 UTC GOES-8 Extended Northern Hemisphere > replaces Full Disk > > From 1800 UTC through 1914 UTC -- No GOES-8 Imaging or Soundings > > *From 1800 UTC through 1929 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging* > > From 1915 UTC through 0214 UTC (October 22, 1999) -- Abbreviated GOES-8 > full disk (19 minute scan) at XX45 and Northern Hemisphere Extended (NHE) > > imaging at XX15, and > ASOS1 coverage soundings only at XX46) > > 0215 UTC -- GOES-8 routine imager and sounding schedules > resume. > > Expect GOES-8 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 > hours following the maneuver time. > > A maneuver cancellation may cause changes to this schedule. > > Steve Arnett > Satellite Analysis Branch > Satellite Services Division > NOAA/NESDIS > steve.arnett@xxxxxxxx
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