GOES-13 back into operational service!

[cycloneye]

If you are seeing that the images of the Atlantic are in dark is because there has been an outage of Goes-13 sattelite. They are trying to fix it but there is no timetable for it to return to operation.

SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
2048Z SUN SEP 23 2012


THE NESDIS SOCC...SATELLITE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER...HAS
ADVISED THAT DUE TO UNKNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE GOES-13 SOUNDER
INSTRUMENT, THEY ARE PUTTING BOTH IT AND THE IMAGER INTO STANDBY
MODE TO PROTECT THEM FROM FURTHER DAMAGE.
GOES-15...GOES-WEST...WILL BE PUT INTO FULL DISK MODE. THEY ARE
STILL TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEMS WITH GOES-13...AT THIS TIME
THERE IS NO ETA FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/SPBULL/ ... 924.01.txt

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/bulletins.html

[boca]

Is theire another link to get satelite pictures?

[RL3AO]

Is theire another link to get satelite pictures?

I believe we will only get polar orbiting satellite images for the time being. I don't believe there is another geosynchronous satellite for the Atlantic, outside of the East Atlantic coverage of European satellites.

[RL3AO]

BTW, does GOES 12 take over as East should they not be able to resolve the problem, or is GOES 14 ready to go?

[wxman57]

GOES-14 is in orbit undergoing testing before putting into storage. It should be available soon if GOES-13 is dead.

http://www.noaa.gov/features/monitoring/goes-14/

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/ar ... ry/goes-14

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOES_14

[boca]

Im having withdrawls I need to look at a satelite picture,this is torture.

[downsouthman1]

Im having withdrawls I need to look at a satelite picture,this is torture.

I'm in TX but it's killing me too. I was able to find this, but I don't know how much help it'll be for East Coast peeps: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/index ... thod=flash.
It claims to be GOES 14, but as I've never viewed images from that satellite, I don't know for sure what I'm looking at.

[boca]

Thank you that helped.

[wxman57]

Im having withdrawls I need to look at a satelite picture,this is torture.

I'm in TX but it's killing me too. I was able to find this, but I don't know how much help it'll be for East Coast peeps: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/index ... thod=flash.
It claims to be GOES 14, but as I've never viewed images from that satellite, I don't know for sure what I'm looking at.

That's the new GOES-14 satellite. It's currently in "storage mode" over 105W longitude. If GOES-13 proves to be dead for good, then GOES-14 would need to be moved east to take its place.

http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/spac ... cecraft=14

[downsouthman1]

Im having withdrawls I need to look at a satelite picture,this is torture.

I'm in TX but it's killing me too. I was able to find this, but I don't know how much help it'll be for East Coast peeps: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/index ... thod=flash.
It claims to be GOES 14, but as I've never viewed images from that satellite, I don't know for sure what I'm looking at.

That's the new GOES-14 satellite. It's currently in "storage mode" over 105W longitude. If GOES-13 proves to be dead for good, then GOES-14 would need to be moved east to take its place.

http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/spac ... cecraft=14

In the interim though, it would appear to be a somewhat viable alternative. I mean it is better than nothing, right?
I do get what you mean though about it needing to move east if GOES-13 is dead.
Does Storage Mode mean it's not fully functional?

[floridasun78]

this bad timing with hurr season and carribbean part season starting soon ? were can we see temp sat pic from goewest?

[wxman57]

Typically, there is an active GOES-East satellite and at least one other satellite in what is called "in-orbit storage". In the event of a catastrophic failure of the current GOES-East satellite, the satellite in storage is repositioned to the correct longitude and activated. Before doing that, the GOES team are going to attempt to fix the GOES-13 satellite. They don't want to give up on GOES-13 unless there's absolutely no chance of fixing it, as there is no backup in orbit for GOES-14 should it fail.

[RL3AO]

this bad timing with hurr season and carribbean part season starting soon ? were can we see temp sat pic from goewest?

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/index ... a&file=gif

Thats GOES 12 - Full Disk. Probably the best we're going to get for now.

[RL3AO]

NOAASatellites on Twitter: "We are preparing to switch to GOES-14 to provide GOES-East coverage. GOES-13 will remain in safe mode."

"GOES-14 is assuming the Routine GOES-East Schedule and will be transmitted through the GOES-13 GVAR beginning at ~17:45 UTC "

Doesn't sound good. Two years in operational mode as GOES East is not a good record.

