20001023: GOES maneuver-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20001023: GOES maneuver-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:35:23 -0600

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NOUS40 KWBC 231618
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1812        OCTOBER 23... 2000

ATTENTION  FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS

SUBJECT  GOES-10 E/W MANEUVER 10/24/00

A GOES-10 EAST-WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER WILL BE
PERFORMED ON TUESDAY... OCTOBER 24... 2000 AT 1030 UTC.  FOR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS  THE BACKUP DATE...
AND LAST WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY /FINAL DATE/ FOR THIS
MANEUVER IS FRIDAY... OCTOBER 27... 2000.  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 24TH... THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE WILL
BE EMPLOYED TO SUPPORT MANEUVER OPERATIONS  / PLEASE NOTE
THE SCHEDULED GOES-8 FULL DISK SCAN PERIOD TO SUPPORT THE
PRIMARY GOES-10 OUTAGE DURING THE MANEUVER. /

MANEUVER SCHEDULE STARTS AT 0551 UTC ON OCTOBER 24.

0552 UTC SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DATA WILL BE CANCELED.

FROM 0600 UTC THROUGH 1014 UTC -- GOES-10 ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS EXCEPT NORTH HEMISPHERE SCAN REPLACES FULL DISK
SCAN AT 0900 UTC DUE TO KOZ.

FROM 1015 UTC THROUGH 1129 UTC -- NO GOES-10 IMAGES OR SOUNDINGS

  FROM 1015 UTC THROUGH 1144 UTC -- GOES-8 FULL DISK IMAGING

FROM 1130 UTC THROUGH 1823 UTC -- GOES-10 ABBREVIATED FULL DISK
/19 MINUTE SCAN/ AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IMAGING... WITH
CONUS SOUNDINGS.

1824 UTC      -- GOES-10 ROUTINE SCAN OPERATIONS RESUME

EXPECT GOES-10 IMAGER AND SOUNDER GRIDDING OFFSETS FOR UP TO
SIX HOURS FOLLOWING THE MANEUVER.

ANY POSTPONEMENT MAY CAUSE CHANGES TO THIS SCHEDULE.

TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH /SAB/
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION /SSD/
NOAA/NESDIS
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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