NOAASIS - NOAA Satellite Information System for NOAA Meteorological / Weather Satellites

Special Bulletins

Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) RSO is scheduled for: June 26, 2009
Date/Time Issued: June 26, 2009 1145 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 26, 2009 Jdate 177 1233 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 27, 2009 Jdate 178 0203 UTC
Length of Event: 13.5 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-11 (GOES-West) CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-11 (GOES-West) RSO due to Severe Weather over Colorado
Requester: WFO Grand Junction

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-12 (GOES-East) RSO is scheduled for: June 26, 2009
Date/Time Issued: June 26, 2009 1335 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 26, 2009 Jdate 177 1426 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 27, 2009 Jdate 178 0226 UTC
Length of Event: 12 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-12 (GOES-east) CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 (GOES-East) RSO due to Severe Weather over Vermont.
Requester: WFO Burlington Vermont

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-10 East/West Maneuver, June 23, 2009
Message Issued: June 17, 2009, 1400 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-10 (GOES-South America)
Products Impacted: GOES-10 Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 23, 2009 1026 UTC
Details:
A GOES-10 (GOES-South America) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 1653 UTC. There is no back-up day scheduled for this maneuver. On June 23, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: GOES-10 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1026 UTC on June 23, 2009.
(South America scan at 1027 UTC is canceled)
From 1157 UTC through 1639 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Imaging.
*From 1640 UTC through 1814 UTC -- No GOES-10 Imaging*
From 23/1815 UTC through 24/0205 UTC -- GOES-10 Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* South America Images (19:30 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
0215 UTC June 24 -- 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@noaa.gov
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.

Topic: Extended GOES-12 (GOES-East) RSO is scheduled for: June 17, 2009
Date/Time Issued: June 17, 2009 1150 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 17, 2009 Jdate 168 0526 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 18, 2009 Jdate 169 0626 UTC
Length of Event: 23 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-12 (GOES-East) CONUS scans,
with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan. User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 (GOES-East) RSO for Severe Weather over Central Plains Ohio River Valley
Requester: SPC

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-12 (GOES-East) RSO is scheduled for: June 17, 2009
Date/Time Issued: June 17, 2009 0345 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 17, 2009 Jdate 168 0526 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 17, 2009 Jdate 168 1226 UTC
Length of Event: 7 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-12 (GOES-East) CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 (GOES-East) RSO for space shuttle support.
Requester: Space Flight Center

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: Reminder of GOES-11 (GOES-West) North/South Maneuver June 16, 2009
Message Issued: June 15, 2009, 1350 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) and GOES-12 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 16, 2009 0147 UTC
Details:
A GOES-11 (GOES-West) North-South Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 0855 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, June 18, 2009. 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 June 16, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations:
(*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11 (GOES-West) outage during the maneuver.*) GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 0147 UTC on June 16, 2009.
(Southern Hemisphere scan at 0151 UTC is canceled) From 0200 UTC through 0729 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging and Soundings. From 0730 UTC through 0759 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk imaging and routine soundings.
*From 0822 UTC through 1029 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or Soundings*
**From 0815 UTC through 1044 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging** From 1030 UTC through 1759 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver Recovery Including: * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
* CONUS Soundings at XX01
1800 UTC June 16 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations Resume Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) 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@noaa.gov
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.

Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) SRSO is scheduled for: June 11, 2009
Date/Time Issued: June 11, 2009 1645 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 11, 2009 Jdate 162 1903 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 12, 2009 Jdate 163 0103 UTC
Length of Event: 6 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Smaller PACUS frame with shortened Southern Hemisphere scan (Southern Hemisphere scan hourly). Increased frequency of images over area of interest (see Details)
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-11 (GOES-West) SRSO due to Vortex-2 experiment centered at 37 degrees north latitude and 99 degrees west longitude.
Requestor: CIRA (Corporate Institute for Research in the Atmosphere).

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) SRSO is scheduled for: June 9, 2009
Date/Time Issued: June 9, 2009 1610 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 9, 2009 Jdate 160 1933 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 10, 2009 Jdate 161 0103 UTC
Length of Event: 5 hours and 30 minutes.
Impacts on Users and Significance: Smaller PACUS frame with shortened Southern Hemisphere scan (Southern Hemisphere scan hourly). Increased frequency of images over area of interest (see Details)
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-11 (GOES-West) SRSO due to Vortex-2 experiment centered at 37 degrees north latitude and 98 degrees west longitude.
Requestor: CIRA (Corporate Institute for Research in the Atmosphere).

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) SRSO is scheduled for: June 9, 2009
Date/Time Issued: June 9, 2009 1610 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 9, 2009 Jdate 160 1903 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 10, 2009 Jdate 161 0103 UTC
Length of Event: 6 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Smaller PACUS frame with shortened Southern Hemisphere scan (Southern Hemisphere scan hourly). Increased frequency of images over area of interest (see Details)
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-11 (GOES-West) SRSO due to Vortex-2 experiment centered at 37 degrees north latitude and 98 degrees west longitude.
Requestor: CIRA (Corporate Institute for Research in the Atmosphere).

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) North/South Maneuver June 16, 2009
Message Issued: June 9, 2009, 1445 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) and GOES-12 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 16, 2009 0147 UTC
Details: A GOES-11 (GOES-West) North-South Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 0855 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, June 18, 2009. 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 June 16, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations:
(*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11 (GOES-West) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 0147 UTC on June 16, 2009.
(Southern Hemisphere scan at 0151 UTC is canceled) From 0200 UTC through 0729 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging and Soundings.
From 0730 UTC through 0759 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk imaging and routine soundings.
*From 0822 UTC through 1029 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or Soundings*
**From 0815 UTC through 1044 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging**
From 1030 UTC through 1759 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
* CONUS Soundings at XX01
1800 UTC June 16 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations Resume Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) 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@noaa.gov
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.

