20061106: GOES 11

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Topic: REMINDER GOES-11 East/West Maneuver November 7, 2006
Message Issued: November 6, 2006, 1845 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 and GOES-12
Products Impacted: GOES-11 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 7, 2006  0447 UTC

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Details:

** This maneuver notice is separate from the GOES-12 maneuver for next
week **

A GOES-11 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 1209 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver
is Thursday, November 9, 2006.  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 November 7, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to
support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 Full
Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11 outage during the
maneuver.*)

GOES-11 Maneuver Schedule starts at 0447 UTC on November 7, 2006.

From 0500 UTC through 1059 UTC -- GOES-11 Routine Imaging and Soundings.

From 1100 UTC through 1159 UTC -- GOES-11 Full Disk Imaging and Routine
Soundings.

*From 1200 UTC through 1329 UTC -- No GOES-11 Imaging or Soundings*

**From 1145 UTC through 1344 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging**

From 1330 UTC through 1956 UTC -- GOES-11 Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
  * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
  * CONUS Soundings at XX01

2000 UTC November 7 -- GOES-11 Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-11 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.


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Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690

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