Subject: Administrative: MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_Cv73U5emZGlg8AmA95M6GA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT **Topic: **MTSAT-2 (Now Back-up to Himawari-8) Weekly Special Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued**: *July 7, 2015 1655 UTC ***Date/Time of Initial Impact:* July 8, 2015 0500 UTC ***Date/Time of Expected End: *July 8, 2015 1030 UTC *Length of Outage/Impacts: *See detailed data impact schedules below. _Details/Specifics of Scheduled Activities /(From JMA/MSC)/:_ /(Following Himawari-8 becoming JMA's primary operational geostationary satellite at 140E on July 7, 2015, MTSAT-2 will now provide back-up data in parallel with Himawari-8 until about November 2015./) *Inhibition of North-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on July 8, 2015* Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 0417 UTC to 1017 UTC on July 8, 2015 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: * 0500 UTC - 1000 UTC on July 8, 2015 *Point of Contact for **Further Information: *ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 * Web Site(s) for applicable information**:*http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/operation/bulletin_list.html 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_Cv73U5emZGlg8AmA95M6GA) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Topic:  MTSAT-2 (Now Back-up to Himawari-8) Weekly Special Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  July 7, 2015  1655 UTC 

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  July 8, 2015  0500 UTC

 Date/Time of Expected End:  July 8, 2015  1030 UTC 

Length of Outage/Impacts:  See detailed data impact schedules below.

Details/Specifics of Scheduled Activities (From JMA/MSC):  (Following Himawari-8 becoming JMA's primary operational geostationary satellite at 140E on July 7, 2015, MTSAT-2 will now provide back-up data in parallel with Himawari-8 until about November 2015.)     

Inhibition of North-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on July 8, 2015

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 0417 UTC to 1017 UTC on July 8, 2015 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:

  • 0500 UTC - 1000 UTC on July 8, 2015
Point of Contact for Further Information:  ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880

Web Site(s) for applicable information:  http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/operation/bulletin_list.html
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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