20021003: GOES outages-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS72 KNCF (fwd)

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• Subject: 20021003: GOES outages-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS72 KNCF (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 06:57:34 -0600

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NOUS72 KNCF 031142
ADMNCF
PLEASE PASS TO MIC, HIC, ESA, ITO, AND SOO
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS SENT BY NESDIS:
Topic: Reminder: GOES-8 and GOES-10 Fall 2002 Solar RFI
Message Issued: October 02, 2002, 1700 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-8 and GOES-10
Products Impacted: GOES-8 and GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 03, 2002 UTC
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Details:
GOES Users:
I have received the following information from SOCC concerning the
potential for outages of the GOES data stream including GVAR (Imager and
Sounder), EMWIN, SAR, WEFAX, DCS, etc.
The Wallops CDA and SOCC receiving antennas may experience periods of
Solar RFI as predicted below. Solar RFI can cause loss of telemetry lock
and command capability, as well as degradation or loss in the GVAR data.
SOLAR RFI PREDICTED TIMES FOR FALL 2002
SPACECRAFT  DATE                     TIME             OPERATIONAL IMPACT
GOES-8             03 OCT - 11 OCT 1639 - 1652Z
SD,GVAR,T&C,WEFAX,EMWIN,DCS,SAR,MDL
GOES-10           03 OCT - 11 OCT 2109 - 2122Z
SD,GVAR,T&C,WEFAX,EMWIN,DCS,SAR
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