GI: GOES-12 E/W Maneuver 8/24/04 - Issued 8/12/04

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• Subject: GI: GOES-12 E/W Maneuver 8/24/04 - Issued 8/12/04
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:11:42 -0600

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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION PERTAINS TO A GOES-EAST MANEUVER
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AUG 24.
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Topic: GOES-12 East/West Maneuver August 24, 2004
Message Issued: August 12, 2004, 1715 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 and GOES-10
Products Impacted: GOES-12 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-10 Imager
Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 24, 2004  1004 UTC
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Details:
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A GOES-12 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 1721 UTC. For National Weather Service
operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, August 26,
2004.  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.
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On Tuesday August 24, 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-12 outage during the
maneuver.*)
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GOES-12 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1004 UTC on August 24, 2004.
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GOES-12 Southern Hemisphere scan at 1009 UTC is canceled.
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From 1015 UTC through 1544 UTC -- GOES-12 Routine Imaging and Soundings.

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From 1545 UTC through 1644 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk imaging with

Soundings.
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*From 1645 UTC through 1844 UTC -- No GOES-12 Imaging or Soundings*
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**From 1630 UTC through 1900 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging**
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From 24/1845 UTC through 25/0138 UTC -- GOES-12 Post Maneuver Recovery

Including:
  * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX:15 and XX:45
  * CONUS Soundings at XX:46
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0139 UTC August 25 -- GOES-12 Routine Scan Operations Resume
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Expect GOES-12 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours
following the maneuver.
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Contact Information:
Brian Hughes
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
301-763-8051 x106
Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx
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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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