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

Date/Time Issued:  September 7, 2023 1600 UTC

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

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

Date of Expected End (end date of last scheduled event):  September 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 September 7, 2023.
A calibration of the visible bands of the AHI is scheduled from 20:40 UTC on September 7, 2023.
As a result, the following observation will be canceled:
20:50 UTC(P125) on September 7, 2023.

North-south station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 on September 11, 2023.
A north-south station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 is scheduled from 09:40 UTC on September 11, 2023.
As a result, the following observation will be canceled:
09:50 UTC(P059) on September 11, 2023.

East-west station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 on September 14, 2023.
An east-west station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 is scheduled from 19:20 UTC on September 14, 2023.
As a result, the following observation will be canceled:
19:10 UTC(P115) on September 14, 2023.

East-west station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 on September 15, 2023.
An east-west station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 is scheduled from 07:00 UTC on September 15, 2023.
As a result, the following observation will be canceled:
07:10 UTC(P043) on September 15, 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