Topic: S-NPP VIIRS Lunar Calibration Scheduled for June 2, 2020

Date/Time Issued: May 28, 2020 1442Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  S-NPP VIIRS Sensor Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 2, 2020 0042Z

Date/Time of Expected End: June 2, 2020 0047Z

Length of Outage:  See Details.

Details/Specifics of change: June 2, 2020, S-NPP will perform a VIIRS lunar calibration centered at 00:44:42Z. VIIRS data will be impacted. The timeline of the events for this calibration is provided below.

The following observatory system(s) will be affected on June 2, 2020:

00:42:11Z – 00:47:11Z VIIRS encoder offset and gain will be set for Moon observation.

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

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