Topic: GOES-12 (GOES-East) RSO is scheduled for: June 9, 2009
Date/Time Issued: June 9, 2009 1220 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 9, 2009 Jdate 160 1726 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 10, 2009 Jdate 161 0326 UTC
Length of Event: 10 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-12 (GOES-east) CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 (GOES-East) RSO
Requestor: SPC in Norman, OK

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) RSO is scheduled for: June 4, 2009
Date/Time Issued: June 4, 2009 1620 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 4, 2009 Jdate 155 1803 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 5, 2009 Jdate 156 0403 UTC
Length of Event: 10 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-11 (GOES-West) CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-11 (GOES-West) RSO
Requestor: WFO in Boise, Idaho

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-11 SRSO is scheduled for: May 12, 2009
Date/Time Issued: May 12, 2009 1615 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-11 Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 12, 2009 Jdate 132 2003 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: May 13, 2009 Jdate 133 0203 UTC
Length of Event: 6 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-11 CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-11 SRSO due to Vortex-2 experiment centered at 38 degrees north latitude and 99 degrees west longitude.
Requestor: CIRA (Corporate Institute for Research in the Atmosphere).

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-12 RSO is scheduled for: May 11, 2009
Date/Time Issued: May 11, 2009 1150 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12 Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 11, 2009 Jdate 131 1426 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: May 11 2009 Jdate 131 2326 UTC
Length of Event: 9 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-12 CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 RSO due to Space Shuttle support
Requestor: SMG (Space Flight Meteorological Group)

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-12 RSO is scheduled for: May 8, 2009
Date/Time Issued: May 8, 2009 1255 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12 Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 8, 2009 Jdate 128 1326 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: May 9 2009 Jdate 129 0326 UTC
Length of Event: 14 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-12 CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 RSO due to Severe Weather over MISSISSIPPI VALLEY Requestor: SPC

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-12 (GOES-East) East/West Maneuver May 19, 2009
Message Issued: May 6, 2009, 1200 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) and GOES-11 (GOES-West)
Products Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager
Data Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 19, 2009 1705 UTC

Details: A GOES-12 (GOES-East) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 2311 UTC. For National Weather Service operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, May 21, 2009. 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 May 19, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations:
(*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-12 (GOES-East) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-12 (GOES-East) Maneuver Schedule starts at 1705 UTC on May 19, 2009.
(Southern Hemisphere Scan at 1709 UTC is canceled) From 1715 UTC through 2114 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Imaging and Soundings. From 2215 UTC through 2244 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk Imaging and Routine Soundings
*From 19/2300 UTC through 20/0014 UTC -- No GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imaging or Soundings*
**From 19/2300 UTC through 20/0029 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk Imaging**
From 20/0015 UTC through 20/0714 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* CONUS Soundings at XX46
0715 UTC May 20 -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Scan Operations Resume Expect GOES-12 (GOES-East) 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@noaa.gov
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.

Topic: GOES-12 RSO
Date/Time Issued: May 04, 2009 1715 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12 Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 04, 2009 1826 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: May 05, 2009 0626 UTC Length of Event: 12 Hours Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 RSO approved for Severe Weather over Virginia
Requester: WFO Blackburg, Va.

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) East/West Maneuver, May 5, 2009
Message Issued: April 27, 2009, 1215 UTC Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) and GOES-12 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 5, 2009 0747 UTC
Details: A GOES-11 (GOES-West) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 1300 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, May 7, 2009. 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 May 5, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations:
(*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11 (GOES-West) outage during the maneuver.*)
GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 0747 UTC on May 5, 2009.
(Southern Hemisphere scan at 0751 UTC is canceled) From 0800 UTC through 1251 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging and Soundings.
*From 1252 UTC through 1359 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or Soundings*
**From 1245 UTC through 1414 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk (30 minute) Imaging** From 1400 UTC through 2049 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
* CONUS Soundings at XX01
2100 UTC May 5 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations Resume Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) 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@noaa.gov
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.

Topic: GOES-11 RSO is scheduled for: April 16, 2009
Date/Time Issued: April 16, 2009 1925 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-11 Imager Data and Products Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 16, 2009 Jdate 106 2003 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: April 17, 2009 Jdate 107 0303 UTC
Length of Event: 7 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-11 CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-11 RSO due to Severe Weather Potential for WFO Amarillo Area.
Requestor: Southern Region

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-12 RSO is scheduled for: April 13, 2009
Date/Time Issued: April 13, 2009 1427 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12 Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 13, 2009 Jdate 103 1626 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: April 14, 2009 Jdate 104 0226 UTC
Length of Event: 10 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-12 CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 RSO due to Severe Weather over South Carolina
Requestor: Charleston, SC

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: GOES-10 East/West Maneuver, April 14, 2009
Message Issued: April 13, 2009, 1105 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-10 (GOES-South America
) Products Impacted: GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 14, 2009 1057 UTC

Details:
A GOES-10 (GOES-South America) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 1721 UTC. There is no back-up day scheduled for this maneuver.

On April 14, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations:
GOES-10 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1057 UTC on April 14, 2009. (South America scan at 1057 UTC is canceled)

From 1127 UTC through 1657 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Imaging and Soundings.
*From 1657 UTC through 1844 UTC -- No GOES-10 Imaging or Soundings*
From 14/1845 UTC through 15/0105 UTC -- GOES-10 Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* South America Images (19:30 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* Abbreviated South America Soundings 1-4 at XX31
0115 UTC April 15 -- 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@noaa.gov

Web Site(s)for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html for scanning schedules.

