GOES E/W Maneuver-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)

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• Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:43:06 -0600

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NOUS40 KWBC 181823
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1747     JULY 18... 2000

ATTENTION  FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS

SUBJECT  GOES-10 E/W MANEUVER

A GOES-10 EAST-WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER WILL BE
PERFORMED ON TUESDAY... AUGUST 1... 2000 AT 0954 UTC.
FOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS

THE BACKUP DATE... AND LAST WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY /FINAL DATE/
FOR THIS MANEUVER IS THURSDAY... AUGUST 3... 2000.  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 AUGUST 1ST... THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE WILL BE
EMPLOYED TO SUPPORT MANEUVER OPERATIONS  / PLEASE NOTE THE
SCHEDULED GOES-8 FULL DISK SCAN PERIOD TO SUPPORT THE PRIMARY
GOES-10 OUTAGE DURING THE MANEUVER. /

MANEUVER SCHEDULE STARTS AT 0451 UTC ON AUGUST 1.

FROM 0500 UTC THROUGH 0759 UTC -- GOES-10 ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS EXCEPT 0452 UTC SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DATA WILL BE
CANCELED.

FROM 0800 UTC THROUGH 0829 UTC  -- GOES-10 FULL DISK SCANNING

FROM 0830 UTC THROUGH 0944 UTC -- GOES-10 ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS

FROM 0945 UTC THROUGH 1059 UTC--NO GOES-10 IMAGES OR SOUNDINGS

  FROM 0945 UTC THROUGH 1114 UTC -- GOES-8 FULL DISK IMAGING

FROM 1100 UTC THROUGH 1759 UTC -- GOES-10 ABBREVIATED FULL
DISK /19 MINUTE SCAN/ AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IMAGING... WITH
CONUS SOUNDINGS.

1800 UTC      -- GOES-10 ROUTINE SCAN OPERATIONS RESUME

EXPECT GOES-10 IMAGER AND SOUNDER GRIDDING OFFSETS FOR UP TO
SIX HOURS FOLLOWING THE MANEUVER.

ANY POSTPONEMENT MAY CAUSE CHANGES TO THIS SCHEDULE.

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