Topic: GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan scheduled for February 14, 17, and 20, 2018

Date/Time Issued: February 9, 2018 1955 UTC

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 14, 17, 20, 2018 1115 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: February 14, 17, 20, 2018 1130 UTC

Length of Outage: Approximately 10 minutes at the end of a period of Continuous Full Disk operations for each event

Details/Specifics of Change:

On February 14, 17, and 20, 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 at the end of the time period from 1120-1130 UTC. ABI Flex Mode (mode 3) will resume at 1130 UTC.

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880

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