Subject: Administrative: MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000803080009020301000008 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit **Topic: ***MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule * *Date/Time Issued**:*April 3, 2014 2205 UTC ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* April 10, 2014 2217 UTC ** *Date/Time of Expected End:*April 14, 2014 0317 UTC *Length of Outage:*N/A* * *Details/Specifics of Change:* From JMA/MSC: *Inhibition of north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 from April 10-11, 2014* Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 2217 UTC on April 10 to 0117 UTC on April 11, 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: 2300 UTC on April 10 - 0100 UTC on April 11, 2014 *Inhibition of north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 from April 11-12, 2014 * Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 2117 UTC on Ap1 to 0217 UTC on April 12, 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: 2200 UTC on April 11 - 0200 UTC on April 12, 2014 *Inhibition of south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 from April 13-14, 2014* Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 2217 UTC on Apr to 0317 UTC on April 14, 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: 2300 UTC on April 13 - 0300 UTC on April 14, 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. --------------000803080009020301000008 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic: MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued: April 3, 2014 2205 UTC

Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 10, 2014 2217 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: April 14, 2014 0317 UTC

Length of Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:

From JMA/MSC:

Inhibition of north-earth-sensor-scan operation for
    MTSAT-2 from April 10-11, 2014

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled
to take place from
2217 UTC on April 10 to 0117 UTC on April 11, 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:

	2300 UTC on April 10 - 0100 UTC on April 11, 2014

 
Inhibition of north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 from
April 11-12, 2014

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled
to take place from
2117 UTC on Ap1 to 0217 UTC on April 12, 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:

	2200 UTC on April 11 - 0200 UTC on April 12, 2014


Inhibition of south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 from
April 13-14, 2014

Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled
to take place from
2217 UTC on Apr to 0317 UTC on April 14, 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:

	2300 UTC on April 13 - 0300 UTC on April 14, 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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