Status Report

NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Friday, April 01, 2005

By SpaceRef Editor

April 1, 2005

Filed under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US

Day 91

DMSP

All DMSP operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.

POES

All POES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.

GOES

GOES-10 at 1642Z on April 31: Missed the 1645, 1700, 1715, 1721, 1724, 1730, and 1745z images. Also missed the 1701 and 1724z soundings. These were due to complications following installation of new software release. Under investigation.

GOES-12 at 1639Z on April 31 – PCM TLM data dropout. Schedule suspended due to loss of telemetry. Investigation reveals COMM4 has went to blank. Requested WCDA to switch to COMM3. After switching to COMM3 telemetry returned. Test commands verified. Schedule restarted at 1644z. Lost 1640 CONUS Image.

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

ECLIPSE: To review GOES Spring eclipse and KOZ schedules, please reference: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html