NOUS40KWBC 151527
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1882 FEBRUARY 15... 2001
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES 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 FEBRUARY 12... 2001 TO MARCH 13... 2001.
LUNAR INTRUSIONS
02/12 1936 TO 2227 UTC
03/09 1539 TO 1830 UTC
BEVEL
02/12 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/13 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/14 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/15 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/16 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/17 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/18 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/25 0237 TO 0752 UTC
SOLAR INTRUSIONS
02/19 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/20 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/21 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/22 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/23 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/24 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/25 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/26 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/27 0237 TO 0707 UTC
02/28 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/01 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/02 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/03 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/04 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/05 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/06 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/07 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/08 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/09 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/10 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/11 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/12 0237 TO 0707 UTC
03/13 0237 TO 0707 UTC
FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF GOES-10 SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS FOR THE
PERIOD FEBRUARY 12... 20001 TO MARCH 13... 2001.
LUNAR INTRUSIONS
02/12 2342 TO 0234 UTC
03/09 1947 TO 2240 UTC
BEVEL
02/12 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/13 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/14 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/15 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/16 0713 TO 1153 UTC
SOLAR INTRUSIONS
02/17 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/18 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/19 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/20 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/21 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/22 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/23 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/24 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/25 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/26 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/27 0713 TO 1153 UTC
02/28 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/01 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/02 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/03 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/04 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/05 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/06 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/07 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/08 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/09 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/10 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/11 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/12 0713 TO 1153 UTC
03/13 0713 TO 1153 UTC
TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH /SAB/
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION /SSD/
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
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