Subject: Administrative, GOES-11 (GOES-West) E/W Maneuver, 11/3/09,
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 Topic: GOES-11 (GOES-West) East/West Maneuver, November 3, 2009
Message Issued: October 27, 2009, 1430 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) and GOES-12 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data and
GOES-12 (GOES-East) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 3, 2009  0647 UTC

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Details:

A GOES-11 (GOES-West) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be
performed on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1247 UTC. The backup date for
this maneuver is Thursday, November 5, 2009.  If the NWS regions have
any operational concerns, please contact the NCEP SDM (301-763-8298) at
least 6.5 hours prior to the maneuver time.

On November 3, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to
support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12
(GOES-East) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11
(GOES-West) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 0647 UTC on November 3,
2009.
(Southern Hemisphere scan at 0651 UTC is canceled)

>From 0700 UTC through 1229 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging
and Soundings.

*From 1230 UTC through 1359 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or
Soundings*

**From 1215 UTC through 1414 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk (30 minute)
Imaging**

>From 1400 UTC through 2049 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver
Recovery Including:
   * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
   * CONUS Soundings at XX01

2100 UTC November 3 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations
Resume

Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) imager and sounder gridding offsets for
up to
6 hours following the maneuver.

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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.


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