Subject: Administrative: MTSAT-2 Weekly Operations Schedule Issued: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030702000908030708080301 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit **Topic: ***MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule * *Date/Time Issued**:*March 14, 2014 1550 UTC ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* March 17, 2014 0300 UTC ** *Date/Time of Expected End:*April 10, 2014 1600 UTC *Length of Outage:*N/A* * *Details/Specifics of Change:* From JMA/MSC: *Inhibition of south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 on March 17, 2014* Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 0217 UTC to 0717 UTC on March 17, 2014 to avoid lunar intrusion. As a result, positional gaps may appear in all images of MTSAT-2 observations made during the following period, and image quality may be adversely affected: 0300-0700 UTC on March 17, 2014 *Inhibition of south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 on March 18, 2014* Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 0117 UTC to 0717 UTC on March 18, 2014 to avoid lunar intrusion. As a result, positional gaps may appear in all images of MTSAT-2 observations made during the following period, and image quality may be adversely affected: 0200-0700 UTC on March 18, 2014 *Discontinuation of HRIT/LRIT distribution on March 20, 2014* Maintenance of the MTSAT-2 system is scheduled to take place from 2025 UTC on March 20, 2014. As a result, the following dissemination will be cancelled: March 20, 2014 - HRIT: F21 LRIT: PS-F21, D0-F21 and D1-F21 *Inhibition of north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 from March 21, 2014 to April 10, 2014* Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1017 UTC to 1617 UTC from March 21, 2014 to April 10, 2014 to avoid Solar intrusion. As a result, positional gaps may appear in all images of MTSAT-2 observations made during the following period, and image quality may be adversely affected: 1100-1600 UTC from March 21, 2014 to April 10, 2014 *Point of Contact for Further Information:* ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 *Web Site(s) for applicable information:*N/A 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. --------------030702000908030708080301 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic: MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued: March 14, 2014 1550 UTC

Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 17, 2014 0300 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: April 10, 2014 1600 UTC

Length of Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:

From JMA/MSC:

Inhibition of south-earth-sensor-scan operation for
    MTSAT-2 on March 17, 2014

Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled
to take place from
0217 UTC to 0717 UTC on March 17, 2014 to avoid lunar intrusion.
As a result, positional gaps may appear in all images of MTSAT-2
observations made during
the following period, and image quality may be adversely affected:

0300-0700 UTC on March 17, 2014

Inhibition of south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 on
March 18, 2014

Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled
to take place from
0117 UTC to 0717 UTC on March 18, 2014 to avoid lunar intrusion.
As a result, positional gaps may appear in all images of MTSAT-2
observations made during
the following period, and image quality may be adversely affected:

0200-0700 UTC on March 18, 2014

Discontinuation of HRIT/LRIT distribution on March 20, 2014

Maintenance of the MTSAT-2 system is scheduled to take place from
2025 UTC on March 20, 2014.
As a result, the following dissemination will be cancelled:

March 20, 2014 -
HRIT: F21
LRIT: PS-F21, D0-F21 and D1-F21

Inhibition of north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 from
March 21, 2014 to April 10, 2014

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled
to take place from
1017 UTC to 1617 UTC from March 21, 2014 to April 10, 2014 to avoid
Solar intrusion.
As a result, positional gaps may appear in all images of MTSAT-2
observations made during
the following period, and image quality may be adversely affected:

1100-1600 UTC from March 21, 2014 to April 10, 2014

Point of Contact for Further Information:

ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

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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