FY-2E/F/G to enter moon shadow and FY-2G to enter sun transit outage period, some transmissions to be cancelled
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FY-2E(86.5E), FY-2F(112.5E) and FY-2G (105E) will be orbiting within the  moon shadow during 16:46~20:59, 14:09~15:23 and 19:07~20:01, 14:57~16:18 and 19:11~20:26 on October 13th, 2015 (BTC). According to the 'FY-2 Satellite Operation and Safety Management 2015', ground reception stops in case the satellite be shadowed by the moon. Given the circumstance, imagery transmissions of FY-2E satellite at 16:30, 17:00, 17:30,18:30,19:30 and 20:30 (BTC),  FY-2F at 13:30, 14:30, 15:30, 18:30 and 19:30(BTC), and FY-2G at 15:00, 16:00, 19:00, 19:30  and 20:00(BTC) on that day will not be available.

FY-2G will enter the sun transit outage period from October 13th to October 15th during 12:58(BTC) to 13:01(BTC). FY-2G transmissions 13:00 (BTC) will be cancelled during the sun transit outage period.

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