Hi Greg, SSEC passed along some additional, useful information on the status of MTSAT-2 vs MTSAT-1R: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/MESS/MSG2901558.01.txt I found that the operative part of this message is: *Topic: *Meteorological Observation by MTSAT-1R to Support Scheduled Maintenance of MTSAT's Ground System* *Date/Time/Issued**: *October 17, 2013 1545 UTC* *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* MTSAT-2** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:*October 22, 2013 0300 UTC* *Date/Time of Expected End*: December 19, 2013 0200 UTC****** *Length of Outage:*N/A* *Details/Specifics of Change:* The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) plans to perform maintenance of MTSAT's ground system starting on October 22, 2013 and ending on December 19, 2013. During the ground system maintenance period, primary satellite operations will be switched from MTSAT-2 (145E) to MTSAT-1R (140E). Direct readout users will not have to move their ground antennas as MTSAT-1R data will be broadcast from 140E. On December 19, 2013, at 0200 UTC, primary satellite operations will resume on MTSAT-2. The reason for the switch to MTSAT-1R is now clear as is the scheduled switch back to MTSAT-2. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WGZ-508649 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed
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