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163 NOUS72 KNCF 172019 ADMNCF PLEASE PASS TO MIC, HIC, ESA, ITO, AND SOO ~ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMES FROM NESDIS CONCERNING A GOES-EAST MANEUVER TO TAKE PLACE NOV 18: ~ GOES-12 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Thursday, November 18, 2004 at 1723 UTC. ***Note that this is changed from the original maneuver date of November 16, due to AWIPS testing being performed on November 16. THERE IS NO BACKUP DAY FOR THIS MANEUVER.*** On November 18, 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.*) GOES-12 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1006 UTC on November 18, 2004. GOES-12 Southern Hemisphere scan at 1009 UTC is canceled. From 1015 UTC through 1544 UTC -- GOES-12 Routine Imaging and Soundings. From 1545 UTC through 1644 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk imaging with soundings. From 1645 UTC through 1714 UTC -- GOES-12 Routine Imaging and Soundings. *From 1715 UTC through 1844 UTC -- No GOES-12 Imaging or Soundings* **From 1700 UTC through 1959 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging** From 18/1845 UTC through 19/0114 UTC -- GOES-12 Post Maneuver Recovery Including: * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX345 * CONUS Soundings at XX46 0115 UTC November 19 -- GOES-12 Routine Scan Operations Resume Expect GOES-12 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver. --------------------------- Contact Information: Brian Hughes Satellite Services Division NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD 301-763-8051 x106 Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx 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. ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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