POLAR RECORDER SCHEDULE FORMAT (revised May 1999):


                                   _CDA Facility
                                  |      _Stored Command
                                  |     |    _Control on S/C
                                  |     |   |
                   Satellite ID   |     |   |
                              |   |     |   |
1995 / 086 :18:09:30  A770   12   FBK   S   C     REC,START,STIP,3B
 |      |   HH MM SS   |                          |_______________|
Year    |              |                                  |
   Day of Year      Event Number                       See Below
                    In SOCC Schedule
                    (Not useful to User)


Spacecraft ID: NOAA-  11, 12, 14, 15


CDA: Ground Stations Fairbanks, Alaska; Lannion, France;
     Wallops, Virginia

Additional Abbreviations to Interpret Schedule
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AOS: Acquisition of Signal (AOSL = LOW Beacon, AOSH = High Beacon)

CMT: Comment

DPSS: NOAA CEMSCS processing facility (no use to external users)

ESB: S-band data downlink configuration (no use to external users)

FPATH: NOAA CDA configuration (no use to external users)

HSB: S-band data downlink configuration (no use to external users)

LSB: S-band data downlink configuration (no use to external users)

PBK: Begin playback of recorded data

REC: Begin recording data

SPATH: NOAA CDA configuration (no use to external users)

TAPE: Tape definitions for CDA use only

WB: Wide bank link from CDA to SOCC

WDB: Wide band data buffer (analog tape at CDA)

WPATH: NOAA CDA configuration (no use to external users)

XFR: Transfer from CDA to SOCC

Single letter/digit combinations (1A, 3B, 2A, etc.) refer to onboard
tape recorders, and are of no use to external users.