20020531: GOES 10

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• Subject: 20020531: GOES 10
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 06:37:17 -0600

GOES-10 North-South Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at 2002 UTC. For National Weather Service
operations: The backup date, and last window of opportunity (final date)
for this maneuver is Thursday, June 13, 2002.  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 June 11, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support
maneuver operations:
(*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-8 Full Disk scan period to support the
primary GOES-10 outage during the maneuver.*)

Maneuver Schedule starts at 1651 UTC on June 11, 2002.

Southern Hemisphere scan at 1652 UTC is canceled.

From 1700 UTC through 1959 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Imaging and Soundings

From 2000 UTC through 2059 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging with

Soundings

*From 2100 UTC through 2359 UTC -- No GOES-10 Imaging or Soundings*

**From 2045 UTC through 0014 UTC (June 12) -- GOES-8 Full Disk Imaging**

From 0000 UTC through 0659 UTC (June 12) -- GOES-10 Post Maneuver

Recovery
Including:
  Abbreviated Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00
  Northern Hemisphere Images at XX30
  CONUS Soundings at XX01

0700 UTC (June 12) -- GOES-10 Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-10 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 24 hours
following the maneuver.

Any postponement (including space shuttle activities) may cause changes
to this schedule.

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Tom Renkevens
Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB)
Satellite Services Division (SSD)
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
thomas.renkevens@xxxxxxxx