NOAA-15, HIRS, Turn On Filter Wheel Motor Heater, Implementation Date 17 April 2005 - Issued: 18 April 2005, 1350 UTC

From:
"Emily Harrod"
Date:
Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:14:44 -0400
To:
undisclosed-recipients:;

Topic:
Turn on HIRS Filter Wheel Motor Heater NOAA-15

Date/Time(UTC) Message Issued:
18 April 2005/1350 UTC

Satellite(s) Involved:
NOAA-15

Instrument(s) Involved:
HIRS

Product(s) Involved/Affected:
All Products using HIRS instrument on NOAA-15

Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation:
17 January 2005, 1500 UTC

Details/Specifics of Change:
On April 17 around 1500 UTC on orbit 36013, SOCC turned on the HIRS filter wheel motor heater due to following: "Excessive HIRS filter motor current is causing the HIRS channel 1 period monitor (HCH1PRD) and HIRS filter wheel sync (HFSYNC) to toggle in and out of limits. Executed command turning on HIRS filter wheel heater..."

Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:
Dr. Changyong Cao, 301-763-8136 ext 196, changyong.cao@noaa.gov - HIRS Instrument Scientist
Emily Harrod, 301-452-5247 ext 117, emily.harrod@noaa.gov - operations support

Web site(s) that contain other relevant information (where applicable):
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/PPP.html - History of level 1B notices
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html - All user notices
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poesstatus/ - SOCC polar satellites status
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/daily-news/index.htm - SOCC morning reports

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* Emily D. Harrod
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* Computer Operations Branch
* Pre-Product Processing Group
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