NOAA GOES SATOPS Morning Report 8 September 2000
SATOPS MORNING REPORT – September 8, 2000
POES
No change in the status of the POES spacecraft.
NOAA-15 rev 12058W – G5A received with short due to a ground system
reconfiguration problems at the site with 63.4% of the expected data received.
G5A was successfully received on rev 12059W.
The NOAA-11 SBUV grating assembly began operating in a limited range
this morning at 01:52Z. The grating drive became unstuck at 05:56Z
when it began operating over its full normal range. The maximum grating
temperature reached was ~25C, and the total time in the limited range was
~4 hours, or ~2.5 orbits.
Polar operations were affected by T-1 problems which began at 0805Z.
WCDA successfully conducted the pass during the outage without data
impacts. The T-1 problem was resolved at 0850Z.
NOAA-15 AVHRR-MIRP resynchronization tests continue. Additional
tests will be conducted for one or two revs each day through September
18 for continued engineering analysis of the AVHRR instrument. No
impacts to operational data have occurred due to this testing.
POES 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 – 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 0146Z on Friday, September 8, a GOES-8 frame break was observed and
attributed to address phasing error.
At 0805Z on Friday, September 8, GOES operations lost all communications
to WCDA due to a T-1 outage. Due to the timing of the outage, imaging
was suspended due to the imager being stuck in star mode. GOES-8
data losses due to the event include the 0809Z and 0815 image and the 0820
sounding. Control was returned to the SOCC by 0850Z.
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:
0815, 0822, 0830, 0845, 0851, 0900, 0930, 1021 and 1030Z. GOES-10
soundings cancelled for KOZ/Eclipse: 0824, 0901, 0924 and 1024Z.
Full disk coverage during GOES-8 eclipse 0430Z – 0629Z.
At 1209Z and 1625Z on Thursday, September 7, GOES-10 frame breaks were
observed and attributed to high BER (unknown source).
At 2334Z on Thursday, September 7 and at 0424Z on Friday, September
8, GOES-10 frame breaks were observed and attributed to address phasing
error.
At 0800Z on Friday, September 8, GOES operations lost all communications
to WCDA due to a T-1 outage. Wallops CDA took control of GOES-10
operations and successfully configured the GOES-10 spacecraft for
eclipse. Control was returned to the SOCC by 0845Z.
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.
GOES-9 ranging with NASA DSN Goldstone continues midway through two
days of planned ranging activities.
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.
DMSP
No change in the status of the DMSP spacecraft.
DMSP operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.
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