Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI Mode Change

Date/Time Issued: October 19, 2018 1252 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 22, 2018 1700 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: October 22, 2018 2100 UTC

Length of Event: 4 hours

Details/Specifics of Change:

On October 22, 2018 at approximately 1700 UTC, the GOES-16 (GOES-EAST) and GOES-17 Advanced Baseline Imagers (ABI) will operate in Continuous Full Disk Mode (mode 4) for 4 hours for testing. Continuous Full Disk Mode means products will be generated for Full Disk only, every 5 minutes.

This test will be cancelled for CWD.

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Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880

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Web Site(s) for applicable information:

See https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages.

See https://www.goes-r.gov/spacesegment/abi.html for ABI specific information.

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