If an NWS forecaster initiates an RSO request, does that impact the instruments, operations or the lifetime of the satellite ?
A2. No. There is not a technical reason why RSO would reduce instrument or spacecraft life. The same mechanical parts are used, whether we are in RSO or a routine schedule. The GOES Imager scan mirror moves at constant rate. Rapid scans are really no more rapid than the full-earth scans, they merely repeat a short sequence often. The moving parts on the instruments are in motion all the time anyway because the observing schedule is full. So, rapid scans do NOT impose extra wear-and-tear.
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