Topic: GOES-15 (GOES-West) North/South Maneuver scheduled for August 7, 2018

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Date/Time Issued: August 6, 2018 1257 UTC

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Product(s) or Data Impacted: M-BGOES-15 M-B(GOES-West) Imager, Sounder, XRS and SXI Data

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Date/Time of Initial Impact:M-BAugust 7, 2018M-B1745 UTC

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Date/Time of Expected End: M-BAugust 8, 2018M-B0052UTC

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Length of Outage: See table in detail.

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Details/Specifics of Change:

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A GOES-15 (GOES-West) North/South Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday,M-BAugust 7, 2018, at 1745 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, August 9, 2018.M-B If NWS Regions have any operational concerns, please contact the NCEP SDM atM-B(301) 683-1500M-Bat least 6 hours prior to the maneuver time.

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On August 7, 2018 the following schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations:

GOES-15 (GOES-West) North/South Maneuver Schedule begins at 1745 UTC on August 7, 2018.

1745 UTC through 1929 UTC: GOES-15 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Product Outage

1745 UTC through 1929 UTC: GOES-15 (GOES-West) XRS and SXI Product Outage

1930 UTC: GOES-15 (GOES-West) Routine XRS and SXI Operations Resume

1930 UTC through 0051 UTC: GOES-15 (GOES-West) INR (Image Navigation Registration) Recovery Schedule.

0052 UTC: GOES-15 (GOES-West) Routine Imager and Sounder Scan Operations Resume.

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Please assure GOES-14 SXI and XRS are the primary forecasting instruments during this time frame.

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Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations atM-BESPCOperations@noaa.govM-BatM-B(301)817-3880

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Web Site(s) for applicable information:

SeeM-Bhttps://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/messages.htmlM-BM-Bfor this and other satellite related messages.

SeeM-Bhttp://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.htmlM-Bfor full GOES scanning schedules and scan sectors.

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