GOES-13 back into operational service!

[cycloneye]

Good news to report as Goes 13 is being tested so is not dead!!

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/SPBULL/ ... 234.01.txt

*Topic: *A Test of GOES-13 Imager and Sounder data is scheduled for
October 15, 2012
*Date/Time Issued:***October 15, 2012 1230 UTC
*Product(s) or Data Impacted:* GOES-13 Imager and Sounder Data.
GOES-14
users will receive GOES-13 data during the test period.
*Date/Time of Initial Impact:* October 15, 2012 1545 UTC
*Date/Time of Expected End:* October 16, 2012 1545 UTC
*Length of Test:***24 hours
*Details/Specifics of Change: *The Office of Satellite and Product
Operations (OSPO) is planning to begin a 24 hour quantitative
evaluation test of GOES-13 Imager and Sounder data and level 2 products
at approximately 1545 UTC on October 15, 2012. This will require a
complex rebroadcast and distribution scenario, where GOES-13 data will
be broadcast via GOES-14 while we continue to broadcast the operational
GOES-14 data via GOES-13. Upon conclusion of the test after 24 hours,
the rebroadcast scenario will return to distribution of GOES-14
via both
GOES-14 and GOES-13 GVAR transmissions while GOES-13 returns to standby
status. No actions are required by users for the purposes of this
test.
Results will be evaluated following the 24 hour test to determine
next
steps with the GOES constellation.

[cycloneye]

GOES 13 return into operational service

Yes!! Great news as Goes 13 is back up in operation after tests were made and all went well. Now Goes 14 goes back to reposition on 85W.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/SPBULL/ ... 044.01.txt

Topic: GOES-13 Return to Operational Service as GOES-East and GOES-14
Drift Stop Maneuver

Date/Time Issued: October 16, 2012 at 2038 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-13 and GOES-14 Imager and Sounder
Data, GVAR Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 18, 2012 at 1444 UTC - Switch to
GOES-13 initiated.

Date/Time of Expected End: October 18, 2012 at 1445 UTC - Switch to
GOES-13 completed.
Note: GOES-14 Drift Stop Maneuver will be executed October 19,
2012 at 1356 UTC

Length of Outage: See Details.

Details/Specifics of Change:
Tests of GOES-13 instrumentation have demonstrated the imager and
sounder are ready to return to GOES-East operational service. GOES-13
Imager data are nominal and thanks to outgassing activities the
noise in
GOES-13 Sounder shortwave data has been reduced compared to pre-anomaly
levels. The return of GOES-13 to operational service also optimizes
the
long term continuity of the GOES constellation.

On October 18, 2012 at 1444 UTC GOES-13 data will be inserted back into
the GOES-13 GVAR data stream, replacing the current GOES-14 data
stream.
Users do not need to repoint their antennas as the switch of GVAR data
streams will be transparent. Users will notice the immediate shift of
Earth coverage from the current GOES-14 drifting position to the
GOES-13
position at 75 degrees West longitude. GOES-East products will be
generated using GOES-13 and will receive nominal 24x7 monitoring. GINI
and Remapper output will be monitored to ensure nominal GOES-East
coverage of the CONUS for users of AWIPS and for users of the
SATEPSDIST
servers within ESPC. Products requiring a climatology of 30 days will
not be generated until the requisite number of fixed satellite location
days have passed:
- ASDTA SMOKE (Automated Smoke Detection and Tracking Algorithm)
- GASP (GOES Aerosol and Smoke Product)
- GEO-SST (No NETCDF format)
- GSIP-FD (GOES Surface Insolation Product-Full Disk)

RSO and SRSO schedules from GOES-13 will be available to the NWS
immediately after the switch is completed. A final stop maneuver of
GOES-14 will occur on October 19, 2012 at 1356 UTC placing it at a
position of 89.5 degrees West longitude where it will remain in standby
until further notice.

[brunota2003]

Good job team!!!

[floridasun78]

did all sat pic on nhc site go offline?

[galaxy401]

That's good news indeed. Glad it got back to functioning.

[cycloneye]

GOES 13 is back fully operational

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1210/18goes13/

NOAA restored the GOES 13 weather satellite to full operations Thursday after correcting an anomaly in the craft's sounding instrument, which knocked the critical observatory out of service in September.

According to an update on NOAA's website, the satellite was inserted back into the two-satellite operational GOES constellation at 1444 GMT (10:44 a.m. EDT) Thursday by controllers at the agency's control center in Suitland, Md.

GOES 13, which is located in geostationary orbit at 75 degrees west longitude, was put in standby mode Sept. 23 after noise appeared in imaging and atmospheric sounding data from the satellite.

A backup satellite named GOES 14 took over operational duties covering the U.S. East Coast and the Atlantic Ocean while engineers from NOAA, Boeing Co. and ITT Exelis investigated the problem.

According to NOAA, the trouble was caused by a vibration from aging lubricant in the sounder instrument, and engineers devised an "outgas" procedure to improve the data.

"For GOES 13 and its sister satellites, we now have an early detection process that will enable us to take early action to prevent a similar occurrence in the future," said John Leslie, a NOAA spokesperson.

Leslie said the anomaly in the sounder filter wheel will have no lifetime effect on the instrument. GOES 13 launched in May 2006 and is designed for a 10-year life.

NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES, system consists of two spacecraft providing near-real-time imagery of clouds and weather systems over the Western Hemisphere. One satellite over the Pacific Ocean is in the GOES West position, and another observatory in the GOES East location covers the Atlantic Ocean.

Earlier this month, controllers began moving GOES 14 toward the GOES East position at 75 degrees west in case GOES 13 could not be quickly returned to service.

GOES 14 will return to its role as a spare in the GOES fleet, while GOES 15 continues its mission in the GOES West position, according to NOAA.

"The engineers have worked hard to understand and correct the problem, and now data from both the imager and sounder will flow shortly to our key user, NOAA's National Weather Service," said Mary Kicza, assistant administrator of NOAA's satellite and information service, before GOES 13's transition back into operations.