Topic: User Access to Level 1B Data
Date/Time(UTC) Message Issued: 9 April 2009, 2230 UTC
Satellite(s) Involved: NOAA-19
Instrument(s) Involved:All instruments
Product(s) Involved/Affected: All Products
Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation:14 April 2009, Time TBD UTC
Details/Specifics of Change:

On 14 April 2009, NOAA will release the NOAA-19 data to the current NOAA-18 data users for system check out. We believe the data is of operational quality and will begin treating it as such. However, we do not wish to cause problems for any of our users by suddenly flooding your system with NOAA-19 data before you are ready to receive it. For those users who get their data from the DDS, please contact Cathy Nichols and request the data. We are asking CLASS to allow access to the NOAA-19 data at the same access level as for NOAA-18.

Please note that we see an attitude type error in the NOAA-19 AVHRR data that is currently under investigation and a correction will be made once this investigation is complete. There are still tests being conducted

On 9 April, NOAA-19 information was updated in the KLM Users' Guide at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/intro.htm. This included some minor calibration parameter changes.

Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:

Cathy Nichols Cathy.Nichols@noaa.gov 301-817-3891 DDS Access
Emily Harrod Emily.Harrod@noaa.gov 301-817-3882 Level 1B operations support

Web site(s) that contain other relevant information (where applicable):

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/PPP.html - History of level 1B notices
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html - All user notices
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/index.htm - SOCC polar satellite status
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/index.htm - SOCC geostationary satellite status
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/daily-news/index.asp - SOCC morning reports

The next Aqua inclination maneuver will be performed on 2009/098,* *April 8, as follows:
Slew out Start: 15:57:07
Slew out End: 16:07:02
Yaw Angle: -83.497
Burn Start: 16:07:02
Burn End: 16:10:43
Slew Back Start: 16:16:12 30.625
Slew Back End: 16:16:42.625

The next Aqua inclination maneuver will be performed on Thursday, April 2 as follows:
Slew Start: 14:54:40
Slew End 15:04:35
Commanded Yaw Angle (Deg) : -83.497
Burn Start: 15:04:35
Burn End: 15:13:45
Slew Back start: 15:14:15.625
Slew Back End: 15:26:00 550

Topic: GOES-12 RSO is scheduled for: April 2, 2009
Date/Time Issued: April 2, 2009 0855 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12 Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 2, 2009 Jdate 092 1426 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: April 3, 2009 Jdate 093 0226 UTC
Length of Event: Approx. 13 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-12 CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 RSO due to Moderate Risk of Severe Weather over Lower Mississippi Valley
Requester: SPC

Topic: GOES-11 RSO is scheduled for: March 26, 2009 ALASKA SECTOR
Date/Time Issued: March 26, 2009 1935 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-11 Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 26, 2009 2203 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: March 27, 2009 0203 UTC Length of Event: 4 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-11 CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-11 RSO due to Redoubt volcano eruption in Alaska
Requestor: WFO, Anchorage

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Topic: GOES-13 Reference Longitude Change and Schedule Update
Message Issued: March 18, 2009, 1950 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-13
Products Impacted: Any test/development products from GOES-13
Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 19, 2009 0034 UTC
Details: The following information was received from OSO/SOCC concerning a reference longitude change for GOES-13:

GOES-13 will change its reference longitude from 104.5W to 105.0W at 00:34Z this evening, J078. This new reference longitude will remain in effect until further notice. GVAR users may notice a slight one-time perspective change when the reference longitude is modified.

GOES-13 Schedule update: GOES-13 is scheduled to be placed back into storage on April 15, 2009 with health and safety controlled from the Fairbanks CDA, in order for Wallops CDA and NSOF to prepare for the GOES-O launch scheduled for April 28, 2009.

Details of the Outage:
GOES-12 satellite is experiencing a Thruster leak. SOCC engineers are working on correcting the Thruster situation
Data Affected by the Outage: 0730Z CONS
Date and Time of the Outage: 3/03/2009 0730 UTC
Length of the Outage: Unknown

Details of the Outage:
GOES-12 satellite experienced a Thruster 5b leak this morning which caused the navigation to be affected and several image/products were not available for transmission. The navigation situation has been corrected. However, SOCC engineers are working on the correcting the Thruster situation.
Data Affected by the Outage:
The following images were not available for transmission:
1046Z SOUNDER, 1103Z SOUNDER, 1101Z CONUS,
1109 SHEMI, 1115Z NHEMI AND 1120Z
GULF OF MEXICO WINDS SOUNDING.
Date and Time of the Outage: 2/25/2009 0615 UTC
Length of the Outage: 2/25/2009 0615 UTC until 0915, 2009

Topic: GOES-11 Lunar Shadow February 24, 2009
Message Issued: February 24, 2009, 1325 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 and GOES-12 Imagery
Products Impacted: GOES-11 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 imager data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 24, 2009 1315 UTC
Details:
Due to a GOES-11 Lunar shadow on Feb 24, 1331 to 1500 UTC and 1730 to 1930 UTC, we will have frame cancellations. The GOES-12 imager will be placed in Full Disk mode to cover for the GOES-11 cancellations:

The GOES-11 image and sounding cancellations are as follows:

1st Lunar Shadow: 1334Z - 1447Z

IMAGES CANCELED:
1315 - PACUS
1321 - S. Hemisphere
1330 - N. Hemisphere
1345 - PACUS
1351 - S. Hemisphere
1400 - N. Hemisphere
1415 - PACUS
1421 - S. Hemisphere
1430 - N. Hemisphere
1445 - PACUS
1451 - S. Hemisphere
1500 - N. Hemisphere

