NOAA GOES SATOPS Morning Report April 10, 2003 Day 100

DMSP

All  DMSP operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.

POES

NOAA-17 rev 4112 / F at 2020z on  Executed command STX4F and command AIPSA per SCR #74, to configure for the next phase of the Svalbard tests.

All  POES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.

GOES

At 1200z on April 9, commanded GOES-9 DIRA 1 off, as per SCP (post ZAP resin)

GOES-12 will continue to drift at an eastward rate of ~0.33 degrees per day toward 75 degrees W until the stop maneuver is performed on approximately April 22.  Until GOES-12 arrives on-station, the GOES-12 will be retransmitted via GOES-8 (to minimize impacts to the users).

GOES-9 is currently at approximately 166.15 E drifting at a westward rate of ~0.713 degrees per day toward 155 E longitude where it will support the GMS-5 replacement mission in April.

Eclipse operations for all spacecraft continue. Eclipse schedules for GOES-East and GOES-West (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

Major upcoming GOES milestones (Note:  These dates are subject to change)

• April 14:  GOES-9 removal from storage
• April 16-19:  GOES-9 GVAR begins, INR startup with a 0.7 deg/day drift
• April 22:  GOES-12 stops at 75 deg W; ancillary communication services (DCS, WEFAX, EMWIN, SAR) become operational.
• April 24:  GOES-8 drift start westward from 75 W
• April 25:  GOES-9 drift stop at 155 E

All GOES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.