19991007: GOES update

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• Subject: 19991007: GOES update
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 10:08:57 -0600

> A GOES-8 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Thursday,
> October 21, 1999 at 1813 UTC.  For NWS operations - The backup and final
> date for this maneuver is Tuesday, October 26, 1999.   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 *****October 21st,  ********** 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 data outage):
> 
> GOES-8 E-W Station keeping Maneuver Schedule of Operations
> 
> Maneuver Schedule starts at 1254 UTC
> 
> From 1255 UTC through 1544 UTC -- GOES-8 Routine Imaging
>                                      and Soundings
> 
>           Except 1309 UTC Southern Hemisphere data is canceled.
> 
> From 1545 UTC through 1614 UTC -- GOES-8 Full Disk Scanning
> 
> From 1615 UTC through 1644 UTC  - GOES-8 Routine Imaging and Soundings
> 
> From 1645 UTC through 1714 UTC   GOES-8 Full Disk Scanning
> 
> From 1715 UTC through 1745 UTC   GOES-8 Routine Imaging and Soundings
> 
> From 1745 UTC through 1759 UTC   GOES-8 Extended Northern Hemisphere
> replaces Full Disk
> 
> From 1800 UTC through 1914 UTC -- No GOES-8 Imaging or Soundings
> 
> *From 1800 UTC through 1929 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging*
> 
> From 1915 UTC through 0214 UTC (October 22, 1999) -- Abbreviated GOES-8
> full disk (19 minute scan) at XX45 and  Northern Hemisphere Extended (NHE) >
> imaging at XX15, and
> ASOS1 coverage soundings only at XX46)
> 
> 0215 UTC  -- GOES-8 routine imager and sounding schedules
> resume.
> 
> Expect GOES-8 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6
>   hours following the maneuver time.
> 
> A maneuver cancellation may cause changes to this schedule.
> 
> Steve Arnett
> Satellite Analysis Branch
> Satellite Services Division
> NOAA/NESDIS
> steve.arnett@xxxxxxxx