GOES 10

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• Subject: GOES 10
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 06:40:26 -0700

Topic: GOES-10 Imager Patch Temperature Change and MBCC turned off
Message Issued: March 8, 2004, 1740 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-10
Products Impacted: GOES-10 Imager and Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 9, 2004  0815 UTC
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Details:

** Please note that the MBCC will also be turned off at the time of the
patch temperature change and will stay off for 2 days. MBCC will be
turned "ON" on DOY 71 (March 11, 2004) at 15:50z. **

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On March 9, 2004 , SOCC Engineers will change the GOES-10 Imager patch
temperature from its MID set point (101 K) to its LOW setpoint (94 K) at
about 08:15 UTC (03:15 ET).

The change will be done during keep out zone time and prior to eclipse
to minimize the impact on users. The temperature transition will take
approximately
4 hours.

The users may see slight data degradation (venetian blinding) in the
first few frames after the eclipse (10:15-10:22 UTC and 10:45-10:52 UTC)
until the patch temperature stabilizes at its new setpoint. The signal
to noise ratio will improve as a result of operation at a lower patch
(detector) temperature. The patch will be controlled at this temperature
(94 K) until October 2004 when it will be switched back to MID setting
during the autumn eclipse/KOZ season.

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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.