SOUNDINGS CANCELED:
1324Z - Hawaii
1401Z - CONUS
1424Z - Hawaii
1501Z - CONUS

2nd Lunar Shadow: 1750Z - 1907Z

IMAGES CANCELED:
1730 - N. Hemisphere
1745 - PACUS
1751 - S. Hemisphere
1800 - N. Hemisphere
1815 - PACUS
1821 - S. Hemisphere
1830 - N. Hemisphere
1845 - PACUS
1851 - S. Hemisphere
1900 - N. Hemisphere
1915 - PACUS
1921 - S. Hemisphere
1930 - N. Hemisphere

SOUNDINGS CANCELED:
1724Z - N. Pacific
1801Z - CONUS
1824Z - N. Pacific
1901Z - CONUS
1924Z - Hawaii

GOES-12 will perform Full disk imaging from 1315Z-1514Z and 1715Z-1944Z.

Topic: REMINDER: GOES-12 (GOES-East) East/West Maneuver February 24, 2009
Message Issued: February 23, 2009, 1615 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) and GOES-11 (GOES-West)
Products Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 24, 2009 1636 UTC

Details:
A GOES-12 (GOES-East) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 2250 UTC.
** Due to the GOES-12 Eclipse schedule beginning February 26, 2009, there will be no backup date scheduled for this maneuver **

On February 24, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations:
(*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-12 (GOES-East) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-12 (GOES-East) Maneuver Schedule starts at 1636 UTC on February 24, 2009.
(Southern Hemisphere Scan at 1639 UTC is canceled)

From 1645 UTC through 2214 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Imaging and Soundings.

From 2215 UTC through 2242 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk Imaging and Routine Soundings

*From 2245 UTC through 2344 UTC -- No GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imaging or Soundings*

**From 2230 UTC through 2359 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk Imaging**

From 24/2345 UTC through 25/0614 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Post Maneuver

Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* CONUS Soundings at XX46
* Due to Keep Out Zone schedule, 0415 UTC and 0545 UTC will be Northern Hemisphere Extended
* Due to Keep Out Zone schedule, 0445 UTC and 0515 UTC will be Northern Hemisphere
0615 UTC February 25 -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Scan Operations Resume Expect GOES-12 (GOES-East) imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver.

Topic: GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Patch Temperature Change
Message Issued: February 18, 2009, 1715 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-10
Products Impacted: GOES-10 Imager and Sounder
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 26, 2009 0315 UTC
Details: For users of the GOES-10 Imager and Sounder

On February 26, 2009, SOCC Engineers will change the GOES-10 Imager and Sounder patch temperatures from their MID set points (101K and 100K respectively) to their LOW set-points (94K and 92.5K) at approximately 03:15 UTC (22:15 ET on February 25, 2009)

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 imager users may see slight data degradation (venetian blinding) in the first few frames after the eclipse (5:15 S. America) until the patch temperatures stabilize at their new lower set-points.

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 (94/92.5 K) until October 2009 when it will be switched back to MID setting during the autumn eclipse/KOZ season.

MBCC will also be turned off at the time of the patch temp change and will be turned back on approximately two days later.

Topic: GOES-12 RSO is scheduled for: February 18, 2009
Date/Time Issued: February 18, 2009 1235 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12 Imager Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 18, 2009 1326 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: February 19, 2009 0626 UTC
Length of Event: 17 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance: Increased number of GOES-12 CONUS scans, with decreased coverage for Southern Hemisphere and smaller Northern Hemisphere scan.
User Actions: None.
Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 RSO due to Severe Weather, requested by the Storm Prediction Center.
Requestor: SPC
Location: Southeastern USA.

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations Crew Leader at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 or Satellite Analysis Branch Shift Supervisor at SABSupervisor@noaa.gov and 301-763-8444.

Topic: Reminder: GOES-11 (GOES-West) East/West Maneuver, February 18, 2009
Message Issued: February 4, 2009, 1530 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) and GOES-12 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 17, 2009 2347 UTC
Details: A GOES-11 (GOES-West) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 0100 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is Friday, February 20, 2009. 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 February 17/18, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12(GOES-East) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11 (GOES-West) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 2347 UTC on February 17, 2009.
(Southern Hemisphere scan at 17/1951 UTC is canceled)

From 17/2351 UTC through 18/0042 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging and Soundings.
*From 18/0043 UTC through 18/0159 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or Soundings*
**From 18/0045 UTC through 18/0214 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk (30 minute) Imaging**

From 18/0200 UTC through 18/0749 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
* CONUS Soundings at XX01

0800 UTC February 18 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver.

Topic: TBUS Bulletin Updates to remove NOAA-14, add NOAA-19
Date/Time(UTC) Message Issued: 11 February 2009, 1850 UTC
Satellite(s) Involved: NOAA-14 and NOAA-19 (N Prime)
Instrument(s) Involved: All, Navigation
Product(s) Involved/Affected: TBUS Bulletins
Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation: 5 February 2009, Time 1800 UTC
Details/Specifics of Change: On 11 February around 1800 UTC, NOAA completed updates to the TIROS Bulletin United States (TBUS) to reflect the following:
- Removed NOAA-12 (TBUS08), and NOAA-14 (TBUS02). NOAA12 was removed on 5 February; NOAA-14 removed on 11 February2009
- Established GOES-13 as the third GOES TBUS in the TBUS08 slot. Effective with the daily TBUS update at 0700 UTC on 5 February 2009
- Established NOAA-19 (N Prime) as TBUS02. Completed on 11 February 2009 around 1800 UTC

This will result in the following configuration:

