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Topic: GOES-13 North/South Maneuver February 9, 2010 Message Issued: February 4, 2010, 1530 UTC Satellites Impacted: GOES-13 Products Impacted: GOES-13 Imager and Sounder Data Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 9, 2010 1417 UTC ------------------------------------ Details: A GOES-13 North-South Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 1445 UTC. There is no back-up day scheduled for this maneuver. GOES-13 is currently out of storage at 105W and undergoing validation in preparation for transition into GOES-East on April 14, 2010 (see: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/MESS/MSG0261648.01.txt for details). On Tuesday, February 9, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: GOES-13 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1417 UTC on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. *From 1430 UTC through 1714 UTC -- No GOES-13 Imaging or Soundings*
From 1715 UTC through 2244 UTC -- GOES-13 Post Maneuver Recovery
Including: * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45 * Southeast Northern Hemisphere Soundings at XX46 2245 UTC February 9 -- GOES-13 Routine Scan Operations Resume Expect GOES-13 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.
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