20000426: GOES 8 Imager -ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20000426: GOES 8 Imager -ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 06:56:27 -0600

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NOUS40 KWBC 261222
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1667     APRIL 26... 2000

ATTENTION    FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
             NOAAPORT USERS

SUBJECT       CHANGE OF GOES-8 IMAGER PATCH TEMPERATURE (amended)

ON APRIL 25... 2000 /JD=116/... SOCC ENGINEERS WILL CHANGE THE
GOES-8 IMAGER PATCH TEMPERATURE FROM ITS LOW /94K/ TO THE
MID /101 K/ SET POINT AT ABOUT 1235 GMT. THIS TRANSITION WILL
TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES. AFTER THE MID SET POINT IS REACHED...
THE PATCH WILL BE CONTROLLED AT THIS TEMPERATURE UNTIL
SEPTEMBER 2000. USERS SHOULD EXPECT SIGNIFICANT DATA
DEGRADATION IN THE 1245 GMT AND THE 1301 GMT FRAMES... AND
SOME POSSIBLE DEGRADATION IN THE 1309 GMT FRAME.

ERIC CHIPMAN
NOAA/NESDIS/OFFICE OF SATELLITE OPERATIONS
RM 0151 FB4
301-457-5180 X 167
ECHIPMAN/AT SYMBOL/NESDIS.NOAA.GOV
HTTP/COLON///WWW.OSO.NOAA.GOV/GOES
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