I pulled this off the GOES manual. 

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Generally, GOES telemetry involves one-way communication: a remote site 
transmits data periodically to the satellite, but the satellite does not send 
information to the remote site. Although GOES satellites have transmitters that 
make downlink communication possible, these features are rarely used because 
the associated receiving equipment at the surface site would double the cost 
and complexity of the telemetry equipment. Consequently, you must visit the 
site to change operating protocols and perform such tasks as resetting the 
YESDAS clock if its drift becomes too great.
------Original Message------
From: Poul-Henning Kamp
To: [email protected]
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT re, Sacramento River Monitor
Sent: Jan 14, 2012 11:00 AM

In message <1883277640-1326563411-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-2071
[email protected]>, [email protected] writes:

>And as you indicated, timing is everything here. You get your slot
>to send the data.

I thought I read somewhere that it was a polled system, where the
satellite tells the stations when their chance is ?

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