NOAA GOES SATOPS Morning Report 12 September 2000
SATOPS MORNING REPORT – September 12, 2000
POES
No change in the status of the POES spacecraft.
NOAA-12 rev 48461F: G1A received noisy from spacecraft with 94.1% of
the expected data received. Another recovery may be possible during
the day shift on September 12.
POES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.
DMSP
No change in the status of the DMSP spacecraft.
DMSP operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.
GOES
No change in the status of the GOES spacecraft.
GOES-8 (East) Operations:
The GOES-8 fall eclipse season occurs daily between 0414-0526Z and continues
through October 15th. GOES-8 images cancelled for Eclipse/KOZ – 0401,
0409, 0415, 0431, 0439, 0445, 0501, 0509, 0515, 0531, 0539, 0545Z and 0615Z.
GOES-8 soundings cancelled for Eclipse/KOZ – 0346, 0420, 0446, 0520, 0546
and 0620Z. Full disk coverage during GOES-10 KOZ: 0815Z – 1044Z.
GOES-10 (West) Operations:
The GOES-10 fall eclipse season occurs daily between 0816-0930Z and
continues through October 16th. GOES-10 images cancelled for KOZ/Eclipse:
0800, 0815, 0822, 0830, 0845, 0851, 0900, 0930, 1021 and 1030Z. GOES-10
soundings cancelled for KOZ/Eclipse: 0801, 0824, 0901, 0924 and 1024Z.
Full disk coverage during GOES-8 eclipse 0430Z – 0629Z.
At 1632Z, 1833Z, 2049Z and 2053Z on Monday, September 11, GOES-10 frame
breaks were observed and attributed to RFI (unknown source).
At 2230Z on Monday, September 11, a GOES-10 frame break was observed
and attributed to RFI (low grade RF interference, source unknown).
At 0727Z on Tuesday, September 12, a GOES-10 frame break was observed
and attributed to address phasing error.
Storage Mode Spacecraft Operations:
The GOES-9 fall eclipse season occurs daily between 0612-0724Z and continues
through October 15th. GOES-9 remains in the Z-Axis Precession (ZAP)
storage mode.
The GOES-11 fall eclipse season occurs daily between 0619-0732Z and
continues through October 16th. GOES-11 remains in the Z-Axis Precession
(ZAP) storage mode.
GOES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.
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