GOES-10 Maneuver Tonight

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GOES-10 East/West Maneuver January 25, 2005
Message Issued: January 24, 2005, 1800 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-10 and GOES-12
Products Impacted: GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Data and GOES-12 Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 25, 2005 0451 UTC
Details: A GOES-10 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 1055 UTC.
On January 25, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-10 outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-10 Maneuver Schedule starts at 0451 UTC on January 25, 2005.
GOES-10 Southern Hemisphere scan at 0451 UTC is canceled.
From 0500 UTC through 0929 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Imaging and Soundings.
From 0930 UTC through 1029 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk imaging with soundings.
From 1030 UTC through 1041 UTC -- GOES-10 Routine Imaging and Soundings.
*From 1042 UTC through 1159 UTC -- No GOES-10 Imaging or Soundings*
**From 1015 UTC through 1214 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging**
From 1200 UTC through 1857 UTC -- GOES-10 Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
* CONUS Soundings at XX01
1900 UTC January 25 -- 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.