Subject: Administrative: MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_zD8vq0LafKYSJ1crLAFBuw) 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 9, 2015 1610 UTC ***Date/Time of Initial Impact:* July 17, 2015 1300 UTC ***Date/Time of Expected End: *July 19, 2015 1930 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/) *North-South Station-Keeping Maneuver for MTSAT-2 on July 17, 2015* A north-south station-keeping maneuver for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1302 UTC on July 17, 2015. As a result, the following dissemination will be cancelled: _July 17, 2015_ * HRIT: N13 * LRIT: PS-N13 *Inhibition of North-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on July 19, 2015* Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1517 UTC to 1917 UTC on July 19, 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: * 1600 UTC - 1900 UTC on July 19, 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_zD8vq0LafKYSJ1crLAFBuw) 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 9, 2015  1610 UTC 

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  July 17, 2015  1300 UTC

 Date/Time of Expected End:  July 19, 2015  1930 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)     

North-South Station-Keeping Maneuver for MTSAT-2 on July 17, 2015

A north-south station-keeping maneuver for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1302 UTC on July 17, 2015.
As a result, the following dissemination will be cancelled:

July 17, 2015

  • HRIT: N13
  • LRIT: PS-N13

Inhibition of North-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on July 19, 2015

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1517 UTC to 1917 UTC on July 19, 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:

  • 1600 UTC - 1900 UTC on July 19, 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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