Subject: Administrative, Reminder and Update: Notification of GOES-12
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Update: Status of GOES-12  (GOES-South America) Sounder and Imager;
GOES-12
EMWIN Broadcast and GOES-Services (GOES-DCS, LRIT, SARSAT and EMWIN).

Topic: Notification of GOES-12 (GOES-South America) Decommissioning

Date/Time Issued: July 13, 2013 1600 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12, All Instruments

Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 16, 2013

Date/Time of Expected End:  N/A

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-12 is scheduled to be decommissioned
on
August 16, 2013.

Update:
GOES-12 Sounder electronics were turned off at 1100 UTC on August
13, 2013,
which will be the conclusion of all data products from the GOES-12
Sounder.

The uplink of EMWIN data to GOES-12 will be turned off at 1400 UTC on
August 15, 2013

All the services (LRIT, EMWIN, DCS, SARSAT) will be stopped
permanently in
preparation for GOES-12 End-of-Life at 2300 UTC on August 15, 2013

The GOES-12 Imager data will be turned off at approximately 2330 UTC on
August 15, 2013.

GOES-12 de-orbit maneuvers are scheduled at 0100 UTC and 1300 UTC
on August
16, 2013.

GOES-12 was launched on July 23, 2001, and it has supported South
America
at 60=B0W since May 2010. The spacecraft engineering team in the
The Office
of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) was granted approval
from NESDIS
headquarters to proceed with plans to decommission the spacecraft after
evaluating its health and ability to provide meaningful data to the
scientific and weather community.

Contact Information 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.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/spacecraftStatusSummary.asp?spacecraft=
=3D12for
GOES-12 spacecraft status summary.
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/SA/ for GOES-12 Information

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Update: Status of GOES-12 =A0(GOES-South
America) Sou=
nder and Imager; GOES-12 EMWIN Broadcast and GOES-Services (GOES-DCS,
LRIT,=
 SARSAT and EMWIN).</div><div><br></div><div>Topic: Notification
 of GOES-12=
 (GOES-South America) Decommissioning</div>

<div><br></div><div>Date/Time Issued: July 13, 2013 1600
UTC</div><div><br>=
</div><div>Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-12, All
Instruments</div><div>=
<br></div><div>Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 16, 2013</div><div>
<br>
</div><div>Date/Time of Expected End:
=A0N/A</div><div><br></div><div>Lengt=
h of Outage: =A0N/A</div><div><br></div><div>Details/Specifics of
Change: G=
OES-12 is scheduled to be decommissioned on August 16,
2013.</div><div><br>

</div><div>Update:</div><div>GOES-12 Sounder electronics were turned
off at=
 1100 UTC on August 13, 2013, which will be the conclusion of all
 data prod=
ucts from the GOES-12 Sounder.</div><div><br></div><div>The uplink
of EMWIN=
 data to GOES-12 will be turned off at 1400 UTC on August 15,
 2013</div>

<div><br></div><div>All the services (LRIT, EMWIN, DCS, SARSAT)
will be sto=
pped permanently in preparation for GOES-12 End-of-Life at 2300 UTC
on Augu=
st 15, 2013</div><div><br></div><div>The GOES-12 Imager data will
be turned=
 off at approximately 2330 UTC on August 15, 2013.</div>

<div><br></div><div>GOES-12 de-orbit maneuvers are scheduled at 0100
UTC an=
d 1300 UTC on August 16, 2013.</div><div>=A0 =A0</div><div>GOES-12
was laun=
ched on July 23, 2001, and it has supported South America at 60=B0W
since M=
ay 2010. The spacecraft engineering team in the The Office of
Satellite and=
 Product Operations (OSPO) was granted approval from NESDIS
 headquarters to=
 proceed with plans to decommission the spacecraft after evaluating
 its hea=
lth and ability to provide meaningful data to the scientific and
weather co=
mmunity.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Contact Information for Further Information:
=A0ESPC Op=
erations at <a
href=3D"mailto:ESPCOperations@noaa.gov">ESPCOperations@noaa.=
gov</a> at (301) 817-3880</div><div><br></div><div>Web Site(s)
for applicab=
le information:</div>

<div>See <a
href=3D"http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html">http://w=
ww.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html</a> for this and other satellite
rela=
ted messages.</div><div>See <a
href=3D"http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/s=
pacecraftStatusSummary.asp?spacecraft=3D12">http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goessta=
tus/spacecraftStatusSummary.asp?spacecraft=3D12</a> for GOES-12
spacecraft =
status summary.</div>

<div>See <a
href=3D"http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/SA/">http://www.ss=
d.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/SA/</a> for GOES-12
Information</div><div><br></div=
><div>This message was sent to <a
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">ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov</a>. You have been sent this and other
notific=
ations because you have opted in to receive it. =A0If for any reason,
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ish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at <a
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note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe
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