Old

Current

Bulletin Number

SAT NAME

SAT ID

SAT NAME

SAT ID

TBUS01

NOAA-17

37

NOAA-17

37

TBUS02

NOAA-14

38

NOAA-19*

40

TBUS03

NOAA-15

34

NOAA-15

34

TBUS04

NOAA-16

36

NOAA-16

36

TBUS05

GOES-11

GOES-11

TBUS06

GOES-12

GOES-12

TBUS07

NOAA-18

39

NOAA-18

39

TBUS08

NOAA-12

43

GOES-13

* CHANGES AFTER LAUNCH

Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:

Emily Harrod Emily.Harrod@noaa.gov 301-817-3882 operations support
Marlin Perkins Marlin.O.Perkins@noaa.gov 301-817-4523 Direct Readout Services
Paul Seymour Paul.Seymour@noaa.gov 301-817-4521 Direct Readout Services

Web site(s) that contain other relevant information (where applicable):
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/PPP.html - History of level 1B notices
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html - All user notices
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/index.htm - SOCC polar satellite status
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/index.htm - SOCC geostationary satellite status
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/daily-news/index.asp - SOCC morning reports

LRIT Product Anomaly:

Details of the Problem:
ESPC has been experiencing a partial disruption of the distribution of GOES data from the LRIT Domain 4 Communications Module. The issues were channel anomalies associated with the processing of GOES imagery internally in the LRIT system. We have been monitoring the system for several hours and have detected no further anomalies. We will continue to monitor the system over the next several hours but at this time believe the problem to be corrected.

Data Affected by the Partial Distribution Interruption:
GOES-WEST IR, VS , and / or WV image channels but primarily IR channels
GOES-EAST IR, VS, and / or WV image channels but primarily VS and WV channels

Date and Time of the Partial Outage:
2/08/07, 0830 UTC

Length of the Partial Outage:
Partial outage of LRIT for approximately 4 days

Contact Point for Questions:
Please contact ESPC Operations at ESPCoperations@noaa.gov if you experience any more problems with the products on the LRIT East or West Broadcast.

ESPC Operations OCL (Operations Crew Leader), 301-817-3880

Details of the Problem:
ESPC is experiencing a partial disruption of the distribution of GOES data from the LRIT Domain 4 Communications Module. The issues are channel anomalies associated with the processing of GOES imagery internally in the LRIT system. The affected channels are different for the GOES-West and GOES-East broadcast. A series of measures have been taken and are being undertaken in order to diagnose this problem. This includes installing monitoring and “clean-up” scripts to assist in troubleshooting. At approximately 3:00 PM EST, we will make a decision whether or not to move the LRIT processing to a “back-up” server or remain with the primary servers for the overnight period and whether we feel further testing and evaluation is necessary. Further notification will be delivered at that time.

Data Affected by the Partial Distribution Interruption:
GOES-WEST IR, VS , and / or WV image channels but primarily IR channels
GOES-EAST IR, VS, and / or WV image channels but primarily VS and WV channels

Date and Time of the Partial Outage: 2/08/07, 0830 UTC

Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) East/West Maneuver, February 18, 2009
Message Issued: February 4, 2009, 1530 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) and GOES-12 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 17, 2009 2347 UTC

Details:
A GOES-11 (GOES-West) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 0100 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is Friday, February 20, 2009. 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 February 17/18, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11 (GOES-West) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 2347 UTC on February 17, 2009. (Southern Hemisphere scan at 17/1951 UTC is canceled)

From 17/2351 UTC through 18/0042 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging and Soundings.
*From 18/0043 UTC through 18/0159 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or Soundings*
**From 18/0045 UTC through 18/0214 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk (30 minute) Imaging**

From 18/0200 UTC through 18/0749 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
* CONUS Soundings at XX01

0800 UTC February 18 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver.

Topic: TBUS Bulletin Updates to add GOES-13, remove NOAA-12&14, add NOAA-19 (N Prime)
Date/Time(UTC) Message Issued: 4 February 2009, 2050 UTC
Satellite(s) Involved: GOES-13, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, and NOAA-19 (N Prime)
Instrument(s) Involved: All, Navigation
Product(s) Involved/Affected: TBUS Bulletins
Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation: 5 February 2009, Time 0700 UTC
Details/Specifics of Change: NOAA plans to update the TIROS Bulletin United States (TBUS) to reflect the following:
- Remove NOAA-12, TBUS08, and NOAA-14, TBUS02. Both satellites were decommissioned some time ago and are not needed
- Establish GOES-13 as the third GOES TBUS in the TBUS08 slot. This will be done effective with the daily TBUS update at 0700 UTC on 5 February 2009
- Establish NOAA-19 (N Prime) as TBUS02. This will be done once the spacecraft has been launched and established in orbit.

This will result in the following configuration:

Current

Updated

Bulletin Number

SAT NAME

SAT ID

SAT NAME

SAT ID

TBUS01

NOAA-17

37

NOAA-17

37

TBUS02

NOAA-14

38

NOAA-19*

40

TBUS03

NOAA-15

34

NOAA-15

34

TBUS04

NOAA-16

36

NOAA-16

36

TBUS05

GOES-11

GOES-11

TBUS06

GOES-12

GOES-12

TBUS07

NOAA-18

39

NOAA-18

39

TBUS08

NOAA-12

43

GOES-13

* CHANGES AFTER LAUNCH

Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:

Emily Harrod Emily.Harrod@noaa.gov 301-817-3882 operations support
Marlin Perkins Marlin.O.Perkins@noaa.gov 301-817-4523 Direct Readout Services
Paul Seymour Paul.Seymour@noaa.gov 301-817-4521 Direct Readout Services

