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783 NOUS72 KNCF 051708 ADMNCF PLEASE PASS TO MIC, HIC, ESA, ITO, AND SOO ~ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION PERTAINS TO AN UPCOMING GOES-WEST SATELLITE MANUEVER: GOES-10 E/W Maneuver 08/06/03 - Issued 07/31/03 Topic: GOES-10 East/West Maneuver August 6, 2003 Message Issued: July 31, 2003, 1115 UTC Satellites Impacted: GOES-10 and GOES-12 Products Impacted: GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 Imager Data Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 6, 2003 0920 UTC -------------------------- Details: A GOES-10 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Wednesday, August 6, 2003 at 0931 UTC. For National Weather Service operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Friday, August 8, 2003. 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 August 6, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-10 outage during the maneuver.*) GOES-10 Maneuver Schedule starts at 0251 UTC on August 6, 2003. GOES-10 Southern Hemisphere scan at 0252 UTC is canceled.
From 0300 UTC through 0829 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Imaging and Soundings From 0830 UTC through 0919 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging with
Soundings *From 0920 UTC through 1029 UTC -- No GOES-10 Imaging or Soundings* **From 0915 UTC through 1044 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging**
From 1030 UTC through 1729 UTC -- GOES-10 Post Maneuver Recovery
Including (NOTE the change in the usual post maneuver INR recovery scans): * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30 * CONUS Soundings at XX01 1730 UTC August 6 -- GOES-10 Routine Scan Operations Resume Expect GOES-10 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver. --------------------------- Contact Information: Brian Hughes Satellite Services Division NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD 301-763-8051 x106 Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages. See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov for full GOES scanning schedules. ncf ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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