DaculaWeather Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGENWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD1215Z WED MAY 22 2013GOES-E/GOES-13 UPDATE FROM NESDIS...1150Z UPDATE#4: RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR GOES-13 CONTINUE AND THESPACECRAFT HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE NOMINAL. GOES-14 IS BEINGACTIVATED AND THE FIRST IMAGES WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND 0500 UTCON THU MAY 23RD 2013.1035Z UPDATE#3: INITIAL GOES-13 RECOVERY PROCEDURE WASUNSUCCESSFUL. RETURN TO SERVICE TIME LINE BEING REEVALUATED.0840Z UPDATE#2: GOES-13 ANOMALY STATUS HAS NOT CHANGED, THEENGINEER TEAM IS COMMANDING THE SATELLITE AFTER CONSULTING THESUPPORT TEAM. COMMANDING WILL TAKE APPROX. 5 HOURS AND IFSUCCESSFUL SHOULD RETURN TO SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER THAT.0630Z UPDATE#1: THE GOES-13 ANOMALY CONTINUES AND THE ENGINEERSARE ON SITE. BARRING FURTHER ANOMALIES THE EXPECTED RETURN TOSERVICES IS APPROX. 14 HOURS FROM THIS UPDATE.CARR/SDM/NCO/NCEP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 If this isn't fixable, how will GOES 14 & 15 be deployed to maximize coverage? Is there any redundancy if this failure is permanent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 Not sure Ed... here's the latest update: SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGENWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD1735Z WED MAY 22 2013GOES-E/GOES-13 UPDATE FROM NESDIS...1651Z - UPDATE#6: GOES-13 HAS BEEN PLACED INTO STORAGE MODEWHILE THE ANOMALY IS INVESTIGATED. THERE IS NO NEW INFORMATIONAT THIS TIME. GOES-14 IMAGING SHOULD BE AVAILABLE STARTING ATABOUT 0600Z TOMORROW, MAY 23RD. THE IMAGER WILL START UP IN ARECOVERY MODE, WHICH HAS REDUCED SECTORS SO THAT ADDITIONAL STARCALIBRATIONS CAN BE TAKEN. UNTIL THIS IS COMPLETE, THE IMAGERYSHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED WITHIN NORMAL TOLERANCE. TRANSITION TOTHE NORMAL SCHEDULE SHOULD TAKE PLACE ABOUT 1400Z TOMORROW, MAY23RD.1419Z - UPDATE#5: RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR GOES-13 CONTINUE AND THESPACECRAFT HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE NOMINAL. GOES-14 IS BEINGACTIVATED AND THE FIRST IMAGES WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND 0500 UTCON THU MAY 23RD 2013.1150Z - UPDATE#4: RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR GOES-13 CONTINUE AND THESPACECRAFT HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE NOMINAL. GOES-14 IS BEINGACTIVATED AND THE FIRST IMAGES WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND 0500 UTCON THU MAY 23RD 2013.1035Z - UPDATE#3: INITIAL GOES-13 RECOVERY PROCEDURE WASUNSUCCESSFUL. RETURN TO SERVICE TIME LINE BEING REEVALUATED.0840Z - UPDATE#2: GOES-13 ANOMALY STATUS HAS NOT CHANGED, THEENGINEER TEAM IS COMMANDING THE SATELLITE AFTER CONSULTING THESUPPORT TEAM. COMMANDING WILL TAKE APPROX. 5 HOURS AND IFSUCCESSFUL SHOULD RETURN TO SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER THAT.0630Z - UPDATE#1: THE GOES-13 ANOMALY CONTINUES AND THE ENGINEERSARE ON SITE. BARRING FURTHER ANOMALIES THE EXPECTED RETURN TOSERVICES IS APPROX. 14 HOURS FROM THIS UPDATE.SHRUELL/SDM/NCO/NCEP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 14 is up and running: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/index.php?satellite=east&channel=ir4&coverage=conus&file=jpg&imgoranim=4&anim_method=flash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Lost a planet GOES-13 has... how embarrassing... how embarrassing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Lost a planet GOES-13 has... how embarrassing... how embarrassing... Greatest country in the world, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Very expensive door stop right now. Hope they get it working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohleary Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Still working on GOES-13...no discussion yet of a drift of GOES-14 for better coverage of the Atlantic and for Puerto Rico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 GOES 13 is back up on the NASA site: http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconus.html Discussion: http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/nesdis_news.html Could have been a micrometeoroid hit: http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_05_30_2013_p03-01-583298.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Marusak Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 the last of the software on goes-13 is ironed out, apparently, as we're back to the normal goes-east perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohleary Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Lost a planet GOES-13 has... how embarrassing... how embarrassing... Greatest country in the world, eh? Seems a micro-meteoroid struck a solar panel on the bird causing the issue. Not much you can do about that, nothing to be embarrassed about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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