Update #2: This activity will occur on February 11, 2019 in the original time frame of 1500 - 1900 UTC.


Update #1: Due to Critical Weather Day declaration, this activity will be rescheduled. Another update will be sent with the new date once scheduled.


Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-17 all instrument PDA outage due to database maintenance scheduled for February 7, 2019

Date/Time Issued: January 31, 2019 2022 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: All GOES-16 and GOES-17 instrument products distributed to PDA

Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 7, 2019 1500 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: February 7, 2019 1900 UTC

Length of Outage: 4 hours

Details/Specifics of Change:

A GOES-R ground segment Oracle database maintenance activity will be performed at NSOF on February 7, 2019 from 1500-1900 UTC. This will result in an outage of all GOES-16 and GOES-17 instrument products distributed to PDA. CLASS will not archive data during this period. This activity should not affect product quality or delivery after the activity is complete.


Sectorized Cloud and Moisture Imagery (a key performance parameter) will not be impacted. Users receiving data directly from GRB or LZSS will also not be impacted. This maintenance will be rescheduled if a CWD is declared prior to start time.

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

Web Site(s) for applicable information:

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See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html for full GOES scanning schedules and scan sectors.

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