20020814: GOES 8&10

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• Subject: 20020814: GOES 8&10
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:26:12 -0600

Topic: GOES-10 East West Maneuver August 27, 2002
Message Issued: August 14, 2002, 1518 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-8 and GOES-10
Products Impacted: GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-8 Imager
Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 14, 2002 0546 UTC

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Details:

A GOES-10 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, August 27, 2002 at 1230 UTC. For National Weather Service
operations: The backup date, and last window of opportunity (final date)
for this maneuver is Thursday, August 29, 2002.  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 27, 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 0546 UTC on August 27, 2002.

Through 0629 UTC -- Full Disk Imaging and Sounding to cover GOES-8 Keep
Out Zone period
 Except 0600 UTC Full Disk Image abbreviated to 19 minutes.

From 0630 UTC through 1059 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Imaging and Soundings

Note: GOES-8 will provide full disk images from 0815 through 1014 UTC
to cover the GOES-10 Keep Out Zone period

From 1100 UTC through 1219 UTC -- Full Disk Imaging and Soundings

 Except 1200 UTC Full Disk Image abbreviated to 19 minutes.

*From 1220 UTC through 1329 UTC -- No GOES-10 Imaging or Soundings*

**From 1215 UTC through 1344 UTC -- GOES-8 Full Disk Imaging**

From 1330 UTC through 2029 UTC -- GOES-10 Post Maneuver Recovery

Including:
  Abbreviated Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00
  Northern Hemisphere Images at XX30
  CONUS Soundings at XX01

2030 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-10 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours
following the maneuver.

Any postponement may cause changes to this schedule.

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Contact Information:
Tom Renkevens
Satellite Analysis Branch
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
301-763-8081 x109
thomas.renkevens@xxxxxxxx

See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html  for this and other
satellite related messages.
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov  for full GOES scanning schedules.