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GOES-11 (West) Station Keeping Maneuver, Tuesday, January 25th.
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GOES West Station Keeping Maneuver

A GOES-11 (GOES-West) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 1230 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, January 28, 2010.

On January 26, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11 (GOES-West) outage during the maneuver.*)


GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 0647 UTC on January 26, 2010.
(Southern Hemisphere scan at 0651 UTC is canceled)

From 0700 UTC through 1219 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging and Soundings.

*From 1220 UTC through 1329 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or Soundings*

**From 1215 UTC through 1344 UTC -- GOES-12 (GOES-East) Full Disk (30 minute) Imaging**

From 1330 UTC through 2049 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver Recovery Including:
   * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
   * CONUS Soundings at XX01

2100 UTC January 26 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations Resume
Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver.
 

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