Subject: ESPC Notification (EUMETSAT  Operations Weekly Schedule)
  Operations Weekly Schedule

Issued on 30/04/08 at 14:05:57

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 19/2008:

Meteosat-9
There will be a Meteosat-9 East-West station keeping manoeuvre on 06/05/08 at 04:13 UTC.
Users may experience degraded image quality following the manoeuvre for up to 12 repeat cycles.
Users may experience degraded meteorological product quality following the manoeuvre for up to 12 repeat cycles.
 
EUMETCast
In preparation for the upcoming JASON-2 mission we have created a dedicated EUMETCast channel for both,
Jason-1 and Jason-2 data. The existing Jason-1 products will be moved from channel 8 to the new channel.
This change will take place on 06/05/08.
For details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Media/News/700333?l=en

Ground Segment
Changes to MSG Level 1.5 Image Product Radiance Definition will become operational on 05/05/08.
For more information please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Media/News/032113?l=en

Foreign Satellite Data
Due to a GOES12_75W manoeuvre planned on 06/05/08 at 16:02 UTC, images may be unavailable for up to 6 hours after the maneuver.

IODC Information
None foreseen

Future Events
The Meteosat-8 Rapid Scanning Service (RSS) will start on 13/05/08 at 09:00 UTC.
Users who are interested in receiving the RSS data are requested to contact the User Service Helpdesk at ops@eumetsat.int.
For more information please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Access_to_Data/Meteosat_Image_Services/SP_1119363991859?l=en

Due to essential maintenance on 17/05/08 and 31/05/08 there is a high risk of interruption to all Eumetsat services during the follo
For both 17/05/08 and 31/05/08:
04:00 to 05:00 UTC
15:00 to 17:30 UTC


INFORMATION:
For further information, please contact the EUMETSAT User Services Helpdesk
Tel: +49 6151 807 366
Fax: +49 6151 807 379
Email: ops@eumetsat.int
www.eumetsat.int