20000724: Switch of the Master Ground Station (fwd)

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• Subject: 20000724: Switch of the Master Ground Station (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:53:59 -0600

     ON TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:10Z, SBN TRANSMISSION OF
     NWSTG, GOES-E, GOES-W, AND NOAAPORT CHANNELS WILL BE SHIFTED FROM THE
     FT. MEADE, MD MASTER GROUND STATION TO THE ALEXANDRIA, VA BACKUP
     MASTER GROUND STATION.  ALL FOUR CHANNELS WILL BE UPLINKED FROM
     ALEXANDRIA, VA UNTIL THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:10Z
     WHEN THEY WILL BE SWITCHED BACK TO THE PRIMARY MASTER GROUND STATION
     AT FT. MEADE.  THERE SHOULD BE NO IMPACT ON SBN TRANSMISSION DURING
     THE TRANSITION TO OR FROM THE ALEXANDRIA BACKUP MASTER GROUND STATION.
     IF AN OUTAGE DOES OCCUR, NCF WILL RETRANSMIT MISSED DATA.

     NCF
     rdh

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