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GOES-8 and GOES-10 data users: The Spring 2002 Eclipse and Keep Out Zone (KOZ) schedules are now available on our web page at http://www.ssd.noaa.gov or more directly at http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html The schedules are for both the Imager and the Sounder instruments, and are for both GOES-8 and GOES-10. The schedules can be found by clicking on the entry for "GOES Special Bulletins", and scrolling down to the entry for Eclipse Schedules, or by directly following the link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html Note that all documents can be printed on 8.5" x 11" paper in a landscape paper setting. For your convenience, the eclipse schedules provided in HTML, Word Perfect and Adobe PDF format. Following are times of GOES-8 full disk scanning operations for the period February 25, 2002 to April 27, 2002 in order to provide additional coverage during GOES-10 Keep Out Zone (KOZ) and Eclipse periods: --------------------------------------------- GOES-8 FULL DISK SCANS TO COVER THE GOES-10 KOZ & ECLIPSE: DATE J-DAY TIME FEB 25 - FEB 26 056-058 0845 to 1014Z FEB 28 - MAR 01 059-060 0815 to 1014Z MAR 02 - APR 07 061-097 0815 to 1044Z APR 08 - APR 19 098-109 0815 to 1014Z APR 20 - APR 27 110-117 0815 to 0944Z For more details on GOES-8 KOZ and Eclipse time periods, please see: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html --------------------------------------------- GOES-10 FULL DISK SCANS TO COVER THE GOES-8 KOZ & ECLIPSE: DATE J-DAY TIME FEB 27 - MAR 02 058-061 0430 to 0659Z MAR 03 - APR 13 062-103 0400 to 0659Z APR 14 - APR 23 104-113 0430 to 0629Z APR 24 - APR 25 114-115 0430 to 0529Z For more details on GOES-10 KOZ and Eclipse time periods, please see: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html ---------------------------------------------
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