Web site(s) that contain other relevant information (where applicable):
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/PPP.html - History of level 1B notices
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html - All user notices
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/index.htm - SOCC polar satellite status
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/index.htm - SOCC geostationary satellite status
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/daily-news/index.asp - SOCC morning reports

To all GOES13 Users,
GOES13 Imaging has returned as of 030/2002z. Ground system engineers are still investigating into the cause of the ground system problem.
INR may be slightly out of spec and an INR recovery is in progress.
Data Affected by the Outage: GOES-13
Date and Time of the Outage: 01/30/2009 1645 UTC, 12:45, pm EST Length of the Outage: 01/30/2009 1645 UTC, 12:45, pm EST until 2002 UTC, 3:02 pm EST

To all GOES13 Users, GOES13 Imaging has stopped as of 030/1632z due to an ongoing ground system problem. The SSGS engineering team are currently working the problem and hopefully will have it resolved soon. Data Affected by the Outage: GOES-13
Date and Time of the Outage: 01/29/2009 1645 UTC, 12:45, pm EST Length of the Outage: Until further notice

The GOES-12 navigation problem that occurred yesterday (January 28th, 2009) has been corrected as of the 20:15Z image.

GOES-12 Outage:
At 22:40Z on Jan 27, 2009, GOES-12 had a re-occurrence of a thruster leak which caused a Yaw momentum build up. This caused the navigation to be off by approximately 20 scan lines. As of 17:15Z the navigation is still off and engineers are working on the problem. It should be fixed within a couple of hours.

Data Affected by the Outage: GOES-12
Date and Time of the Outage: 01/27/2009 2240 UTC, 6:40 PM, EST Length of the Outage: Until further notice

NESDIS Office of Satellite Operations (OSO) and Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution (OSDPD) have monitored GOES-12 overnight, with Image and Navigation Registration (INR) recovery successful. GOES-12 will be placed back as operational GOES-East at 1500 UTC.

At 1500 UTC, all products including but not limited to GINI (AWIPS), ESPC Remappers, GOES Derived products, Radiances, Satellite Cloud Products (SCP), LRIT will switch back to GOES-12. ESPC personnel will closely monitor data and products during the changeover.

Users receiving GVAR directly from GOES-12 should be receiving GOES-12 imager and sounder data. GOES-12 is currently running the INR recovery schedule (19-minute Full Disk scans at XX:15 and XX:45 UTC with CONUS soundings at XX:46). OSDPD and OSO will coordinate on when GOES-12 will be placed back into routine mode.

Users obtaining GOES-13 GVAR directly from GOES-13 are recommended to switch back to GOES-12. GOES-13 will remain in a GOES-East scanning schedule until OSO and OSDPD determine that GOES-12 is stable for operational GOES-East activity.

GOES-13 is located at 105 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #257
GOES-12 is located at 75 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #256

Resources at the following web sites may help in determining yourspecific elevation and angle for your receiving dish:
http://www.satcomresources.com/Look-Angle-Calculator
http://www.satsig.net/ssazelm.htm

UPDATE #12 1/5/2009 @ 1230 UTC

GOES-12 has undergone a successful anti-ice decontamination of the imager, and is slated to return to imaging and sounding on Monday, January 5, 2009 at 1500 UTC. At this time, GOES-12 will be placed on an Image and Navigation Recovery (INR) schedule (19 minute Full Disk scans at XX:15 and XX:45, CONUS Soundings at XX:46). The length of the INR recovery schedule will depend on the successful INR recovery of GOES-12. GOES-13 will be maintained as GOES-East through the GOES-12 INR recovery period.

For users pointing directly to GOES-12 and obtaining GOES-13 GVAR: At 1500 UTC on 1/5/09, GOES-12 GVAR will commence directly from GOES-12, but image navigation and registration may be out of desired specifications for a period of time. Users may want to consider adjusting their antennae to obtain GVAR directly from GOES-13.

** ESPC will continue to produce operational GOES-East product from GOES-13 (Remapper, GINI/AWIPS, radiances, derived products, interpretive products) during the GOES-12 INR recovery. ESPC will monitor GOES-12 data, and if INR recovery is successful, switch GOES-East operations back to GOES-12 on or about Tuesday, January 6 at 1500 UTC. **

GOES-12 will be maintained at Midnight Black Body Calibration Correction (MBCC) Mode 1 (instant averaging) until Thursday, January 8th when SOCC will switch calibration mode back to MBCC Mode 3 (4 day averaging). SOCC reports a 10-20 percent signal gain on GOES-12 following the successful decontamination.

Background Notes:
GOES-13 is located at 105 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #257
GOES-12 is located at 75 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #256

Resources at the following web sites may help in determining your specific elevation and angle for your receiving dish:
http://www.satcomresources.com/Look-Angle-Calculator
http://www.satsig.net/ssazelm.htm

Satellite imagery is being produced for AWIPS and SATEPSDIST users from GOES-13.
GOES derived products (winds, soundings) from NESDIS are being produced from GOES-13.

For ground ingest software, you may need to contact your ingest hardware/software provider for any relevant updates to your system in order to ingest GOES-13 data.

To account for some noted striping in imager and sounder data from GOES-13, the SOCC implemented SPS Calibration Bias Mode (from 2 instead of 1) and MBCC (Midnight Blackbody Calibration Correction) at 1900 UTC on Wednesday December 17.

GVAR and Calibration information for GOES satellites can be found at:
http://www.osd.noaa.gov/gvar/gvardownload.htm
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/goes-calibration/index.htm

Coverage and corner points of sector scans for GOES-13 are now found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/g13sectors.html

Prior messages on this event can be found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/bulletins.html

An update will be provided as details of the recovery are made available, or sooner if conditions warrant.

