Topic:SARSAT Outage/Anomaly:Maryland1Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station
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Date/Time Issued:February
09, 2018 0410Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data
Date/Time of Initial
Impact: February 09, 2018 0225Z
Date/Time of Expected
End:February 09, 2018 0314Z
Length of Outage:
49minutes
Details/Specifics of
Change:Maryland1GEO Ground Station in
Suitland, MD stopped sending 406 MHz alert data on February
09, 2018 at 0225Z. The maintenance vendor advised to send a
cold reboot command to the LUT and Maryland 1 GEO Ground
Station returned to Normal Operations at 0314Z.
Impact:Minor-Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness affected.
Contact Information for Further Information:USMCC Operationsusmcc@noaa.govat301-817-4576
Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A