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NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION MESSAGE 96-23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
325 PM EDT WED AUG 28 1996
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/NWS/EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE/NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS..OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM RONALD S. GIRD...SATELLITE PROGRAM LEADER
SUBJECT GOES 8 AND GOES 9 SCHEDULED IMPACT FROM MOTOR WINDING
OPERATIONS
DUE TO OVERLAPPING ECLIPSE OPERATIONS ON GOES 8 AND MOTOR WINDING
PROTECTION OPERATION ON GOES 9...THERE WILL BE NO GEOSTATIONARY
SATELLITE IMAGERY ON THE FOLLOWING DATES AND TIMES
FRIDAY...AUGUST 30 FROM 0415Z TO 0645Z
SATURDAY...AUGUST 31 FROM 0415Z TO 0645Z
SUNDAY..SEPTEMBER 1 FROM 0415Z TO 0645Z.
ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2...THE MOTOR WINDING PROTECTION OPERATION
WILL AND AND WE WILL BEGIN OPERATION OF THE IMAGER AND SOUNDER ON
GOES 9 DURING THE NIGHTTIME PERIOD. IN ORDER TO RECOVER INR
ACCURACY DURING THE DATA OUTAGE PERIOD...ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...9/2 AND 3... WE WILL RUN A POST MANEUVER RECOVERY
SCHEDULE CONSISTING OF ABBREVIATED FULL DISKS AND 6 AND ONE-HALF
MINUTE STAR WINDOWS FROM 0415 TO 1400Z ON GOES-9 EXCEPT FOR THE
ECLIPSE AND KEEP OUT ZONE PERIODS. NORMAL ROUTINE OPERATIONS
WILL BE RESUMED ON GOES-9 THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...
SEPTEMBER 4.
BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY...SEPTEMBER 4...SATELLITE OPERATIONS WILL
BEGIN OPERATING GOES-9 IN FULL DISK MODE DURING THE GOES-8
ECLIPSE OUTAGE...AND GOES-8 IN FULL DISK MODE DURING THE GOES-9
ECLIPSE OUTAGE. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO AN NWS REQUEST TO PROVIDE
FULL DISK IMAGERY FROM ONE SATELLITE...WHILE THE OTHER SATELLITE
IS IN A SCHEDULED OUTAGE PERIOD OF GREATER THAN ONE HOUR...SUCH
AS DURING ECLIPSE AND SATELLITE MANEUVERS. FOR THE DURATION OF
THE FALL ECLIPSE PERIOD...GOES 8 WILL BE IN FULL DISK MODE FROM
0745Z THROUGH 1045Z. GOES-9 WILL BE IN FULL DISK MODE FROM 04Z
TO 0645Z.
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