GOES 14 takes over in 45 minutes.

[RL3AO]

Update#14

OSPO is preparing to switch to GOES-14 to provide GOES-East coverage.
We are running test GOES east schedules on the standby GOES-14
(currently out of storage for annual inclination maneuver). GOES-13
will remain in safe mode while the Sounder and Imager Instruments anomaly is
being investigated.

[downsouthman1]

NOAASatellites on Twitter: "We are preparing to switch to GOES-14 to provide GOES-East coverage. GOES-13 will remain in safe mode."

"GOES-14 is assuming the Routine GOES-East Schedule and will be transmitted through the GOES-13 GVAR beginning at ~17:45 UTC "

Doesn't sound good. Two years in operational mode as GOES East is not a good record.

GOES 14 takes over in 45 minutes.

This is actually fairly crazy. In my years of paying attention to weather, I don't recall ever having seen this with GOES Satellites before. I could be wrong though. If I wasn't pulling up Satellite loops & viewing them all day, I would not have noticed, especially once GOES-14 is moved into its new position.

[RL3AO]

GOES-14 now transmitting as GOES-East

[Kingarabian]

GOES 14 looking good.

[cycloneye]

Update#15

GOES-15 is remaining in the Full Disk GOES-West Schedule and GOES-14 is
assuming the Routine GOES-East Schedule at 17:45 UTC. GOES-13 will
remain in safe mode while the spacecraft anomaly is being investigated.

Details: GOES-15 is remaining in the Full Disk GOES-West Schedule and
GOES-14 is assuming the Routine GOES-East Schedule and will be
transmitted through the GOES-13 GVAR beginning at 17:45 UTC. There are
some differences between the Routine GOES-13 schedule that was in
operations until the safe-mode anomaly began on September 23, 2012 and
the Routine GOES-14 schedule that is beginning today, September
24, 2012:

Frames Canceled for New Day Transition
GOES-13: 00:32 UTC CONUS Image
GOES-13: 00:20 UTC G. MEXICO Sounding
GOES-14: 01:32 UTC CONUS Image
GOES-14: 01:20 UTC E. CARIBBEAN Sounding

Eclipse Period
GOES-13: 03:15-06:44 UTC Stray Light Algorithm Applied
GOES-14: 05:15-08:44 UTC Stray Light Algorithm NOT Applied

Frames Canceled for Housekeeping
GOES-13: 15:32 UTC CONUS Image
GOES-13: 15:39 UTC S. HEM. Image
GOES-13: 15:20 UTC G. MEXICO Sounding
GOES-14: 19:00 UTC CONUS Image
GOES-14: 19:09 UTC S. HEM. Image
GOES-14: 18:46 UTC CONUS Sounding

[downsouthman1]

Update#15

GOES-15 is remaining in the Full Disk GOES-West Schedule and GOES-14 is
assuming the Routine GOES-East Schedule at 17:45 UTC. GOES-13 will
remain in safe mode while the spacecraft anomaly is being investigated.

Details: GOES-15 is remaining in the Full Disk GOES-West Schedule and
GOES-14 is assuming the Routine GOES-East Schedule and will be
transmitted through the GOES-13 GVAR beginning at 17:45 UTC. There are
some differences between the Routine GOES-13 schedule that was in
operations until the safe-mode anomaly began on September 23, 2012 and
the Routine GOES-14 schedule that is beginning today, September
24, 2012:

Frames Canceled for New Day Transition
GOES-13: 00:32 UTC CONUS Image
GOES-13: 00:20 UTC G. MEXICO Sounding
GOES-14: 01:32 UTC CONUS Image
GOES-14: 01:20 UTC E. CARIBBEAN Sounding

Eclipse Period
GOES-13: 03:15-06:44 UTC Stray Light Algorithm Applied
GOES-14: 05:15-08:44 UTC Stray Light Algorithm NOT Applied

Frames Canceled for Housekeeping
GOES-13: 15:32 UTC CONUS Image
GOES-13: 15:39 UTC S. HEM. Image
GOES-13: 15:20 UTC G. MEXICO Sounding
GOES-14: 19:00 UTC CONUS Image
GOES-14: 19:09 UTC S. HEM. Image
GOES-14: 18:46 UTC CONUS Sounding

I wonder how long it took them to move the satellite. Also, I notice you're in PR. Does the following give you a better viewing angle: http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/post-goes?