Goes 13 Satellite Repaired/Goes 14 Operational

[srainhoutx]

Our eye in the sky for the Atlantic has failed. Let's hope they can get the problem fixed with Hurricane Season approaching.

Last Update: Wed May 22 13:20:00 2013 GMT

NWS TOC Operational Status Message

Wed May 22 11:35:20 2013 GMT
NOXX01 KWBC 221134
FROM - NWSTG
TO - ALL
SUBJECT - EMWIN GOES EAST UPDATE
.
NESDIS HAS ADVISED GOES EAST IS EXPERIENCING AN ANOMALY.
THIS EFFECTS SEVERAL SATELLITE SERVICES INCLUDING THE
EMWIN GOES EAST BROADCAST. THE NESDIS ENGINEERING STAFF
IS ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.
.
EMWIN GOES EAST USERS SHOULD SWITCH TO GOES WEST OR TO
THE BYTEBLASTER NETWORK TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE
BROADCAST DURING THIS OUTAGE.
.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR ISSUES, PLEASE CALL
THE NWSTG AT 301.713.0902 OR SEND AN EMAIL TO TOC.NWSTG
-AT- NOAA.GOV. YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED.
.
NWSTG/MLJ
.




NCEP Operational Status Message

Wed May 22 12:20:23 2013 GMT
NOUS42 KWNO 221220
ADMNFD
SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
1215Z WED MAY 22 2013
GOES-E/GOES-13 UPDATE FROM NESDIS...
1150Z UPDATE#4: RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR GOES-13 CONTINUE AND THE
SPACECRAFT HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE NOMINAL. GOES-14 IS BEING
ACTIVATED AND THE FIRST IMAGES WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND 0500 UTC
ON THU MAY 23RD 2013.
1035Z UPDATE#3: INITIAL GOES-13 RECOVERY PROCEDURE WAS
UNSUCCESSFUL. RETURN TO SERVICE TIME LINE BEING REEVALUATED.
0840Z UPDATE#2: GOES-13 ANOMALY STATUS HAS NOT CHANGED, THE
ENGINEER TEAM IS COMMANDING THE SATELLITE AFTER CONSULTING THE
SUPPORT TEAM. COMMANDING WILL TAKE APPROX. 5 HOURS AND IF
SUCCESSFUL SHOULD RETURN TO SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
0630Z UPDATE#1: THE GOES-13 ANOMALY CONTINUES AND THE ENGINEERS
ARE ON SITE. BARRING FURTHER ANOMALIES THE EXPECTED RETURN TO
SERVICES IS APPROX. 14 HOURS FROM THIS UPDATE.
CARR/SDM/NCO/NCEP

[unome]

from CIMSS Satellite Blog on GOES 13 outage: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/13031

GOES-13 suffered an anomaly overnight — the Star Tracker is not functioning, which means the satellite cannot find the Earth. The anomaly started at 0340 UTC 22 May, and at 0429 UTC, GOES West (GOES-15) began a full disk schedule.

GOES-14, in standby at 105 W, has been activated; the first images from GOES-14 will be available at 0500 UTC 23 May. In the meantime, GOES engineers are working on a solution to GOES-13′s problems. An update from the Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) is scheduled for around Noon eastern time.

Last GOES-13 10.7 µm image before outage http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp ... AY2013.GIF

[wxman57]

Hey, GOES-13 - it's the giant blue marble just below you!

As for GOES-14, I thought it had been moved east to 75W already (beginning last October):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOES_14

From Wikipedia;
"On October 1, 2012 it began moving east at a rate of .9 degrees per day to an ultimate geosynchronous position of 75 degrees west longitude to better cover the Atlantic basin while troubleshooting and repair of GOES 13 continues."

That was during the last GOES-13 outage. Of course, just because it's stated in Wikipedia doesn't mean it's true.

[unome]

GOES 13 did have an issue last year also

here's the latest message from http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/MESS/MSG1422048.01.txt

Subject: Product Outage/Anomaly: GOES-13 (GOES-East) Data Outage:

*Update#8: *GOES-13 has been placed into storage mode while the anomaly
is investigated. There is no new information or estimated return to
service at this time.

GOES-14 imaging should be available starting at approximately 0600 UTC
on May 23, 2013. The imager will start up in a recovery mode,
which has reduced sectors so that additional star calibrations can be taken.
Until this is complete, the imagery should not be considered within
normal tolerance for navigation. Transition to the normal routine
schedule (or RSO if requested) should take place at approximately 1400
UTC on May 23rd from its current location at 105 degrees West. The
ingest and distribution channels of GOES-East data have not been
changed, so the satepsdist ADDE servers will automatically receive
GOES-14 data. Regarding GOES-East GVAR, users will need to repoint
their antennas to GOES-14 at 105 degrees West in order to receive the
GOES-14 GVAR broadcast data stream. GOES-14 GVAR will not be
transmitted through GOES-13 channels while GOES-13 recovery efforts
continue. Since the recovery schedule is presently unknown, users
should consider their near-term needs against the efforts required to
repoint to GOES-14.

