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A GOES-10 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, April 13, 1999 at 1107 UTC. For National Weather
Service operations: The backup date, and last window of
opportunity, for this maneuver is Thursday; April 15, 1999.
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 April 13th, the following exclusive schedule will be
employed to support maneuver operations: (*Note - GOES-8 Full
Disc scanning to provide coverage during the maneuver.*)
Maneuver Schedule begins at 0605 UTC
>From 0606 UTC through 1044 UTC -- Routine Imaging and Soundings
Except Keep Out Zone (KOZ) operations will permit only Southern
Hemisphere Imager scans with NO soundings from 0822 to 0959 UTC.
>From 1045 UTC through 1229 UTC -- No GOES-10 Images or Soundings
*From 0815 UTC through 1244 UTC -- GOES-8 Full Disk Imaging*
>From 1230 UTC through 1929 UTC -- GOES-10 Abbreviated Full Disk
and Northern Hemisphere imaging, with
ASOS1 Soundings.
1930 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Scan Operations Resume
Expect GOES-10 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up
to six hours following the maneuver.
A maneuver cancellation may cause changes to this schedule.
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Steven Arnett
Satellite Analysis Branch
NOAA/NESDIS/SSD
steve.arnett@xxxxxxxx
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