GOES Satellite Information
| GOES-11 (West) Station Keeping Maneuver, Tuesday, June 16th. |
| Special Bulletins from NESDIS Satellite Information Team (revised hourly). |
| Daily Report from the NESDIS Satellite Operations Center (updated around 1500 UTC Monday-Friday). |
| GOES Satellite Operations FAQs | GOES Sounder FAQs |
| Image Navigation and Registration (INR) Problem Summary from NWS Western Region. |
| GOES Product Dissemination Schedules and Scaning Sector Diagrams |
| GOES Monthly Summary | POES Monthly Summary from NESDIS. |
| GOES Program Overview from NESDIS. |
| Office of Meteorology Satellite Program (includes GOES Assessment Activities). |
GOES West Station Keeping Maneuver
A GOES-11 (GOES-West) North-South Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 0855 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, June 18, 2009.On June 16, 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 0147 UTC on June 16, 2009. (Southern Hemisphere scan at 0151 UTC is canceled) From 0200 UTC through 0729 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Imaging and Soundings. From 0730 UTC through 0759 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Full Disk imaging and routine soundings. *From 0822 UTC through 1029 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging or Soundings* **From 0815 UTC through 1044 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging** From 1030 UTC through 1759 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post Maneuver Recovery Including: * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30 * CONUS Soundings at XX01 1800 UTC June 16 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations ResumeExpect GOES-11 (GOES-West) imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours following the maneuver.
