Daily Archives: September 10, 2013

GOES-15 Navigation Anomalies

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GOES-R IFR Cloud Thickness computed from GOES-West and Rapid Refresh data (click image to enlarge)

For the past 3 mornings (8, 9 and 10 September) GOES-15 Navigation has suffered an anomaly around 0930 UTC. The animation above shows the effects: Cloud Thickness fields (and IFR probability fields, not shown) are shifted. Click here for more information. The navigation anomalies typically end around 1030 UTC.