On Mon, 24 Sep 2012, Gerry Creager wrote:
The following was just sent out, too... looks like the GOES-13 failure
might be hard...
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NOUS42 KWNO 241720
ADMNFD
SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST INTERNATIONAL ADMIN MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
1719Z MON SEP 24 2012
NOAA/NESDIS IS PREPARING TO SWITCH TO GOES-14 TO PROVIDE
GOES-EAST COVERAGE AT 1745Z TODAY. THE GOES-14 IMAGERY WILL BE
TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE GOES-13 (GOES-EAST) SATELLITE FEED TO
MINIMIZE IMPACT FROM THIS EMERGENCY CHANGE. THERE WILL BE VERY
MINOR DIFFERENCES IN GOES-E PRODUCT SCHEDULE/TIMING FOLLOWING
THIS TRANSITION. GOES-15 WILL REMAIN IN FULL DISK MODE FOR SOME
TIME...TO ALLOW REDUNDANT COVERAGE WHILE WE VERIFY THE SUCCESS OF
THIS CHANGE. RSO REQUESTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WHILE GOES-W
REMAINS IN FULL DISK MODE.
NOAAport has them now, all appears well.
I hope G-13 isn't dead for good...we need all the redundancy up there
we can get. It was launched in 2006, and was operational on April
14, 2010. Not exactly a long life. :-(
Gilbert
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