Data Affected by the Outage: All products from GOES-12
Date and Time of the Outage: 12/14/08, 2218 UTC , 5:18 pm EST
Length of the Outage: Unknown

Status of the GOES-12 Anomaly:
For the thruster problems on GOES-12, there has been NO leak seen today. SOCC (Satellite Operations Control Center) engineers will monitor GOES-12 for a few days for further analysis, prior to any decision for an attempt to return GOES-12 to GOES-East primary operations. There are no current plans to move GOES-13 from its current location at 105 West.

In the meantime, we will be running in the current configuration until further notice. GOES-13 GVAR data will continue to be sent out to users via both GOES-12 and GOES-13. Broadcast services of LRIT, EMWIN, and DCS are being routed through GOES-12. GOES-East direct broadcast users may want to adjust their antennas to obtain data directly from GOES-13.

To account for some noted striping in imager and sounder data from GOES-13, the SOCC implemented SPS Calibration Bias Mode (from 2 instead of 1) and MBCC (Midnight Blackbody Calibration Correction) at 1900 UTC today.

Notes:
There will be a GOES-13 East/West maneuver tomorrow, Thursday December 18 in order to keep GOES-13 on station. Data will be out from 2258Z-2314Z.

GOES-13 is located at 105 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #257
GOES-12 is located at 75 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #256

Satellite imagery is being produced for AWIPS and SATEPSDIST users from GOES-13.
GOES derived products (winds, soundings) from NESDIS are being produced from GOES-13.
For ground ingest software, you may need to contact your ingest hardware/software provider for any relevant updates to your system in order to ingest GOES-13 data.

Coverage and corner points of sector scans for GOES-13 are now found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/g13sectors.html Prior messages on this event can be found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/bulletins.html An update will be provided by 5PM on Friday, Dec 19th, or sooner if conditions warrant.

Data Affected by the Outage: All products from GOES-12
Date and Time of the Outage: 2218 UTC , 5:18 pm EST
Length of the Outage: Unknown

Topic: GOES-13 East/West Maneuver December 18, 2008
Message Issued: December 17, 2008, 1400 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-13 Products Impacted: GOES-13 Imager and Sounder Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 18, 2008 2220 UTC
Details: A GOES-13 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 2259 UTC.
**This is an emergency maneuver needed to maintain GOES-13 as GOES-East operations while GOES-12 experiences a thruster anomaly. Therefore, there is no back-up day for this maneuver.**

On December 18, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations:
GOES-13 Maneuver Schedule starts at 2220 UTC on December 18, 2008.
*From 2258 UTC through 2314 UTC -- No GOES-13 Imaging or Soundings*
2315 UTC December 18 -- GOES-13 Routine Scan Operations Resume

Topic: EUMETSAT Swap of Meteosat-9 and Meteosat-8: December 1-9, 2008
Message Issued: December 1, 2008, 1400 UTC
Satellites Impacted: Meteosat-9 and Meteosat-8
Products Impacted: All Meteosat-9 data and products from NOAA, including the Meteosat-9 DOMSAT Service
Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 1, 2008 1200 UTC
Details: NOAA has received the following bulletin from EUMETSAT:
Meteosat Prime Service During Meteosat-9 Spacecraft Decontamination As part of routine spacecraft operations, a Meteosat-9 spacecraft decontamination will be performed between 1 - 9 December 2008. During this period the Meteosat-9 SEVIRI Image and Meteorological Product services will be unavailable and will be replaced by the equivalent services from Meteosat-8. Meteosat-8 data will be rectified to 0 degrees during the decontamination period. The period of Meteosat-8 data to take the place of Meteosat-9 is scheduled from December 1, 2008 at 1200 UTC to December 9, 2008 at 1200 UTC.

NOAA retransmission of encrypted Meteosat data, uplinked from the Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station, should not be affected. For users accessing Meteosat data via DOMSAT, NOAA will forward the Meteosat-8 encryption keys prior to the start of the planned Meteosat-8 swap (December 1, 2008 at 1200 UTC)

Meteosat-8 data will be rectified to 0 degrees during the decontamination period.

More information can be found at: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Media/News/707918?l=en

Assignment of GTS Bulletin headers for Meteosat-8 products can be found at: http://www.eumetsat.int/groups/ops/documents/document/pdf_gts_bulletinheaders_decont.pdf

UPDATE: 12/15/2008, 0845 UTC, 03:45 AM, EST
UPDATE: GOES-13 will be switched to GOES-East beginning at 0500 UTC (12:00 p.m. EST).
Details of the Outage: At around 2200 UTC, GOES-12 s uffered a thruster anomaly causing the suspension of GOES-12 imaging and sounding schedules. At 2303 UTC, GOES-11 (GOES-West) was placed into Full Disk mode to cover for the GOES-12 outage. At that time, the GOES ingest a nd NOAAPORT Interface (GINI) was switched to alternate mode to allow delivery of GOES-11 data to East users.

At around 0500 UTC, once ingest of GOES-13 data is verified by ESPC, the GINI and all GOES-East products will be fed with GOES-13 imager and sounder data.

ALL Services (LRIT, EMWIN, DCS, SARSAT) will remain on GOES-12, and GOES-13 GVAR will be retransmitted through GOES-12. Users currently receiving services including GVAR from GOES-12 should not need to repoint to GOES-13.

