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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