Topic:
SARSAT Maryland 1 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline
Date/Time Issued: September
4, 2018 0800Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted:
SARSAT alert data
Date/Time of Initial Impact:
September 4, 2018 0653Z
Date/Time of Expected End:TBD
Length of Outage:TBD
Details/Specifics of Change:
Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped
sending 406 MHz alert data. The LUT Vendor has been
contacted to investigate the problem.
Impact:
Minor-Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness due to
the redundancy of the SARSAT GEOLUT system.
Contact Information for Further
Information:
USMCC Operationsusmcc@noaa.govat
301-817-4576
Web Site(s) for applicable
information:N/A
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