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KOZ / Eclipse
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KOZ (KEEP OUT ZONE) / ECLIPSE
The GOES satellites encounter two periods, during the year, which the satellites
are
in the Earth’s shadow. Known as the Eclipse season, these periods require
the spacecraft to be totally dependent on onboard batteries for a maximum of
72 minutes daily. Eclipse’s
occur from about February 28 - April 11 and August 31 - October 13. The Imager
and Sounder instruments are powered down to conserve power, until the daily
eclipse is over. There is
a significant risk of the sun light directly entering the scanners, as the spacecraft
enters
and leaves the Earth’s shadow, requiring the Imager and Sounder to be idle
prior to and
following eclipse. This is known as the “Keep Out Zone”. The seasonal
charts describe the GOES-East and GOES-West Imager and Sounder scan frames that
are canceled, due to KOZ/ECLIPSE.
Seasonal Charts:
Fall 2008 Schedule
GOES Fall Schedules (Excel file)
GOES-East- Routine Imager
(Download Chart in Adobe PDF)
- Routine Sounder
(Download Chart in Adobe PDF)
GOES-West
- Routine Imager
(Download Chart in Adobe PDF)
- Routine Sounder
(Download Chart in Adobe PDF)
GOES-South America
- Routine Imager
(Download Chart in Adobe PDF)
- Routine Sounder
(Download Chart in Adobe PDF)
Full Disk Scan During Eclipse
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