Subject: Administrative: Predicted GOES-13/14/15 Fall 2014 Solar This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_C5HB5dJkL4TOuerILa4n0A) Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_4Lo/96ti3bk6oTII6oF+yg)" --Boundary_(ID_4Lo/96ti3bk6oTII6oF+yg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic:* Predicted GOES-13/14/15 Fall 2014 Solar RFI Time Periods *Date/Time Issued:* October 3, 2014 2050 UTC *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* GOES-13/14/15 Imager and Sounder Data plus Ancillary Services (GVAR, SAR, LRIT, EMWIN, DCS, etc.) *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* October 4, 2014 2105 UTC *Date/Time of Expected End:* October 18, 2014 2143 UTC *Length of Outage/Data Impact:* See table below for details. *Details/Specifics of Change:* The potential for solar radio frequency interference (RFI) with a satellite downlink circuit will occur whenever the Sun passes into the beam of the ground station receiving antenna. The Wallops and Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAs) and Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) receiving antennas may experience periods of Solar RFI as predicted below. Solar RFI can cause loss of telemetry lock and command capability, as well as degradation or loss in the GVAR data. The GOES data stream consists of GVAR (GOES VARiable) Imager and Sounder, EMWIN (Emergency Managers Weather Information Network), SAR (Search and Rescue), Low Rate Information Transmission (LRIT), GOES Data Collection System (DCS), Sensor Data (SD), Telemetry and Command (T&C), Weather Facsimile (WEFAX), Data Collection Platform Report (DCPR), Multi-use data link (MDL), etc. Predicted Solar RFI Time Periods for Fall 2014: _GOES-13 (GOES-East)_ October 5-12, 2014, at 1637 - 1649 UTC, daily Site Affected - Wallops CDA Operational Data Impact - SD, GVAR, T&C, EMWIN, LRIT, WEFAX, DCS, DCPR, SAR, and MDL _GOES-14 (On-Orbit Storage)_ October 5-12, 2014, at 1901 - 1913 UTC, daily Site Affected - Wallops CDA Operational Data Impact - T&C, EMWIN, and MDL _GOES-15 (GOES-West)_ October 5-12, 2014, at 2114 - 2126 UTC, daily Site Affected - Wallops CDA Operational Data Impact - SD, GVAR, T&C, EMWIN, LRIT, WEFAX, DCS, DCPR, SAR, and MDL. October 11-18, 2014, at 2047 - 2059 UTC, daily Site Affected - Fairbanks CDA Operational Data Impact: SD, GVAR, T&C, EMWIN, LRIT, WEFAX, DCS, DCPR, SAR, and MDL *Point of Contact for Further Information: *ESPC Operations atESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html for full GOES scanning schedules and scan sectors. See http://www.osd.noaa.gov/GVAR_Downloads/gvar_downloads.html for more GVAR information. See http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/ for Direct Services Branch (DSB) information. This message was sent to ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov . 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 atESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880 . Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Boundary_(ID_4Lo/96ti3bk6oTII6oF+yg) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Topic:  Predicted GOES-13/14/15 Fall 2014 Solar RFI Time Periods

Date/Time Issued:  October 3, 2014  2050 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  GOES-13/14/15 Imager and Sounder Data plus Ancillary Services (GVAR, SAR, LRIT, EMWIN, DCS, etc.)

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  October 4, 2014 2105 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End:  October 18, 2014 2143 UTC

Length of Outage/Data Impact:  See table below for details.

Details/Specifics of Change:  The potential for solar radio frequency interference (RFI) with a satellite downlink circuit will occur whenever the Sun passes into the beam of the ground station receiving antenna.

The Wallops and Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAs) and Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) receiving antennas may experience periods of Solar RFI as predicted below.  Solar RFI can cause loss of telemetry lock and command capability, as well as degradation or loss in the GVAR data.  The GOES data stream consists of GVAR (GOES VARiable) Imager and Sounder, EMWIN (Emergency Managers Weather Information Network), SAR (Search and Rescue), Low Rate Information Transmission (LRIT), GOES Data Collection System (DCS), Sensor Data (SD), Telemetry and Command (T&C), Weather Facsimile (WEFAX), Data Collection Platform Report (DCPR), Multi-use data link (MDL), etc.

Predicted Solar RFI Time Periods for Fall 2014:

GOES-13 (GOES-East)

October 5-12, 2014, at 1637 - 1649 UTC, daily
Site Affected - Wallops CDA
Operational Data Impact - SD, GVAR, T&C, EMWIN, LRIT, WEFAX, DCS, DCPR, SAR, and MDL

GOES-14 (On-Orbit Storage)

October 5-12, 2014, at 1901 - 1913 UTC, daily
Site Affected - Wallops CDA
Operational Data Impact - T&C, EMWIN, and MDL

GOES-15 (GOES-West)

October 5-12, 2014, at 2114 - 2126 UTC, daily
Site Affected - Wallops CDA
Operational Data Impact - SD, GVAR, T&C, EMWIN, LRIT, WEFAX, DCS, DCPR, SAR, and MDL.

October 11-18, 2014, at 2047 - 2059 UTC, daily
Site Affected - Fairbanks CDA
Operational Data Impact:  SD, GVAR, T&C, EMWIN, LRIT, WEFAX, DCS, DCPR, SAR, and MDL

Point of Contact for Further Information:  ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html for full GOES scanning schedules and scan sectors.
See http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/ for Direct Services Branch (DSB) information.

This message was sent to ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov. 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 atESPCOperations@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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