GOES-15 (West) remains in full disk mode and will continue in that
schedule until further notice.

The following derived products are currently impacted by the absence of
GOES-East data due to the GOES-13 anomaly. The degree of the impact
varies from product to product:

- AWIPS products: Image Products, Sounder DPI, Satellite Cloud Product
- ABBA (GOES Fire Points)
- ADT (Advanced Dvorak Technique)
- ASDTA SMOKE (Automated Smoke Detection and Tracking Algorithm)
- CLASS (NOAA's Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System)
delivery of GOES-13 Data
- CSBT (Clear Sky Brightness Temperatures)
- GASP (GOES Aerosol and Smoke Product)
- GBBEP (GOES Biomass Burning Emissions Product)
- GEO-SST
- Global Hydroestimator
- GOES Histograms from PolarProd
- GSIP-FD (GOES Surface Insolation Product-Full Disk)
- High Density Winds
- High Density Winds for Sounder WV
- HMS (Hazards Mapping System) Fire & Smoke Analysis
- Hydroestimator
- Imager ASOS
- MTCSWA (GOES Multi-Platform Tropical Cyclone Surface Winds Analysis)
- Remapper/McIDAS Imagery
- SFOV BUFR Conversions (Single Field of View)
- SFOV Cloud Tops (Single Field of View)
- SFOV DPI
- SFOV Retrievals (Single Field of View)
- SFOV Skew-T
- TCFP (Tropical Cyclone Formation Probability)
- Volcano PCI, CIRRA, and ELLROD
- Web imagery

The following interpretive products from the Satellite Analysis Branch
(SAB) are also degraded because of the limitation to GOES-15 full disk
imagery: Fires and Smoke, Heavy Precipitation, Volcanic Ash

Users are encouraged to exploit GOES-12 data as well as polar satellite
data during this anomaly period. More details are available on the
CIMSS blog: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/13031

[srainhoutx]

Goes 14 is up and running.

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/index ... thod=flash

[unome]

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/13145

Update on GOES-13
June 3rd, 2013



GOES-13 suffered an anomaly in May, and GOES-14 has been standing in for GOES-13 since May 23rd. Testing of GOES-13 has shown that the Imager continues to send quality imagery, as shown in the animation of Full-Disk imagery above.

The Sounder, at present, is being outgassed (and there is therefore no current Sounder data; the sounder is off during outgassing); it is possible that after outgassing, the GOES-13 imagery will be as clean as GOES-14. Imagery before outgassing showed significant differences in noise levels between the two instruments. An outgas was also performed last year to reduce noise in the sounder observations (that outgas was of shorter duration).



GOES-14 remains the operational GOES-East image until further notice. The CONUS sector has been expanded to the east to include Puerto Rico in more operational scans. Imagery above shows the coverage before and after the eastward expansion of the CONUS sector.

NOAA/NESDIS continues distributing updates on the GOES satellites. Announcements can also be found here: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html

[unome]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... sample.ogg

nice to see the shift on satellite images

Update #24

*All activities are on schedule for the GOES-13 transition to
GOES-East. GOES-13, at 75 degrees West, will return to GOES-East
operations today, June 10, 2013, at approximately 1534 -1545 UTC (first
image at 1545 UTC). Derived products from GOES-13 will begin
immediately
following the switchover. RSO and SRSO schedules from GOES-13 will be
available to the NWS immediately after the switch is completed. Users
will notice the immediate shift of Earth coverage from the current
GOES-14 position at 105 degrees West to the GOES-13 position at 75
degrees West longitude.

GOES-East products will be generated using GOES-13, and will receive
nominal 24x7 monitoring. GINI and Remapper output will be monitored to
ensure nominal GOES-East coverage of the CONUS for users of AWIPS and
for users of the SATEPSDIST servers within ESPC. Products requiring a
climatology of 30 days will not be generated until the requisite number
of fixed satellite location days have passed:
- ASDTA SMOKE (Automated Smoke Detection and Tracking Algorithm)
- Needs
30 days of continuous satellite location.
- GASP (GOES Aerosol and Smoke Product) - Needs 30 days of continuous
satellite location.
- GEO-SST (No GHRSST archive format - needs 30 days on station error
statistics, analyzed).
- GSIP-FD (GOES Surface Insolation Product-Full Disk) - Needs 30
days of
continuous satellite location.
- GLST (GOES Land Surface Temperature) - Needs GSIP-FD as input.

GOES-13 space weather instruments except Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI)
are on.

All GOES-East direct readout services (DCS, LRIT, EMWIN, and SAR) were
previously switched over to GOES-13. GOES-14 downlinks for DCS, EMWIN
and LRIT were turned off. GOES-East direct services have no issues and
there has been no outage to the communications packages.

GOES-14 Imager and Sounder will remain on for a few days pending
successful transition to GOES-13to allow users who have their own
antennas a little more time to reposition them to receive GOES-13
Imager
and Sounder data.
*

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