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Topic: GOES-9 to MTSAT-1R Transition Update Message Issued: November 10, 2005, 1900 UTC Satellites Impacted: GOES-9 and MTSAT-1RProducts Impacted: Current GOES-9 Imagery and access of MTSAT-1R data and products via SSD/ESPC
Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 15, 2005 1906 UTC -----------------------------------------** We have now received a time when the GVAR will be terminated from GOES-9. On November 15, 2005, the GVAR will terminate at approximately 19:06 UTC **
Direct broadcast users still pointing to GOES-9 after November 15th may receive "leftover" GVAR signal until November 17, but are reminded that the GVAR is not supported and may contain severe INR errors.
Direct services (DCS, SARSAT, etc) will remain operational on board GOES-9 indefinitely.
Previous message:NOAA's operation of GOES-9 as the operational West Pacific Geostationary satellite at 155 degrees East will terminate on November 15, 2005. The Japanese Meteorological Agency's MTSAT-1R, launched in February 2005 and placed at 140 degrees East, was declared operational by JMA on June 28, 2005.
Agencies and users with operational interests for satellite weather surveillance in the West Pacific, Eastern Asia, or Australia should already be receiving MTSAT-1R HiRID data via direct broadcast, DOMSAT, or from SSD/ESPC (formerly SSD/SATEPS).
Information on the operation, scheduling, imager channels, and other data from MTSAT-1R can be found at the JMA Satellite Activities website at: http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/index.html
SSD/ESPC users receiving GOES-9 data can access the new MTSAT-1R HiRID datasets via McIDAS from the following server:
DATALOC ADD MTS 140.90.195.191The satellite currently has three sectors that have been put into the following datasets - the data group for all MTSAT imagery is MTS
Full Disk:_ _MTGLOB01V MTGLOB04I2 MTGLOB04I3 MTGLOB04I4 MTGLOB04I5 Northern Hemisphere: MTNHEM01V MTNHEM04I2 MTNHEM04I3 MTNHEM04I4 MTNHEM04I5 Southern Hemisphere: MTSHEM01V MTSHEM04I2 MTSHEM04I3 MTSHEM04I4 MTSHEM04I5 The following remaps are being produced on the server: MTHIML10V MTINDN17I2 MTINDN17I3 MTINDN17I4 MTINDN17V MTKAMC10V MTNCPC20I2 MTNCPC20I3 MTNCPC20I4 MTNCPC20V MTNWPC20I2 MTNWPC20I3 MTNWPC20I4 MTNWPC20VThere will also be new areas for special derived imagery for volcanic ash detection. These images will be added to the volcano products server (DPD server at gp12.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov), contact me for more information.
MTSAT-1R data will also be made available on the public FTP and McIDAS server gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov
NOAA and other U.S. Government agencies are working to procure hardware for the MTSAT-1R HRIT (3.5 Mbps) data stream. Information will be passed onto users when details are known.
------------------------------------------ Contact Information: Brian Hughes Satellite Services Division NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD 301-763-8051 x106 brian.hughes@xxxxxxxxSee 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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