Update #1 M-bM-^@M-^S Final Update: The LUT vendor manually rebooted the Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station. The Ground Station is now operational.

Topic: SARSAT Maryland 2 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:July 15, 2019 1202Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: July 15, 2019 0822Z

Date/Time of Expected End: July 15, 2019 1022Z

Length of Outage: 2 hours

Details/Specifics of Change:Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD,is not receiving alert data. The LUT vendor is investigating.

Impact:Minor-There is no impact on distress alert detection/reporting timeliness due to the redundancy of the SARSAT GEOLUT system.


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