NOAA GEOS SATOPS Morning Report 3 August 2000

SATOPS MORNING REPORT – August 3, 2000

GOES

No change in the status of the GOES spacecraft.

 

GOES-10 frame break occurred at 1848Z due equipment problem at Wallops
CDA.

GOES-10 rapid scan operations were activated from 2003Z to 0203Z for
severe weather over Nevada.

GOES-10 E/W stationkeeping maneuver #13 was successfully executed at
0954Z on August 3, 2000.  Thruster firing and attitude control mode
transition activities were nominal.  First post-maneuver image frame
started at 1059Z.  Preliminary post-maneuver INR results indicated
that the attitude error was small.

POES

No change in the status of the POES spacecraft.

Special NOAA-15 stored AIP testing is being conducted on August 3 to
verify and protect quality AMSU datasets independent of the AVHRR/MIRP
anomaly.

NOAA-15 HIRS continues to display erratic behavior.  Filter wheel
motor current is still within prescribed limit guidelines.

NOAA-15 rev 11546, G5A was noisy from the spacecraft with 90.3% of the
data recovered.

DMSP

No change in the status of the DMSP spacecraft.

DMSP operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.

 

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