Topic: GOES-17 Operational Declaration as GOES-West and Transition Plan Status

Date/Time Issued: February 12, 2019 1800 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: All GOES-17 ABI, GLM, SUVI, SEISS, MAG, and EXIS products

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 24, 2018 1345 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: February 12, 2019 1800 UTC

Length of Event/Outage: See details below.

Details/Specifics of Change:

As of 1800 UTC on February 12, 2019, GOES-17 is the official GOES-West satellite stationed at 137.2 degrees west and the GOES-15 LRIT broadcast has been disabled.

GOES-17 and GOES-15 will operate in tandem from their respective locations of 137.2 degrees west and 128 degrees west through early July 2019. After July 2019, GOES-15 data distribution will conclude while GOES-17 data distribution will continue for the GOES-West assignment.

Information on GOES-17 ABI performance including Loop Heat Pipe information and predictive saturation dates/times can be found at https://www.goes-r.gov/users/GOES-17-ABI-Performance.html

Information on product mapping from GOES-15 to GOES-17 can be found on the bottom right at https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/transition.html

GOES-17 imagery can be viewed at: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/index.php

GOES-17 scanning schedules will be posted to the following site after the Critical Weather Day declaration has ended: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html

NOAA press release: https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/latest-weather-satellite-will-improve-forecasts-for-western-us-alaska-hawaii

Contact Information for Further Information: Kathryn Mozer at Kathryn.Mozer@noaa.gov or SPSD User Services at SPSD.UserServices@noaa.gov.

Web Site(s) for applicable information:

See https://www.goes-r.gov/users/transitionToOperations17.html for additional information.

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