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

 

Date/Time Issued:  March 20,2020 0815Z

 

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

 

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  March 19, 2020 2109Z

 

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

 

Length of Outage:  TBD

 

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.

 

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