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ADMNCF PLEASE PASS TO THE ESA, SOO, AFP, ITO AND LEAD FORECASTER: .SUBJECT: GOES-13 SCHEDULED TO REPLACE GOES-12 AS THE GOES-EAST OPERATIONAL SPACECRAFT
.GOES-13 IS SCHEDULED TO REPLACE GOES-12 AS THE GOES-EAST OPERATIONAL SPACECRAFT ON APRIL 14, 2010 AT 1834 UTC, WITH GOES-13 BEGINNING OPERATIONS STARTING WITH THE 1845 UTC IMAGE. AN UPDATED /data/fxa/nationalData/satSpecificInfo.txt IS NEEDED TO RECEIVE AND DECODE SATELLITE DATA FROM THE GOES-13 SATELLITE. THE NCF WILL UPDATE THE /data/fxa/nationalData/satSpecificInfo.txt FILE AT ALL AWIPS SITES BEGINNING AT 1835 UTC ON APRIL 14. THE NCF WILL ALSO RESTART THE SATDECODER ON DX3 AT ALL SITES WHEN THE satSpecificInfo.txt FILE IS UPDATED. . UNTIL GOES-13'S MOVE TO ITS PERMANENT OPERATIONAL POSITION IS COMPLETE ON APRIL 26, THE FOG MONITOR'S DAYTIME SATELLITE DISPLAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY DEGRADED; BUT THE APPLICATION WILL STILL BE USABLE.
.A FOLLOW UP MESSAGE WILL BE SENT WHEN THE INSTALLATION IS COMPLETED AT ALL SITES. .
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