Update #1: The GOES-13 (GOES-East) East/West Station Keeping Maneuver previously scheduled for January 10, 2017 has been rescheduled for January 12, 2017.

Topic: GOES-13 (GOES-East) East/West Station Keeping Maneuver scheduled for January 10, 2017
 
Date/Time Issued: January 9, 2017  2225 UTC
 
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager and Sounder Data
 
Date/Time of Initial Impact:  January 10, 2017  1730 UTC   changed to January 12, 2017  1730 UTC
 
Date/Time of Expected End:  January 10, 2017  1744 UTC   changed to January 12, 2017  1744 UTC
 
Length of Outage: See table in detail.
 
Details/Specifics of Change:
 
A GOES-13 (GOES-East) East/West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on Tuesday,  January 10, 2017 at 1730 UTC.  The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday,  January 12, 2017.  If NWS Regions have any operational concerns, please contact the NCEP SDM (301) 683-1500 at least 6 hours prior to the maneuver time.
 
On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 the following schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations GOES-13 (GOES-East):
 
1730 UTC: GOES-13 (GOES-East) East/West Maneuver Schedule begins
1730 UTC - 1744 UTC: GOES-13 (GOES-East) No Scan Operations
1745 UTC: GOES-13 (GOES-East) Routine Scan Operations Resume
 
There will be no GOES-15 (GOES-West) Full Disk (30 minute) Imaging due to the outage being less than 15 minutes.
 
There will be no recovery schedule for this maneuver.

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301)817-3880