[nws-changes] 20080415: GOES 11 & 12

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Subject:
GI: CORRECTION GOES-12 (GOES-East) E/W Maneuver 4/15/08 - Issued 4/15/08
From:
Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx>
Date:
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:12:49 -0400

To:
Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx>


Topic: CORRECTION GOES-12 (GOES-East) East/West Maneuver April 15, 2008
Message Issued: April 15, 2008,  1115 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) and GOES-11 (GOES-West)
Products Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager Data 
Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 15, 2008  1305 UTC

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Details:
** Correction issued for the length of the GOES-12 (GOES-East) outage and the length of the GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk schedule **
A GOES-12 (GOES-East) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 1916 UTC. For National Weather Service operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, April 17, 2008. 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 April 15, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-12 (GOES-East) outage during the maneuver.*) 

GOES-12 (GOES-East) Maneuver Schedule starts at 1305 UTC on April 15, 2008.
(Southern Hemisphere Scan at 1309 UTC is canceled)
From 1315 UTC through 1829 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Imaging and Soundings.
*From 1830 UTC through 2014 UTC -- No GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imaging or Soundings* 

**From 1830 UTC through 2029 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk Imaging**
From 15/2015 UTC through 16/0314 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Post Maneuver Recovery Including: 
 * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
 * CONUS Soundings at XX46

0315 UTC April 16 -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Scan Operations Resume
Expect GOES-12 (GOES-East) 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
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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