GOES-8 E-W Maneuver; January 7, 2000; Issued 1/6/00

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• Subject: GOES-8 E-W Maneuver; January 7, 2000; Issued 1/6/00
• From: sarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 08:14:46 -0500

The recent North-South GOES-8 Maneuver has resulted in the requirement for
an E-W maneuver SOON.
Sorry about the short notice.

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A GOES-8 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Friday,
January 07, 2000 at 0406 UTC.  For NWS operations - This is the initial,
backup and final date for this maneuver.  Postponement can not be
requested.   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 7th, 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 2306 UTC on January 6th.

>From 2314 UTC through 0314 UTC -- GOES-8 Routine Imaging
                                     and Soundings

     Except 2309 UTC Southern Hemisphere data is canceled.

>From 0315 UTC through 0344 UTC -- GOES-8 Full Disk Scanning

>From 0345 UTC through 0359 UTC  - GOES-8 Routine Imaging and Soundings

     Except at 0345 UTC the Extended Northern Hemisphere Image is replaced
with a
          Northern Hemisphere image.  Also, the 0420 UTC Sounding is
canceled.

>From 0400 UTC through 0514 UTC -- No GOES-8 Imaging or Soundings

*From 0400 UTC through 0529 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging*

>From 0515 UTC through 1214 UTC -- Abbreviated GOES-8 full disk
(19 minute scan) at XX45 and  Northern Hemisphere Extended (NHE) imaging at
 XX15, and CONUS coverage soundings only at XX46)

1215 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.


Steve Arnett
Satellite Analysis Branch
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS
steve.arnett@xxxxxxxx