Subject: Administrative: MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_HX23NHlSUx5SeVTeJtywGA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT **Topic: **MTSAT-2 (JMA's back-up to Himawari-8) Weekly Special Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued**: *July 16, 2015 1540 UTC ***Date/Time of Initial Impact:* July 20, 2015 1600 UTC ***Date/Time of Expected End: *July 22, 2015 2130 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 20, 2015 * Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1517 UTC to 2017 UTC on July 20, 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: * 1600-2000 UTC on July 20, 2015 Inhibition of South-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on July 22, 2015 Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1517 UTC to 2217 UTC on July 22, 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: * 1600-2100 UTC on July 22, 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_HX23NHlSUx5SeVTeJtywGA) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Topic: MTSAT-2 (JMA's back-up to Himawari-8) Weekly Special Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued: July 16, 2015 1540 UTC

Date/Time of Initial Impact: July 20, 2015 1600 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: July 22, 2015 2130 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 20, 2015

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1517 UTC to 2017 UTC on July 20, 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:

1600-2000 UTC on July 20, 2015

Inhibition of South-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on July 22, 2015

Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 1517 UTC to 2217 UTC on July 22, 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:

1600-2100 UTC on July 22, 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.ht
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_HX23NHlSUx5SeVTeJtywGA)--