Topic: GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan scheduled for April 24, 2018

Date/Time Issued: April 20, 2018 1255 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 ABI product outage

Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 24, 2018 1115 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: April 24, 2018 1130 UTC

Length of Outage: Approximately 10 minutes at the beginning of a period of Continuous Full Disk operations

Details/Specifics of Change:

On April 24, 2018, ABI Flex Mode (mode 3) will be replaced with 15 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1115-1130 UTC. A GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed during this period, resulting in an outage of all ABI products for approximately 10 minutes from 11115-1125 UTC. ABI Flex Mode (mode 3) will resume at 1130 UTC.

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