NOAA/GOES SATOPS Morning Report 13 October 2000
SATOPS MORNING REPORT – October 13, 2000
POES
No change in the status of the POES spacecraft.
NOAA-16 operations nominal. The HIRS, the IR channels of the AVHRR
and the SEM instruments were activated in the last 48 hours. HIRS
electronics powered up on rev 285 / F, SEM configuration completed on rev
286 / F, and AVHRR channels 3B, 4, and 5 activated on rev 287 / W.
Some examples of instrument data from the newly activated instruments may
be available by Friday at http://www.osei.noaa.gov/.
NOAA-15 rev 12556-W at 1236Z on Thursday, October 12: G2B received noisy
with 91.5% of expected data recovered. 100% of data recovered on
rev 12557-W at 1416Z.
NOAA-15 rev 12562-W at 2219Z on Thursday, October 12: G5B and G3A not
recorded to ground recorder. G5B not recoverable due to upcoming
recorder activity. G3A recovered on rev 12564-F at 0149Z.
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.
GOES-8 (East) Operations:
The GOES-8 fall eclipse season occurs daily between 0434-0459Z 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.
At 0833Z on Thursday, October 12, GOES-8 frame breaks were observed
and attributed to loss of signal sync.
GOES-10 (West) Operations:
The GOES-10 fall eclipse season occurs daily between 0830-0901Z and
continues through October 16th. GOES-10 images cancelled for KOZ/Eclipse:
0751, 0800, 0815, 0821, 0830, 0845, 0851, 0900, and 0930Z. GOES-10
soundings cancelled for KOZ/Eclipse: 0801, 0824, 0901, and 0924Z.
At 1300Z on Thursday, October 12, a GOES-10 frame break was observed
and attributed to high Cyclic Redunancy Check (CRC) errors.
At 1352Z, 1437Z, and 1507Z on Thursday, October 12, multiple GOES-10
frame breaks were observed and attributed to low grade BER (unknown cause).
At 2051Z and 2254Z on Thursday, October 12, GOES-10 frame breaks were
observed and attributed to RFI at the CDA unknown source).
By Monday, October 16, WCDA and SOCC personnel will move the GOES-10
support to a different, higher performance antenna. Frame breaks
on GOES-10 should decrease at that time.
Storage Mode Spacecraft Operations:
The GOES-9 fall eclipse season occurs daily between 0637-0701Z and continues
through October 15th. GOES-9 remains in the Z-Axis Precession (ZAP)
storage mode.
The GOES-11 fall eclipse season occurs daily between 0629-0701Z 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.
Questions or comments to twalsh@nesdis.noaa.gov
