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[nws-changes] 20071217: GOES 10, GOES 12

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Topic: GOES-12 East/West Maneuver and GOES-12 Switch December 17, 2007
Message Issued: December 17, 2007, 1545 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 and GOES-10
Products Impacted: GOES-12 and GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 17, 2007  0436 UTC
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Details:

The stop maneuver for GOES-12 was performed this morning. GOES-12 is
currently in INR recovery and is operating on the following schedule:

From 1315 UTC through 2044 UTC -- GOES-12 Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
  * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
  * CONUS Soundings at XX46

2045 UTC December 17 -- GOES-12 Routine Scan Operations Resume

OSDPD plans to switch GOES-East operations (GINI/NOAAPORT and Products)
from GOES-10 back to GOES-12 beginning 1700 UTC.  GOES-12 will still be
operating on the INR schedule (above) until 2045 UTC.  Upon verification
of product processing, GOES-10 will be released back to GOES-South
America operations.



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