GOES-8 (GOES-EAST) ROUTINE IMAGER SCHEDULE
There are 8 Full-Earth scans per day, occuring once every 3 hours, at 0245, 0545, 0845, 1145, 1445, 1745, 2045, and 2345 UTC, replacing the Canada-to-Brazil frames and supeseding the small CONUS and South American frames.
There also are 4 housekeeping episodes per day, each taking 10 minutes, scheduled at 0035, 0635, 1235, and 1835 UTC, supeseding the small South American frames at those times.
During Eclipse seasons, from mid-Feb to mid-Apr and from mid-Aug to mid-Oct, the system shuts down for 2 to 3 hours around local midnight, 0500 UTC.
There are a variety of maneuvers that affect Image Navigation and Registration (INR), including the 4 housekeeping episodes. Twice a year, mid-winter and mid-summer, the orbital inclination is corrected, which is a major perturbation to the INR system for a few days.
The weekly NOAA-Ops schedule lists the outages for solar intrusions, maneuvers, etc..
UTC SCAN_AREA 0002 (Full Earth continued) 0009 (Full Earth continued) 0015 Canada to Brazil 0032 CONUS 0039 (housekeeping) 0045 Canada to Brazil 0102 CONUS 0109 South America 0115 Canada to Brazil 0132 CONUS 0139 South America 0145 Canada to Brazil 0202 CONUS 0209 South America 0215 Canada to Brazil 0232 CONUS 0239 South America 0245 Full Earth 0302 (Full Earth continued) 0309 (Full Earth continued) 0315 Canada to Brazil 0332 CONUS 0339 South America 0345 Canada to Brazil 0402 CONUS 0409 South America 0415 Canada to Brazil 0432 CONUS 0439 South America 0445 Canada to Brazil 0502 CONUS 0509 South America 0515 Canada to Brazil 0532 CONUS 0539 South America 0545 Full Earth 0602 (Full Earth continued) 0609 (Full Earth continued) 0615 Canada to Brazil 0632 CONUS 0639 (housekeeping) 0645 Canada to Brazil 0702 CONUS 0709 South America 0715 Canada to Brazil 0732 CONUS 0739 South America 0745 Canada to Brazil 0802 CONUS 0809 South America 0815 Canada to Brazil 0832 CONUS 0839 South America 0845 Full Earth 0902 (Full Earth continued) 0909 (Full Earth continued) 0915 Canada to Brazil 0932 CONUS 0939 South America 0945 Canada to Brazil 1002 CONUS 1009 South America 1015 Canada to Brazil 1032 CONUS 1039 South America 1045 Canada to Brazil 1102 CONUS 1109 South America 1115 Canada to Brazil 1132 CONUS 1139 South America 1145 Full Earth 1202 (Full Earth continued) 1209 (Full Earth continued) 1215 Canada to Brazil 1232 CONUS 1239 (housekeeping) 1245 Canada to Brazil 1302 CONUS 1309 South America 1315 Canada to Brazil 1332 CONUS 1339 South America 1345 Canada to Brazil 1402 CONUS 1409 South America 1415 Canada to Brazil 1432 CONUS 1439 South America 1445 Full Earth 1502 (Full Earth continued) 1509 (Full Earth continued) 1515 Canada to Brazil 1532 CONUS 1539 South America 1545 Canada to Brazil 1602 CONUS 1609 South America 1615 Canada to Brazil 1632 CONUS 1639 South America 1645 Canada to Brazil 1702 CONUS 1709 South America 1715 Canada to Brazil 1732 CONUS 1739 South America 1745 Full Earth 1802 (Full Earth continued) 1809 (Full Earth continued) 1815 Canada to Brazil 1832 CONUS 1839 (housekeeping and new orbit) 1845 Canada to Brazil 1902 CONUS 1909 South America 1915 Canada to Brazil 1932 CONUS 1939 South America 1945 Canada to Brazil 2002 CONUS 2009 South America 2015 Canada to Brazil 2032 CONUS 2039 South America 2045 Full Earth 2102 (Full Earth continued) 2109 (Full Earth continued) 2115 Canada to Brazil 2132 CONUS 2039 South America 2145 Canada to Brazil 2202 CONUS 2209 South America 2215 Canada to Brazil 2232 CONUS 2239 South America 2245 Canada to Brazil 2302 CONUS 2309 South America 2315 Canada to Brazil 2332 CONUS 2339 South America 2345 Full Earth APPROXIMATE SCAN AREAS: "Canada to Brazil" scans 67N-20S, 120W-45W (at the Equator). "CONUS" scans 60N-10N, 125W-60W (at 10N). "South America" scans 20S-50S, 120W-30W (at 20S). "Full Earth" scans 80N-80S, 150W-5W (at the Equator). NOTES NESDIS uploads new orbit parameters at 1835 UTC (midday). "Housekeeping" can include attitude adjustments. "Short Span Attitude Adjustments" can occur any time.