Subject: Administrative: MTSAT-2 Weekly Special Operations Schedule This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_CVegTYX/CTSV0JSzD+eONA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic**: *MTSAT-2 (JMA's back-up to Himawari-8) Weekly Special Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued: *August 2, 2015 1450 UTC *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* August 3, 2015 0300 UTC *Date/Time of Expected End: *August 5, 2015 0930 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 South-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on August 3, 2015 Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 0217 UTC to 0717 UTC on August 3, 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: * 0300 UTC - 0800 UTC on August 3, 2015 *Inhibition of North-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on August 5, 2015* Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 0417 UTC to 0817 UTC on August 5, 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 - 0900 UTC on August 5, 2015 *Point of Contact for Further Information**: *ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.govat 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.govor (301) 817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --Boundary_(ID_CVegTYX/CTSV0JSzD+eONA) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Topic:  MTSAT-2 (JMA's back-up to Himawari-8) Weekly Special Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  August 2, 2015  1450 UTC 

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  August 3, 2015  0300 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End:  August 5, 2015  0930 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 South-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on August 3, 2015

Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 0217 UTC to 0717 UTC on August 3, 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:

  • 0300 UTC - 0800 UTC on August 3, 2015
Inhibition of North-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on August 5, 2015

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 0417 UTC to 0817 UTC on August 5, 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 - 0900 UTC on August 5, 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/bullet style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">

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