Topic: Metop-A In-Plane Maneuver

Date/Time Message Issued: Aug 09, 2019 1650Z

Product(s) Involved/Affected: 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-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^B

Date/Time (UTC) Initial Implementation: Aug 14, 2019 (JDAY 226) 0820Z

Date/Time (UTC) Expected End: Aug 14, 2019 (JDAY 226) 1407Z

Length of Outage: ~ 6 hours

Details/Specifics of Change:M-B M-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^BM-bM-^@M-^B
A Metop-A In-Plane Maneuver will be performed August 14, 2019.

The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 0820 on August 14, 2019 and returned back to its Normal Operating Mode at 1407 that same day.

The GOME instrument timeline ends at 1129 UTC and mirror parked before the burn on August 14, 2019. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 1312 UTC that same day.

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

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

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

Web Site(s) for applicable information:

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See http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html for more information Metop satellites

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