Topic: GOES-13 to GOES-16 Satellite and Product Transition Information

Date/Time Issued: January 7, 2018 M-B1700 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: All GOES-13 data and products that use GOES-13 data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 8, 2018 1532 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: N/A

Length of Outage: See details below.

Details/Specifics of Change: M-BOn January 8, 2018 at 1532 UTC, GOES-13 GVAR and LRIT will be disabled and the satellite will begin drifting on January 10th to its storage location at 60 degrees West.

Once the GOES-13 GVAR data stream is disabled, a number of satellite derived products using GOES-13 data will be impacted or unavailable. NOAA/NESDIS plans to produce a set of equivalent products from the new GOES-East satellite (GOES-16); however, in some cases legacy products will be degraded or discontinued entirely as a result of the loss of GOES-East coverage.M-B Therefore, all users should review our product transition status documentation that outlines those changes and/or discontinued products. This information is accessible directly via the following link: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/16/GOES-13toGOES-16_Product_Mapping_Latest.pdf

Additionally, to facilitate user awareness and effectively prepare for the transition from GOES-13 to GOES-16 GOES-East operations, the Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) has established the following informational webpage on the transition: (http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/16/transition.html). Users may reference this webpage and refer to ESPC notifications for the latest updates on the transition. M-BM-B

As of 1700 UTC on December 18, 2017, GOES-16 is the official GOES-East satellite stationed at 75.2 degrees West.

Key points:

- January 8, 2018: GOES-13 will stop transmitting data at 1532 UTC

- January 10, 2018: GOES-13 will begin drift to storage location

- January 31, 2018: GOES-13 will reach storage location at 60 degrees West M-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-B

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Contact Information for Further Information: SPSD.Userservices@noaa.gov

Web Site(s) for applicable information: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/16/transition.html

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