Topic: GOES-15= (GOES-West) Yaw Flip Maneuver scheduled for March 20, 2013

Date/Time Issued: March 14, 2013 1241 UT= C

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Product(s) or D= ata Impacted: GOES-15 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data, GOES-13 (GOES-Ea= st) Imager.

Da= te/Time of Initial Impact: March 20, 2013 2030 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: March 22, 2013 = 0044 UTC

Length of Outage: 1 hour for maneuver (2030 UTC - 2129 UTC); 27 hou= rs and 15 minutes for recovery period (March 20, 2013 2130 UTC - March 22, = 2013 0044 UTC).

Details/Speci= fics of Change: GOES-15 (GOES-West) will be performing a Yaw Flip Maneuver = for one hour on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 2030 UTC through 2129 UTC. = =A0A recovery period will follow immediately and last until Friday, March 2= 2, 2013 at 0044 UTC. =A0During the recovery period, routine Imager and Soun= der scans will be performed; however, the navigation may still be out of sp= ecifications until the end of the recovery period.

If NWS Region= s have any operational concerns, please contact the NCEP SDM (301) 683-1500= at least 6 hours prior to the maneuver time. The backup date for this mane= uver is Thursday, March 21, 2013. =A0=A0

GOES-13 (GOES= -East) will perform Full Disk coverage from 2015-2144 UTC on March 20, 2013= . =A0The GOES-East Full Disk coverage is subject to change should NWS call = for Rapid Scans to support severe weather.=A0

On March 21, = 2013 0800-1100 UTC, the following images and soundings will be shortened or= replaced due to navigation constraints during eclipse.

Images:

0815 UTC= PACUS replaced with 0819 UTC SUBCONUS

0845 UTC PACUS = replaced with 0849 UTC SUBCONUS

0900 UTC Full Disk replaced with 0900 UTC Full= Disk short

0945 UTC PACUS = replaced with 0949 UTC SUBCONUS

1015 UTC PACUS replaced with 1019 UTC SUBCONUS=

1045 UTC PACUS = replaced with 1049 UTC SUBCONUS

Soundings:

0801 UTC Limite= d CONUS replaced with 0801 UTC short CONUS

0924 UTC N. Pacific replaced with 0= 924 UTC Limited N. Pacific

1024 UTC N. Pac= ific replaced with 1024 UTC Limited N. Pacific

Contact Information for Further Informatio= n: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperat= ions@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880

We= b 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.no= aa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html for full GOES scanning schedules = and scan sectors.

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