2008 Fall Eclipse Season and subsequent solar interference will cause data
outages and degradations during the following time periods:
Satellite Dates Times
GOES-10 (ecl) 08/22/08 - 11/04/08 0245UTC - 0540UTC
GOES-10 (rfi) 10/09/08 - 10/11/08 1558UTC - 1510UTC
GOES-11 (ecl) 08/14/08 - 10/31/08 0745UTC - 1040UTC
GOES-11 (rfi) 10/03/08 - 10/10/08 2110UTC - 2121UTC
GOES-12 (ecl) 08/14/08 - 10/30/08 0345UTC - 0636UTC
GOES-12 (rfi) 10/03/08 - 10/10/08 1639UTC - 1651UTC
Meteosat-7 08/17/08 - 10/04/08 1900UTC - 2100UTC
MTSAT-1R 8/25/08 - 10/11/08 1330UTC - 1513UTC
FY2C
FY2D 8/25/08 - 1730UTC - 1930UTC
GILMORE(rfi) 1830UTC - 1910UTC
(local rfi up to 20 minutes between 1830UTC - 1910UTC)
NOAAPORT (rfi) 1830UTC - 1910UTC
(up to 20 minutes between 1820UTC - 1910UTC)
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Following are times of GOES-12 full disk scanning operations for the
period August 14, 2008 to October 19, 2008 in order to provide additional
coverage during GOES-11 Keep Out Zone (KOZ) and Eclipse periods:
DATE J-DAY TIME
AUG 14 226 0845 to 0944Z
AUG 15-17 227-229 0815 to 0944Z
AUG 18–SEP 03 230-247 0815 to 1014Z
SEP 04-SEP 05 248-249 0815 to 1044Z
SEP 06-OCT 12 250-286 0745 to 1044Z
OCT 13–OCT 16 287-290 0745 to 0944Z
OCT 17–OCT 19 291-293 0745 to 0914Z
Following are times of GOES-11 full disk scanning operations for the period
August 14, 2008 to October 18, 2008 in order to provide additional coverage
during GOES-12 Keep Out Zone (KOZ) and Eclipse periods:
DATE J-DAY TIME
AUG 14-AUG 15 226-227 0430 to 0529Z
AUG 16-AUG 23 228-235 0430 to 0629Z
AUG 24-SEP 17 236-261 0400 to 0659Z
SEP 18-OCT 11 262-285 0330 to 0659Z
OCT 12-OCT 14 286-288 0330 to 0629Z
OCT 15-OCT 18 289-292 0400 to 0559Z
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