NOAA GOES SATOPS Morning Report – March 28, 2003  Day 087 

DMSP 

All DMSP operations were nominal over the past 24 hours. 

POES 

Recurrent FCDAS->SOCC W/B problem returned this afternoon.  Called GE Americom at 1745Z, 
Tech (R. McCarthy) dispatched from GSFC at 1800Z to troubleshoot – arrived at 1830Z.  Switched to b/u down converter (in SOCC earth station) at 1840Z – no change.  He found another problem in the SOCC, which required a trip back to GSFC for parts.  He replaced the cable from the fiber modem to the TTL converter, as well as a faulty u/link at the output of the TTL.  Ticket # 1-1AUQO will remain open until tomorrow morning. 

All data was transferred successfully. 

All other POES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours. 

GOES 

All GOES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours. 

Eclipse operations for all spacecraft continue.  Eclipse schedules for GOES-8 and GOES-10 (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 

GOES-12 remains in a test phase, in normal on-orbit mode, drifting at an eastward rate of ~0.33 degrees per day toward the GOES-East position where it will replace GOES-8 in April.  Routine SXI imaging is proceeding along with SXI test exposures.  At 1807Z on March 21, the GOES-12 schedule was suspended for magnetometer testing.  The normal imaging schedule was resumed at 1926Z on March 21. 

GOES-9 is currently at approximately 176.5 E drifting at a westward rate of ~0.723 degrees per day toward 155 E longitude where it will support the GMS-5 replacement mission in April. 

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

• April 1:  GOES-12 becomes operational GOES-East for imaging/sounding at 1815Z
• April 15:  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