A GOES-13 (GOES-East) North/South Station Keeping maneuver was performed on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, beginning 1145 UTC, and ending at 1945 UTC (Link). During this time, the navigation of the satellite degraded mostly in the north-south direction. At 1945 UTC, after the maneuver ended, the navigation snapped back to normal.... Read More

The GOES-13 Sounder has been experiencing anomalies that manifest themselves as missing pixels since mid-Summer. The missing pixels apparently arise because of slight fluctuations in the speed of the sounder instrument filter wheel. The number of missing pixels per Sounder image peaked in late September, just after the Equinox, with... Read More

The GOES-13 Sounder has been experiencing an increased number of unexpected scan line lengths. This was originally detected on 1 July 2013 and it has become more common since 12 September 2013. The anomaly is manifest in the data by occasional pixel gaps in all channels of the Sounder images.... Read More

GOES-15, in service as GOES-West over the Equator at 135 W, has experienced navigation anomalies on each of the past three mornings, September 8, 9 and 10, 2013 (as noted here, for example). Navigation anomalies occur approximately between 0830 and 1100 UTC. GOES Engineers are investigating the source of the... Read More