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701 NOUS72 KNCF 261108 ADMNCF PLEASE PASS TO MIC, HIC, ESA, ITO, AND SOO ~ THE FOLLOWING PERTAINS TO A GOES-EAST MANEUVER SCHEDULED FOR AUG 26. ~ Topic: GOES-12 East/West Maneuver August 26, 2004 Message Issued: August 23, 2004, 1715 UTC Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 and GOES-10 Products Impacted: GOES-12 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-10 Imager Data Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 26, 2004 1004 UTC ~ -------------------------- Details: ~ A GOES-12 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 1721 UTC. For National Weather Service operations: This is the backup date and final date for this maneuver. 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 Thursday August 26, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-10 Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-12 outage during the maneuver.*) ~ GOES-12 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1004 UTC on August 26, 2004. ~ GOES-12 Southern Hemisphere scan at 1009 UTC is canceled. ~
From 1015 UTC through 1544 UTC -- GOES-12 Routine Imaging and
Soundings. ~
From 1545 UTC through 1644 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk imaging with
Soundings. ~ *From 1645 UTC through 1844 UTC -- No GOES-12 Imaging or Soundings* ~ **From 1630 UTC through 1900 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging** ~
From 26/1845 UTC through 27/0138 UTC -- GOES-12 Post Maneuver Recovery
Including: * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX:15 and XX:45 * CONUS Soundings at XX:46 ~ 0139 UTC August 27 -- GOES-12 Routine Scan Operations Resume ~ Expect GOES-12 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver. ~ --------------------------- ~ Contact Information: Brian Hughes / Tom Renkevens Satellite Services Division NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD 301-763-8051 x106/x109 Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx / 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. ~ ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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