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Suomi-NPP Drag Make-Up Maneuver scheduled for Feb 24, 2016

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:16 am
by jbraun
Topic: S-NPP Drag Make-UP (DMU) Maneuver scheduled for Febraury 24, 2016 1711Z

Date/Time Issued: February 23, 2016 1510Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: All S-NPP Sensor Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 24, 2016 17:11:00Z

Date/Time of Expected End: February 24, 2016 19:18:04Z

Length of Outage: See Details.

Details/Specifics of Change: On February 24, 2016 at 17:37Z, the S-NPP satellite will perform a 0.4 second propulsive Drag Make-UP (DMU) maneuver to maintain it's Repeating Ground Track.

The following observatory systems will be affected on February 24, 2016.

17:11:00Z – 19:18:04Z CERES in Contam-Safe mode, science data will not be available
17:21:00Z – 17:48:06Z OMPS in Decon mode, Science data will not be available
17:26:00Z - 17:49:04Z HRD will be off, data for direct broadcast users will be unavailable
17:31:00Z – 17:44:04Z S-NPP pointing off-nadir, collected data during this time period may be impacted and not disseminated


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

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A