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From: Mark Cashman <mcashman@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 11:04:57 -0700 Fwd Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 09:24:10 -0400 Subject: Re: Request for GOES-9 information The core of the story can be obtained at the National UFO Reporting Center website http://www.ufocenter.com/ The consensus seems to be that it is just another digital photo error. More information on GOES-9 can be obtained at: General overview of GOES-9: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wsat2.htm Links to NOAA satellite info (including GOES): http://www.nnic.noaa.gov/SOCC/SOCC_Home.html A detailed look at GOES-9 and its interactions with ground systems: http://www.nnic.noaa.gov/SOCC/gifs/GOESsys.gif Current GOES subsystem status: http://www.nnic.noaa.gov/SOCC/gifs/goessub.gif (notes 15 and 16 indicate imager and sounder experiencing a temperature dependent open E/W motor winding) More information on subsystems: http://www.noaa.gov/news_flash/GOES.html (Interestingly, GOES data is transmitted to the ground for processing and then back to GOES for broadcast to GOES users - this multiplies the chances of data error: 1 down, 1 up, 1 broadcast (down); as opposed to 1 down only; also note that a significant amount of work to correct for satellite motion, thermal changes, etc is done on the spacecraft) Detailed specs of the GOES imager: http://140.90.207.25:8080/NSORS/ML/gsensor.html (It seems that all sensors obtain data simultaneously 1-8km / pixel at a time.) ------ Mark Cashman, creator of the Temporal Doorway at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/5623/ Original digital art, writing, and UFO research mcashman@ix.netcom.com
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