NOAA-11,Spacecraft Decomissioned, TBD - Issued: 21 May 2004; 1845 UTC

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Subject: NOAA-11,Spacecraft Decomissioned, TBD - Issued: 21 May 2004; 1845 UTC
Resent-From: nesdis.osdpd.ipd.Level-1B.notices@noaa.gov,
nesdis.osdpd.ipd.contractors@noaa.gov
CC: Keith Amburgey

Topic:
Shut off of NOAA-11

Time(UTC) Message Issued:
21 May 2004, 1845 UTC

Satellite(s) Involved:
NOAA-11

Instrument(s) Involved:
ALL.

Product(s) Involved/Affected:
ALL

Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation:
TBD

Details/Specifics of Change:
NOAA management has approved the decommissioning of NOAA-11. SOCC engineers
are making preparations to decommission NOAA-11 within the next few weeks (a
target date of June 2 is now being considered). NOAA 11 is a 15 year old
satellite operating with only a single gyro for attitude control and a
steadily degrading power dissipation system.
AVHRR failed - September 1994
MSU turned off - February 1999
HIRS Science data lost/instrument turned off - April 2000
SBUV grating drive failure/instrument turned off - May 2003

Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:
Keith.Amburgey@noaa.gov / 301-817-4263
Emily.Harrod@noaa.gov / 301-457-5247 ext. 117

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