Update #1 - Final Update: The LUT Vendor manually rebooted processors and reset the A/D converter. The Ground Station is now operationalM-Band producingM-Bdata pass solutions.

Topic:M-B SARSAT Maryland 1 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline

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Date/Time Issued:M-B January 08, 2020 2144Z

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

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Date/Time of Initial Impact:M-B January 08, 2020 1917Z

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Date/Time of Expected End:M-B January 08, 2020 2110Z

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Length of Outage:M-B 1 hour 53 minutes

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Details/Specifics of Change:M-B Maryland 1 (MD1) GEO Ground Station in

Suitland, MD, has stopped receiving alert data. MD1 has not recovered

from maintenance activities, the LUT Vendor is investigating this

issue.

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Impact: Minor-There is no impact on distress alert detection/reporting

timeliness due to redundancy of the SARSAT GEOLUT system.

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

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Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

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