Topic: Metop-B In Plane Maneuver

Date Issued: May 07, 2019 1840Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GRAS, IASI, MHS, AVHRR in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service will be temporarily degraded. GOME-2 and SEM products will not be available.M-B M-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^B

Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 08, 2019 0823Z J/D 128

Date/Time of Expected End: May 08, 2019 1410Z J/D 128

Length of Event: 6 hours

Details/Specifics of Change: A Metop-B In Plane Maneuver will be performed May 8, 2019.

The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 0823 UTC on May 8, 2019 and returned back to its Normal Operating Mode at 1410 UTC that same day.

The GOME instrument timeline ends at 1133 UTC and mirror parked before the burn on May 8, 2019. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 1314 UTC that same day.

Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.

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

Spacecraft Affected: NOAA-15 M-bM-^XM-^P NOAA-18 M-bM-^XM-^P NOAA-19 M-bM-^XM-^P Metop-A M-bM-^XM-^P Metop-B M-bM-^XM-^R

Web Site(s) for applicable information:

Seehttp://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.htmlfor this and other satellite related messages.
Seehttp://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.htmlfor more information Metop satellites