NOAA GOES SATOPS Morning Report 8 Mar 2001
SATOPS MORNING REPORT – March 8, 2001
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POES
No change in the status of the POES spacecraft.
The global software release to the PACS command and control system was
successfully delivered this morning. PACS was turned over to
the Software Branch for a global software release from 0730Z until 0945Z.
N16 Rev 2369 / F and N14 Rev 31890 / W, which were originally cancelled
due to the software release, were called up to verify the software integrity.
NOAA-14 rev 31881 / F at 1834Z: GAC1A received noisy from
spacecraft with 83.7% of the expected data recovered. Data not recoverable
due to recorder management.
NOAA-14 rev 31886 / F at 0254Z: LAC5B received noisy from
spacecraft with 96% of the expected data recovered. Data not recoverable
due to recorder management.
NOAA-16 AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 testing will conclude today. On March
5, Cold Calibration Position 3 was successfully selected for both the AMSU-A1
and AMSU-A2 as the calibration target (at 1657Z and 1836Z for AMSU-A1 and
AMSU-A2 respectively). Today, Cold Calibration Position 4 will be
selected for both instruments as the calibration target. Questions
regarding this test should be referred to Dong Han at Dong.Han@noaa.gov.
NOAA-16 SBUV testing is now complete. The normal SBUV wavelengths
(flex memory segment 0), will be re-selected today on rev 2370 / F at 1138Z.
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. Seasonal solar RFI affected both
operational spacecraft.
At 1443Z on March 7, a GOES-8 frame break was observed and attributed
to loss of signal sync
At 1709Z and 171zz on March 7, numerous GOES-8 frame breaks were observed
due to solar RFI.
At 1849Z on March 7, a GOES-8 frame break was observed and attributed
to high BER (unknown) at CDA.
The weekly XRP calibration activity was not completed during the housekeeping
at 1834Z due to a ground system reconfiguration. All other housekeeping
objectives met.
At 2131Z on March 7, GOES-10 frame breaks were observed that were attributed
to solar RFI.
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.
GOES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.
Questions or comments to twalsh@nesdis.noaa.gov
