Subject: Administrative: REMINDER - GOES-15 (GOES-West) Sounder Patch This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_0RCUPorKn2G7su1u4ZYhAg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic:**REMINDER* - GOES-15 (GOES-West) Sounder Patch Temperature Change *Date/Time Issued:* October 16, 2017 1445Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*GOES-15 (GOES-West) Sounder Data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:*October 16, 2017, at approximately 2045Z *Date/Time of Expected End:* October 16, 2017, at approximately 2301Z, respectively *Length of Outage:* N/A *Details/Specifics of Change: *On October 16, 2017, SOCC Engineers will change the GOES-15 Sounder patch temperature from its MID set point (85 K) to its LOW set-point (82 K) starting around 2045Z (4:45 pm ET). The cooling of detectors will take 1.5-2 hours and there may be some striping during the three or four frames right after housekeeping (21:01-CONUS, 21:24-N. Pacific, 22:01-CONUS,22:24-Hawaii) GOES-15 patch management is necessary to keep sounder detector temperatures cold and in control and minimize fluctuations around each equinox due to the cooler blanket anomaly discovered right after launch. *Contact for Further Information:*ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at (301) 817-3880 *Web Site(s) for applicable information:* See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages. See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html for full GOES scanning schedules and scan sectors. See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/eclipse.html for full GOES eclipse schedules. 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_0RCUPorKn2G7su1u4ZYhAg) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Topic: REMINDER - GOES-15 (GOES-West) Sounder Patch Temperature Change

 

Date/Time Issued:  October 16, 2017 1445Z

 

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  GOES-15 (GOES-West) Sounder Data

 

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  October 16, 2017, at approximately 2045Z

 

Date/Time of Expected End:  October 16,  2017, at approximately 2301Z, respectively

 

Length of Outage:  N/A

 

Details/Specifics of Change:  On October 16, 2017, SOCC Engineers will change the GOES-15 Sounder patch temperature from its MID set point (85 K) to its LOW set-point (82 K) starting around 2045Z (4:45 pm ET). The cooling of detectors will take 1.5-2 hours and there may be some striping during the three or four frames right after housekeeping (21:01-CONUS, 21:24-N. Pacific, 22:01-CONUS,22:24-Hawaii)

 

GOES-15 patch management is necessary to keep sounder detector temperatures cold and in control and minimize fluctuations around each equinox due to the cooler blanket anomaly discovered right after launch.

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

 

Web Site(s) for applicable information:

See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages.

See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html for full GOES scanning schedules and scan sectors.

See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/eclipse.html for full GOES eclipse schedules.

 

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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