[nws-changes] 20100610: GOES 12

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20100610: GOES 12
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:21:14 -0600

Topic: GOES-12 (GOES-South America) East/West Maneuver June 14, 2010
Message Issued: June 10, 2010, 1140 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-South America)
Products Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-South America) Imager and Sounder Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 14, 2010  1027 UTC

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Details:


A GOES-12 (GOES-South America) East-West maneuver will be performed on
Monday, June 14, 2010 at 1605 UTC. There is no back up day for this
maneuver.

On Monday, June 14, 2010, the following exclusive schedule will be
employed to support maneuver operations:

GOES-12 (GOES-South America) Maneuver Schedule starts at 1027 UTC on
Monday, June 14, 2010.
(Southern Hemisphere Scan at 1027 UTC is canceled)

From 1045 UTC through 1551 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-South America) Routine

Imaging and Soundings.

*From 1551 UTC through 1714 UTC -- No GOES-12 (GOES-South America)
Imaging or Soundings*

From 14/1715 UTC through 15/0014 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-South America)

Post Maneuver
Recovery Including:
* South America Imager Scan (19 min) twice per hour at XX:15 and XX:45
* Abbreviated South America 1-4 Soundings at XX:31

0015 UTC June 15 -- GOES-12 (GOES-South America) Routine Scan Operations
Resume

Expect GOES-12 (GOES-South America) 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.