NOAA GOES SATOPS Morning Report 27 Mar 2001

SATOPS MORNING REPORT – March 27, 2001

POES

No change in the status of the POES spacecraft; instrument configuration
change noted below.

NOAA-11 rev 64483 / F at 0920Z:  It was noted that the SBUV grating
drive began operating in a limited range (between 247 and

380).  Post pass analysis showed that the SBUV started operating
in this range at approximately 0243Z.  Engineers were notified

and supported the next scheduled pass at 1446Z, were continued limited
operation was observed.  Additional stepping (giant

stepping) profiles were attempted without success.  A meeting
will occur with GSFC to discuss next actions.

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.

All eclipse operations nominal.  No frame breaks noted.

To review the eclipse schedules for the GOES-8 and GOES-10 spacecraft,
refer to:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/SSD/GOES/eclipse.html to identify images canceled
to satisfy eclipse or instrument keep-out-zone

(KOZ) requirements.

This week, the spacecraft contractor, SS/L, is in town for a series
of COP reviews and launch sims.  Today, the launch team is

reviewing all Contingency Operations Procedures (COPs) on a subsystem-by-subsystem
basis.  The third GOES-M Launch Sim

kicks off tomorrow and will run through Friday.  Mission phases
to be simulated include Launch, Apogee Motor Fire#1, Mag

Boom/Solar Array Deploy, and Dipole Estimation.

GOES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.

 

Questions or comments to Tim.Walsh@noaa.gov