[nws-changes] 20100204: GOES13

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20100204: GOES13
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:08:21 -0700

Topic: GOES-13 North/South Maneuver February 9, 2010
Message Issued: February 4, 2010,  1530 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-13
Products Impacted: GOES-13 Imager and Sounder Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 9, 2010  1417 UTC

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Details:

A GOES-13 North-South Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 1445 UTC. There is no back-up day scheduled
for this maneuver. GOES-13 is currently out of storage at 105W and
undergoing validation in preparation for transition into GOES-East on
April 14, 2010 (see:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/MESS/MSG0261648.01.txt for details).

On Tuesday, February 9, the following exclusive schedule will be
employed to support maneuver operations:

GOES-13 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1417 UTC on Tuesday, February 9, 2010.

*From 1430 UTC through 1714 UTC -- No GOES-13 Imaging or Soundings*

From 1715 UTC through 2244 UTC -- GOES-13 Post Maneuver Recovery

Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* Southeast Northern Hemisphere Soundings at XX46

2245 UTC February 9 -- GOES-13 Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-13 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours
following the maneuver.

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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.