NOAA GOES SATOPS Morning Report 18 July 2000
SATOPS MORNING REPORT – July 18, 2000
GOES
No change in the status of the GOES spacecraft.
GOES-8 frame break occurred at 2344Z due to high bit error rate at Wallops
CDA.
GOES-10 frame break occurred at 1500Z due to loss of signal synchronization
at Wallops CDA.
GOES-8 rapid scan operations were activated from 1926Z to 0226Z for
severe weather in Colorado.
POES
No change in the status of the POES spacecraft.
HIRS Update
Since Sunday morning, July 16, the NOAA-15 HIRS filter wheel period
monitor has been oscillating between 8 and 50 counts, with corresponding
periodic episodes of filter wheel synchronization loss. Products
are being carefully reviewed to assess impacts at this time. This
behavior is consistent with the anomalous HIRS performance observed over
the past few months, most recently in mid-June.
AVHRR Update
The NOAA-15 AVHRR continues to remain in synchronization with the MIRP
for a majority of the orbit period and continues to provide mostly usable
data. The motor current and synch delta telemetry continue to behave
in an erratic fashion, but for the most part, are still within the control
margins of the instrument. Daily contingency meetings have continued
with NASA and ITT. A meeting to discuss product impacts and data
continuity contingency plans with representatives of the user community
is planned for Thursday morning
NOAA-12 rev 47668, IMUX recorder failed resulting in 61.2% of S3A data
received.
NOAA-15 rev 11332, G2A lost due to recorder problem. G3B and G5A
were 100% recovered.
DMSP
No change in the status of the DMSP spacecraft.
One OPS49 acquisition was reported as CAT-I data loss due to noisy
data.
Questions or comments to dmiller@nesdis.noaa.gov