Topic: GOES-15 (GOES-W= est) Thruster Flush Maneuver scheduled for March 13, 2018

Date/Time Issue= d: March 8, 2018 =C2=A01915 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-15 (GOE= S-West) Imager and Sounder Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 13, 201= 8 =C2=A02040 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: March 13, 2018 =C2=A02059 UTC<= /span>

Length of Outage: See table in detail.

Details/Specifics of Change:

A GO= ES-15 (GOES-West) Thruster Flush maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, Mar= ch 13, 2018 at 2040 UTC.=C2=A0 If cancelled, the Thruster Flush will be res= cheduled for a later date. If NWS Regions have any operational concerns, p= lease contact the NCEP SDM at (301) 683-1500 at least 6 hours prior to the= maneuver time.

On March 13, 2018 the following schedule will be employed = to support maneuver operations for GOES-15 (GOES-West):

2040 UTC: GOES-15 = (GOES-West) Thruster Flush Maneuver Schedule begins
2040 UTC - 2059 UTC: GOES-15 (GOES-West) No Scan Operations. = =C2=A0(THERE WILL BE NO IMAGER OR SOUNDER IMPACT due to the maneuver operati= ons being performed during daily Housekeeping period.)
2100 UTC: GOES-15 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations Resu= me

There will be no recovery schedule for this maneuver.

Contact Informa= tion for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301)817-3880
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Web Site(s= ) for applicable information:
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See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operation= s/GOES/schedules.html =C2=A0for full GOES scanning schedules and scan s= ectors.

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