Topic:
NOAA-17 AMSU-B Channels 18, 19 and 20 Power Cycle
Date/Time Issued:
14 January 2010, 2130 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted:
NOAA-17 AMSU-B
Date/Time of Initial Impact:
14 January 2010 / 1350 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End:
14 January 2010 / 1540 UTC
Length of Event:
About 2 hours
Impacts on Users and Significance:
Minor
User Actions:
None
Details/Specifics of Change:
NOAA-17 AMSU-B Channels 18, 19 and 20 will be power cycled for one orbit on 14 January 2010. The data from these channels will not be available from 1350 UTC to 1540 UTC. This power cycle intends to deal with the signal processing problem, which started on 16 December 2009.
Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:
Dejiang Han Dejiang.Han@noaa.gov 301-817-4119 Level 1B operations support
Web site(s) that contain other relevant information (where applicable):
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/PPP.html - History of level 1B notices
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html - All user notices
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/index.htm - SOCC polar satellite status