Topic: M-BSARSAT LSE Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Stations Offline

Date/Time Issued: M-B December 12, 2019 1742Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: M-BSARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: M-B December 12, 2019 1448Z

Date/Time of Expected End: M-BDecember 12, 2019 1619Z

Length of Outage: M-B1 hours and 31 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change: The LSE LEO Ground Stations in Suitland, MD did not return to normal operations as expected following a cold restart command. After the maintenance vendorM-Bcorrected configuration, the ground station returned to normal operations.

Impact: Minor-Distress alert detection/reporting may be delayed.

Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 301-817-4576

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