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-------- Original Message -------- 512 NOUS42 KWNO 192028 ADMNFD SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS CAMP SPRINGS MD 2025Z MON DEC 19 2011 NESDIS...GOES-13 (EAST) MANEUVER TOMORROW... Topic: GOES-13 (GOES-East) East/West Maneuver is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Date/Time Issued: December 19, 2011 2001 UTC Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-15 (GOES-West) Imager Data Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 20, 2011 2100 UTC Date/Time of Expected End: December 20, 2011 2131 UTC Length of Outage: See table in detail Details/Specifics of Change: A GOES-13 (GOES-East) East/West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 2100 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, December 22, 2011. If NWS regions have any operational concerns, please contact the NCEP SDM (301-763-8298) at least 6 hours prior to the maneuver time. On Tuesday, December 20, 2011 the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: PLEASE NOTE: the scheduled GOES-15 (GOES-West) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-13 (GOES-East) outage during the maneuver. GOES-13 (GOES-East) Maneuver Schedule begins at 2115 UTC on December 20, 2011.
From 2100 UTC through 2129 UTC -- GOES-15 (GOES-West) Full Disk
(30 minute) Imaging.
From 2115 UTC through 2130 UTC -- No GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imaging
or Soundings. There will be no recovery schedule for this maneuver. 2131 UTC - GOES-13 (GOES-East) Routine Scan Operations Resume. $$ HANDEL/SDM/NCO/NCEP
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