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261 NOUS72 KNCF 031142 ADMNCF PLEASE PASS TO MIC, HIC, ESA, ITO, AND SOO THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS SENT BY NESDIS: Topic: Reminder: GOES-8 and GOES-10 Fall 2002 Solar RFI Message Issued: October 02, 2002, 1700 UTC Satellites Impacted: GOES-8 and GOES-10 Products Impacted: GOES-8 and GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Data Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 03, 2002 UTC ----------------------------------------- Details: GOES Users: I have received the following information from SOCC concerning the potential for outages of the GOES data stream including GVAR (Imager and Sounder), EMWIN, SAR, WEFAX, DCS, etc. The Wallops CDA and SOCC receiving antennas may experience periods of Solar RFI as predicted below. Solar RFI can cause loss of telemetry lock and command capability, as well as degradation or loss in the GVAR data. SOLAR RFI PREDICTED TIMES FOR FALL 2002 SPACECRAFT DATE TIME OPERATIONAL IMPACT GOES-8 03 OCT - 11 OCT 1639 - 1652Z SD,GVAR,T&C,WEFAX,EMWIN,DCS,SAR,MDL GOES-10 03 OCT - 11 OCT 2109 - 2122Z SD,GVAR,T&C,WEFAX,EMWIN,DCS,SAR ---------------------------------------- ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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