Topic:  Himawari-9 Weekly Special Satellite Operations Schedule (through April 14, 2023)

Date/Time Issued:  April 6, 2023  1500 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  Himawari-9 AHI Imagery

Date of Initial Impact (start date of first scheduled event):  April 7, 2023

Date of Expected End (end date of last scheduled event):  April 14, 2023

Length of Outage:  See detailed information below for specific Himawari-9 AHI data periods affected.

From JMA/MSC:

Calibration of the Visible Bands of the AHI on April 7, 2023.

A calibration of the visible bands of the AHI is scheduled from 20:40 UTC on April 7, 2023. As a result, the following observation will be canceled:

20:50 UTC(P125) on April 7, 2023.

North-south station keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 on April 10, 2023.

A north-south station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 is scheduled from 19:30 UTC on April 10, 2023. As a result, the following observation will be canceled:

19:40 UTC(P118) on April 10, 2023.

East-west station keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 on April 13, 2023.

An east-west station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 is scheduled from 21:00 UTC on April 13, 2023. As a result, the following observation will be canceled:

21:10 UTC(P127) on April 13, 2023.

East-west station keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 on April 14, 2023.

An east-west station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 is scheduled from 09:00 UTC on April 14, 2023. As a result, the following observation will be canceled:

09:10 UTC(P055) on April 14, 2023.

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

Web Site(s) for applicable information:  https://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/oper/bulletin_list_H9.html