NOAA GOES SATOPS Morning Report 11 October 2000

SATOPS MORNING REPORT – October 11, 2000

POES

No change in the status of the POES spacecraft.

NOAA-16 operations nominal.  Safe-state table redefinition and
HIRS pre-activation commanding occurred in the last 24 hours.  The
HIRS, the IR channels of the AVHRR and the SEM instruments will be activated
today.

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 – 0345,
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.

At 1339Z on Tuesday, October 10, a GOES-8 frame break was observed and
attributed to CRC error.

At 1639Z and 1645Z on Tuesday, October 10, GOES-8 frame breaks were
observed and attributed to high BER due to solar RFI (seasonal).

At 0246Z on Wednesday, October 11, a GOES-8 frame break was observed
and attributed to loss of signal synch.

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.

Between 1121Z and 2330Z on Tuesday, October 10, multiple GOES-10 frame
breaks were observed and attributed to high BER.  Actual frame breaks
were recorded at:  1121Z, 1316Z, 1400Z, 1434Z, 1452Z, 1616Z, 1824Z,
1845Z, 1851Z, 1921Z, 2048Z, 2130Z and 2330Z.

At 1345Z and 1627Z on Tuesday, October 10, GOES-10 frame breaks were
observed and attributed to an imager delayed start.

At 1627Z on Tuesday, October 10, a GOES-10 frame break was observed
and attributed to address phasing error.

At 1930Z on Tuesday, October 10, a GOES-10 frame break was observed
and attributed to E/W address error.

At 2101Z on Tuesday, October 10, a GOES-10 frame break was observed
and attributed to Solar RFI (seasonal).

Between 2200Z on Tuesday, October 10, and 0205Z on Wednesday, October
11, multiple GOES-10 frame breaks were observed and attributed to high
BER due to a known problem on the 13M antenna (additional information to
be received today).

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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