Topic: SARSAT Alaska 2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline
Date/Time Issued: December 12, 2018 0102Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 11, 2018 2332Z
Date/Time
of Expected
End: December 12, 2018 0014Z
Length of
Outage: 42 minutes
Details/Specifics
of
Change: Alaska
2 LEO Ground Station inFairbanks,
AK went out of service following two consecutive
missed satellite passes. The LUT Vendor quickly
responded and found that a Command and Control System
software failure had occurred. The Front Processor
and Location Processor servers were manually rebooted
and Alaska 2 LEO Ground Station returned to Normal
Operations.
Impact:
Minor-Dual satellite tracking
capability lost.
Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness
affected.
Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operationsusmcc@noaa.govat 301-817-4576
Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A
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