Subject: Administrative: S-NPP VIIRS Lunar Calibration Roll Maneuver This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_VybhrXEOh5clqvgn/8aHDw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT *Topic:* S-NPP VIIRS Lunar Calibration Roll Maneuver Scheduled for March 18, 2016 ***Date/Time Issued:* March 18, 2016 18:00Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* All Suomi-NPP Sensor Data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* March 18, 2016 2043Z *Date/Time of Expected End:* March 18, 2016 2146Z *Length of Outage:* approximately 1 hour *Details and Specifics of Change:* On March 18, 2016, Suomi-NPP will perform a spacecraft attitude maneuver for the VIIRS Lunar Calibration, with a roll of -2.8601 degrees centered at 21:08:23Z. Science data may be impacted while the spacecraft is pointing off-nadir during the attitude maneuver and the CERES instrument will not provide nominal science data as it will placed in a contamination safe mode. The timeline of events for this maneuver are provided below. The following observatory systems will be affected on 2016 March 18: 20:43:23 Z – 21:45:23 Z CERES will be in Contam-Safe, science data will not be available 20:58:23 Z – 21:20:23 Z HRD will be off, data for direct broadcast users will be unavailable 21:02:23 Z – 21:15:54 Z VIIRS encoder offset and gain will be set for Moon observation 21:03:23 Z – 21:15:23 Z S-NPP will be pointing off-nadir, collected data may be impacted and not disseminated *Contact Information for Further Information:* ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages See http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/omps.html or http://ozoneaq.gsfc.nasa.gov/omps/ for more information about Ozone Mapping Profiler Suite (OMPS) *Web Site(s) for applicable information:* N/A This message was sent by ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov. You have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --Boundary_(ID_VybhrXEOh5clqvgn/8aHDw) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Topic:  S-NPP VIIRS Lunar Calibration Roll Maneuver Scheduled for March 18, 2016

Date/Time Issued: March 18, 2016 18:00Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  All Suomi-NPP Sensor Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 18, 2016 2043Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  March 18, 2016 2146Z

Length of Outage: approximately 1 hour

Details and Specifics of Change: On March 18, 2016, Suomi-NPP will perform a spacecraft attitude maneuver for the VIIRS Lunar Calibration, with a roll of -2.8601 degrees centered at 21:08:23Z. Science data may be impacted while the spacecraft is pointing off-nadir during the attitude maneuver and the CERES instrument will not provide nominal science data as it will placed in a contamination safe mode.  The timeline of events for this maneuver are provided below.

The following observatory systems will be affected on 2016 March 18:

20:43:23 Z – 21:45:23 Z  CERES will be in Contam-Safe, science data
will not be available
20:58:23 Z – 21:20:23 Z  HRD will be off, data for direct broadcast
users will be unavailable
21:02:23 Z – 21:15:54 Z  VIIRS encoder offset and gain will be set for
Moon observation
21:03:23 Z – 21:15:23 Z  S-NPP will be pointing off-nadir, collected
data may be impacted and not disseminated

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880

See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages
See http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/omps.html or http://ozoneaq.gsfc.nasa.gov/omps/ for more information about Ozone Mapping Profiler Suite (OMPS)

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

This message was sent by ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov. You have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request.


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