Subject: Administrative: GOES-13/15 (GOES-East and GOES-West) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_Hu9hK3nq5cbNo+uOqEa81Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Topic: GOES-13/15 (GOES-East and GOES-West) Leap Second Commanding for June 30, 2015 Date/Time Issued: June 26, 2015 1610 UTC Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-13/15 (GOES-East and GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 30, 2015 2357 UTC Date/Time of Expected End: July 1, 2015 0001 UTC Length of Outage:** See table below for details Details/Specifics of Change: **At the end of day on June 30, 2015 (DOY 181/182 transition) a positive leap second will be introduced into the UTC time system. Special operations are required for the GOES spacecraft surrounding the extra second. Commanding will be performed at specific times to attempt to avoid navigational impact to user data. The commanding will be performed as follows: _GOES-13 (EAST) _ Commanding will be from July 1, 2015 (DOY 182) 00:12:00 UTC - 00:15:00 UTC. Imager impact - none is expected. Sounder impact - 23:46:50 UTC Conus sounding (from 00:12:00 UTC - 00:19:00 UTC) _GOES-15 (WEST) _ Commanding will be from June 30, 2015 (DOY 181) 23:57:30 UTC - 00:00:00 UTC. Imager impact - 23:51:55 UTC - S. Hemi image (from 23:57:30 UTC - 23:59:02 UTC) Sounder impact - 23:24:00 UTC - N. Pacific sounding (from 23:57:30 UTC - 00:01:00 UTC) Contact Information for Further Information:** ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (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. 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 at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --Boundary_(ID_Hu9hK3nq5cbNo+uOqEa81Q) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Topic: GOES-13/15 (GOES-East and GOES-West) Leap Second Commanding for June 30, 2015

Date/Time Issued: June 26, 2015 1610 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-13/15 (GOES-East and GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 30, 2015 2357 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: July 1, 2015 0001 UTC

Length of Outage: See table below for details

Details/Specifics of Change: At the end of day on June 30, 2015 (DOY 181/182 transition) a positive leap second will be introduced into the UTC time system. Special operations are required for the GOES spacecraft surrounding the extra second. Commanding will be performed at specific times to attempt to avoid navigational impact to user data. The commanding will be performed as follows:

GOES-13 (EAST)

Commanding will be from July 1, 2015 (DOY 182) 00:12:00 UTC - 00:15:00 UTC.
Imager impact - none is expected.

Sounder impact - 23:46:50 UTC Conus sounding (from 00:12:00 UTC - 00:19:00 UTC)

GOES-15 (WEST)

Commanding will be from June 30, 2015 (DOY 181) 23:57:30 UTC - 00:00:00 UTC.
Imager impact - 23:51:55 UTC - S. Hemi image (from 23:57:30 UTC - 23:59:02 UTC)

Sounder impact - 23:24:00 UTC - N. Pacific sounding (from 23:57:30 UTC - 00:01:00 UTC)

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (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.

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 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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