NOAA-18, AMSU-A1, Placed in Park Mode 25 July 2005 - Issued: 25 JuLY 2005; 1525 UTC

Subject: NOAA-18, AMSU-A1, Placed in Park Mode 25 July 2005 - Issued: 25 JuLY 2005; 1525 UTC

*Topic*:
AMSU-A1 test to support HIRS Anomaly testing

*Date/Time(UTC) Message Issued:*
25 July 2005, 1515 UTC

*Satellite(s) Involved:*
NOAA-18

*Instrument(s) Involved:*
AMSU-A1

*Product(s) Involved/Affected:*
No data during test

*Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation:*
25 July, 2005, Time 1547 UTC

*Details/Specifics of Change:*
SOCC has announced that the AMSU-A1 instrument will be placed in park mode at warm target for one orbit then return to full scan. This was requested by NASA for HIRS anomaly testing. The instrument will be placed in warm target park mode on July 25 around 1547 UTC on orbit 933. It will be returned to full scan mode on orbit 934 around 1712 UTC.*
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*Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:*
Emily.Harrod@noaa.gov 301-457-5247 117 - IPD preprocessing operations

*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.asp - SOCC morning reports

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* Emily D. Harrod
* NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/IPD
* Computer Operations Branch
* Pre-Product Processing Group
* E/SP11, Federal Building #4, room 0318
* 5200 Auth Road
* Suitland, Maryland 20746-4304
* USA
* voice 301-457-5247 ext 117
* fax 301-457-5199
* email Emily.Harrod@noaa.gov
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