20000509: GOES 8 maneuver postponed-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20000509: GOES 8 maneuver postponed-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 09:04:54 -0600

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NOUS40 KWBC 091353
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1685        MAY 9... 2000

ATTENTION  FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS

SUBJECT  GOES-8 E/W MANEUVER

THE GOES-8 EAST-WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY... MAY 9TH... 2000... HAS BEEN POSTPONED
DUE TO CONFLICT WITH GOES-L POST LAUNCH OPERATIONS.

THE GOES-8 EAST-WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER WILL BE NOW
BE PERFORMED ON THURSDAY... MAY 11... 2000 AT 1953 UTC. FOR NWS
OPERATIONS - THIS IS THE BACKUP AND FINAL DATE FOR THIS
MANEUVER.  NO FURTHER POSTPONEMENT CAN BE ACCEPTED.  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 MAY 11TH... THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE WILL BE
EMPLOYED TO SUPPORT MANEUVER OPERATIONS. //ASTERISK/PLEASE
NOTE THE SCHEDULED GOES-10 FULL DISK SCAN PERIOD TO SUPPORT
THE PRIMARY GOES-8 DATA OUTAGE/

GOES-8 E-W STATION KEEPING MANEUVER SCHEDULE OF OPERATIONS

MANEUVER SCHEDULE STARTS AT 1518 UTC ON MAY 11TH.

FROM 1520 UTC THROUGH 1844 UTC -- GOES-8 ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS

     EXCEPT 1539 UTC SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DATA IS CANCELED.

FROM 1845 UTC THROUGH 1914 UTC -- GOES-8 FULL DISK SCANNING

FROM 1915 UTC THROUGH 1944 UTC -- ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS

FROM 1945 UTC THROUGH 2114 UTC --  NO GOES-8 IMAGING OR
SOUNDINGS

/ASTERISK/FROM 1930 UTC THROUGH 2129 UTC -- GOES-10 FULL DISK
IMAGING/ASTERISK/

FROM 2115 UTC THROUGH 12/0414 UTC -- ABBREVIATED GOES-8 FULL
DISK /19 MINUTE SCAN/ AT XX45 AND  NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
EXTENDED /NHE/ IMAGING AT

     XX15... AND CONUS COVERAGE SOUNDINGS ONLY AT XX46/

12/0415 UTC   -- GOES-8 ROUTINE IMAGER AND SOUNDING SCHEDULES
RESUME.

EXPECT GOES-8 IMAGER AND SOUNDER GRIDDING OFFSETS FOR UP
TO 6  HOURS FOLLOWING THE MANEUVER TIME.

ANY POSTPONEMENT MAY CAUSE A CHANGE IN THIS SCHEDULE.

TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION
NOAA/NESDIS
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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