It is anticipated that this configuration will remain in place for at least 24 hours. Data Affected by the Outage: All products from GOES-12
Date and Time of the Outage: 2218 UTC , 5:18 pm
EST Length of the Outage: Unknown

Topic: GOES-11 RSO is scheduled for: Nov 26, 2008 Date/Time Message Issued: Nov 26, 2008 1301 UTC

Satellite Involved: GOES-11
Instrument Involved: Imager
Products Affected: GOES-11 Imagery
Date/Time of Initial Implementation: Nov 26, 2008 1333 UTC

Details:
Start date: Nov 26, 2008 J/D-331
Start time: 1333 UTC
End date: Nov 26, 2008 J/D-331
End time: 2033 UTC
Reason: Heavy rain fall across Southern Nevada

Topic: GOES-12 (GOES-East) North/South Maneuver December 2, 2008

Message Issued: November 20, 2008, 1230 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) and GOES-11 (GOES-West)
Products Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 2, 2008 1136 UTC A GOES-12 (GOES-East) North-South Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 1739 UTC.

For National Weather Service operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, December 4, 2008. 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 December 2, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-12 (GOES-East) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-12 (GOES-East) Maneuver Schedule starts at 1136 UTC on December 2, 2008. (Southern Hemisphere Scan at 1139 UTC is canceled)

From 1145 UTC through 1644 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Imaging and Soundings.
From 1645 UTC through 1714 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk Imaging and Routine Soundings
*From 1715 UTC through 1914 UTC -- No GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imaging or Soundings*
**From 1700 UTC through 1929 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk Imaging**
From 2/1915 UTC through 3/0314 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* CONUS Soundings at XX46

0315 UTC December 3 -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-12 (GOES-East) imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver.

RAPID SCANNING SERVICE: METEOSAT-8 Due to a Meteosat-8 East-West station keeping manoeuvre on 11/11/08 at 07:28:30 UTC.
Users may experience degraded image quality following the manoeuvre for up to 3 hours.
Users may experience degraded meteorological product quality following the manoeuvre for up to 3 hours.

Topic:Visible calibration update for month of November 2008
Date/Time(UTC) Message Issued: 30 October 2008, 2030 UTC Satellite(s) Involved:NOAA-16, 17, 18, & MetOp-2/A
Instrument(s) Involved:AVHRR
Product(s) Involved/Affected: All Products from channels 1, 2, and 3a.
Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation: 12 November 2008, Time TBD UTC
Details/Specifics of Change: Please note that due to the holiday on November 11, the November monthly AVHRR visible calibration update will occur on November 12, 2008. The following update of the calibration coefficients for MetOp-2/A, NOAA-18, 17, &16 are recommended for November 12. These coefficients are intended to be optimal on November 25, 2008, in the middle of the two scheduled updates.

Metop-A/2
Ch_1_lo = 0.05297*count - 2.142, count<501.00
Ch_1_hi = 0.1565*count - 54.02, count>501.00
Ch_2_lo = 0.06283*count - 2.497, count<500.00
Ch_2_hi = 0.1866*count - 64.43, count>500.00
Ch_3_lo = 0.03161*count - 1.299, count<502.00
Ch_3_hi = 0.2196*count - 95.65, count>502.00
-----------------------------------------------------

NOAA-18 AVHRR
Ch_1_lo = 0.05344*count - 2.107, count<501.00
Ch_1_hi = 0.1593*count - 54.80, count>501.00
Ch_2_lo = 0.06140*count - 2.419, count<500.00
Ch_2_hi = 0.1842*count - 64.19, count>500.00
-----------------------------------------------------

NOAA-17 AVHRR
Ch_1_lo = 0.05615*count - 2.247, count<501.12
Ch_1_hi = 0.1649*count - 56.71, count>501.12
Ch_2_lo = 0.06756*count - 2.652, count<500.73
Ch_2_hi = 0.2011*count - 69.62, count>500.73
Ch_3_lo = 0.03280*count - 1.383, count<501.37
Ch_3_hi = 0.2299*count - 100.37, count>501.37
---------------------------------------------------

NOAA-16 AVHRR
Ch_1_lo = 0.05668*count - 2.185, count<498.96
Ch_1_hi = 0.1654*count - 56.22, count>498.96
Ch_2_lo = 0.06185*count - 2.336, count<500.16
Ch_2_hi = 0.1822*count - 62.54, count>500.16

Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:
Emily Harrod Emily.Harrod@noaa.gov
301-817-3882 operations support

Xiangqian Wu Xiangqian.Wu@noaa.gov 301-763-8136 x 138 instrument scientist
Web site(s) that contain other relevant information (where applicable): http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/PPP.html - History of level 1B notices http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html - All user notices http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/index.htm - SOCC polar satellite status

Topic: GOES-12 (GOES-East) East/West Maneuver November 3/4, 2008
Message Issued: October 28, 2008, 1130 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) and GOES-11 (GOES-West)
Products Impacted: GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 3, 2008 1636 UTC
Details: A GOES-12 (GOES-East) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Monday, November 3, 2008 at 2257 UTC. For National Weather Service operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, November 6, 2008. 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 November 3, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-12 (GOES-East) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-12 (GOES-East) Maneuver Schedule starts at 1636 UTC on November 3, 2008. (Southern Hemisphere Scan at 1639 UTC is canceled)
From 3/1645 UTC through 3/2214 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Imaging and Soundings.
From 3/2215 UTC through 3/2244 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk Imaging and Routine Soundings
*From 3/2245 UTC through 4/0014 UTC -- No GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imaging or Soundings*

**From 3/2230 UTC through 4/0029 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk Imagin **

From 4/0015 UTC through 4/0614 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* CONUS Soundings at XX46

0615 UTC November 4 -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Routine Scan Operations Resume Expect GOES-12 (GOES-East) imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver.

NOAA is experiencing degradation of NOAA-18 AVHRR products. The degraded products are noticeable since sensing time 21:18 on 30.09.2008. We are investigating our system to try to identify the cause. More information will follow when available.

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