Re: GOES-8

• To: Robert Mullenax <rmullenax@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: GOES-8
• From: UW SSEC Data Center <datacenter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:31:03 -0600

Yes, there is a maneuver today:

Topic: GOES-8 East West Maneuver January 21, 2003
Message Issued: January 21, 2003, 1215 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-8 and GOES-10
Products Impacted: GOES-8 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-8 Imager Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 21, 2003 1134 UTC

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Details:

A GOES-8 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 1820 UTC. For National Weather Service
operations: The backup date, and last window of opportunity (final date)
for this maneuver is Thursday, January 23, 2003.  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 January 21, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to
support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-10 Full
Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-8 outage during the
maneuver.*)

Maneuver Schedule starts at 1134 UTC on January 21, 2003.

Southern Hemisphere scan at 1139 UTC is canceled.

From 1145 UTC through 1714 UTC -- GOES-8 Routine Imaging and Soundings

From 1715 UTC through 1814 UTC -- GOES-8 Full Disk Imaging with
Soundings

*From 1815 UTC through 1944 UTC -- No GOES-8 Imaging or Soundings*

**From 1800 UTC through 1959 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging**

From 1945 UTC through 0214 UTC (January 22) -- GOES-8 Post Maneuver
Recovery
Including:
   Abbreviated Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX45
   Northern Hemisphere Extended Images at XX15
   CONUS Soundings at XX46

0215 UTC January 22 -- GOES-8 Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-8 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours
following the maneuver.

Any postponement may cause changes to this schedule.

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Robert Mullenax wrote:

Is there a problem with GOES-8?  The latest image we have is 1745Z..and I
noticed
several other sources say the same thing.   (We have a SDI Ingestor).
Was there a maintenance notice I missed?


Robert Mullenax
Weather Systems Administrator
Universal Weather and Aviation

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• References:
  • GOES-8
    • From: Robert Mullenax