NOAA GOES SATOPS Morning Report March 21, 2003 Day 080

DMSP

OPS48 rev 30743 R+07 from POGO-B at 14:23 on March 20:  SCCR# 48-098 Step 12 completed to clear the Basic Mode flag in SCP2.

DMSP operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.

POES

POES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.

GOES

At 1218z on March 20, a GOES-8 frame break was observed and attributed to loss of signal synchronization.

Eclipse operations for all spacecraft continue. Eclipse schedules for GOES-8 and GOES-10 (which can be used to track the day-to-day image deletions due to KOZ and eclipse) can be found at:  http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/koz-eclipse/koz-eclipse.htm

GOES-12 remains in a test phase, in normal on-orbit mode, drifting at an eastward rate of ~0.33 degrees per day toward the GOES-East position where it will replace GOES-8 in April.  Routine SXI imaging is proceeding along with SXI test exposures.

GOES-9 is currently at approximately 179.4 W drifting at a westward rate of ~0.730 degrees per day toward 155 E longitude where it will support the GMS-5 replacement mission in April.

GOES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.