Subject: Administrative: MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080006020706050302010806 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 17, 2014 1850 UTC ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* April 24, 2014 0900 UTC ** *Date/Time of Expected End:*April 27, 2014 1300 UTC *Length of Outage:*N/A* * *Details/Specifics of Change:* From JMA/MSC: *Inhibition of south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 on April 24, 2014* Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 0817 UTC to 1317 UTC on April 24, 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: 0900 UTC - 1300 UTC on April 24, 2014 *Inhibition of north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 on April 26, 2014 * Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1017 UTC to 1417 UTC on April 26, 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: 1100 UTC - 1400 UTC on April 26, 2014 *Inhibition of north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 on April 27, 2014 * Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1017 UTC to 1317 UTC on April 27, 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: 1100 UTC - 1300 UTC on April 27, 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. --------------080006020706050302010806 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic:   MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  April 17, 2014  1850 UTC 

Date/Time of Initial Impact:   April 24, 2014   0900 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End:   April 27, 2014  1300 UTC

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:

From JMA/MSC:

Inhibition of south-earth-sensor-scan operation for
    MTSAT-2 on April 24, 2014

Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled
to take place from
0817 UTC to 1317 UTC on April 24, 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:

	0900 UTC - 1300 UTC on April 24, 2014

Inhibition of north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 on
April 26, 2014

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled
to take place from
1017 UTC to 1417 UTC on April 26, 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:

	1100 UTC - 1400 UTC on April 26, 2014

Inhibition of north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 on
April 27, 2014

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled
to take place from
1017 UTC to 1317 UTC on April 27, 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:

	1100 UTC - 1300 UTC on April 27, 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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