[nws-changes] 20100409: Administrative, GOES-11 (GOES-West) E/W Maneuver, 4/20/10, Issued: 4/9/10]

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20100409: Administrative, GOES-11 (GOES-West) E/W Maneuver, 4/20/10, Issued: 4/9/10]
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:54:54 -0600

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Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) East/West Maneuver, April 20, 2010
Message Issued: April 9, 2010, 1235 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data and
GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 20, 2010  0747 UTC

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Details:

A GOES-11 (GOES-West) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be
performed on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 1300 UTC. The backup date for
this maneuver is Thursday, April 22, 2010.  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 April 20, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to
support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-13
(GOES-East) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11
(GOES-West) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 0747 UTC on April 20, 2010.
(Southern Hemisphere scan at 0751 UTC is canceled)

From 0800 UTC through 1251 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging

and Soundings.

*From 1252 UTC through 1359 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or
Soundings*

**From 1245 UTC through 1414 UTC -- GOES-13 (GOES-East) Full Disk (30
minute) Imaging**

From 1400 UTC through 2059 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver

Recovery Including:
  * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
  * CONUS Soundings at XX01

2100 UTC April 20 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to
6 hours following the maneuver.

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Contact Information:
Brian Hughes
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
301-763-8051 x106
Brian.Hughes@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.