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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1760 AUGUST 2... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS
GOES SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS... MADE NECESSARY BY LUNAR
AND SOLAR INTRUSIONS AT THE EDGE OF THE EARTH DISK... IMPACT
NAVIGATION AND REGISTRATION FOR SHORT PERIODS.
USERS OF GOES GVAR DATA WILL SEE VARIABLE ERRORS DURING
PERIODS OF SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS AS NOTED BELOW.
SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS FOR THE BEVEL EFFECT ARE LISTED
WHEN APPLICABLE. BEVEL EFFECT OPERATION IS INTENDED TO
AVOID A SEASONAL SPACECRAFT POINTING PROBLEM WITH ALL
GOES SPACECRAFT CAUSED BY THE SUN S LIGHT REFLECTING
INTO THE EARTH SENSOR.
FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF GOES-8 SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS FOR
THE PERIOD JULY 31... 2000 TO AUGUST 29... 2000.
LUNAR INTRUSIONS
08/03 0645 TO 0917 UTC
08/17 1723 TO 2014 UTC
08/20 1939 TO 2230 UTC
BEVEL
08/08 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/09 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/10 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/11 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/12 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/13 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/14 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/15 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/16 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/17 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/18 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/19 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/20 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/21 0237 TO 0707 UTC
/NOTE THAT THE PREVIOUS ENTRY FOR 08/07 WAS IN ERROR AND HAS
BEEN REMOVED/
SOLAR INTRUSIONS
08/22 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/23 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/24 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/25 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/26 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/27 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/28 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/29 0237 TO 0707 UTC
FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF GOES-10 SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS FOR THE
PERIOD JULY 31... 2000 TO AUGUST 29... 2000.
LUNAR INTRUSIONS
08/03 0713 TO 1322 UTC
08/17 2130 TO 0021 UTC
08/20 2347 TO 0238 UTC
BEVEL
07/31 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/01 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/02 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/04 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/05 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/06 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/07 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/08 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/09 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/10 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/11 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/12 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/13 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/14 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/15 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/16 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/17 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/18 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/19 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/20 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/21 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/22 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/23 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/24 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/25 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/26 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/27 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/28 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/29 0713 TO 1153 UTC
SOLAR INTRUSIONS
08/22 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/23 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/24 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/25 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/26 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/27 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/28 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/29 0713 TO 1153 UTC
TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/SAB/
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION/SSD/
NOAA/NESDIS
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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