[nws-changes] 20100114: GOES 11

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20100114: GOES 11
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:14:04 -0700

Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) East/West Maneuver, January 26, 2010
Message Issued: January 14, 2010, 1415 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) and GOES-12 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data and
GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 26, 2010  0647 UTC

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Details:

A GOES-11 (GOES-West) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be
performed on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 1230 UTC. The backup date for
this maneuver is Thursday, January 28, 2010.  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 January 26, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to
support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12
(GOES-East) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11
(GOES-West) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 0647 UTC on January 26,
2010.
(Southern Hemisphere scan at 0651 UTC is canceled)

From 0700 UTC through 1219 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging

and Soundings.

*From 1220 UTC through 1329 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or
Soundings*

**From 1215 UTC through 1344 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk (30
minute) Imaging**

From 1330 UTC through 2049 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver

Recovery Including:
  * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
  * CONUS Soundings at XX01

2100 UTC January 26 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) 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.