Topic:  SARSAT Guam 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  March 18, 2020 1246Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  March 17, 2020 2359Z  

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

Length of Outage:  TBD

Details/Specifics of Change: Guam 1 LEO Ground station in Andersen Air Force Base, Guam is not sending pass solution data.

Impact: Minor-Dual satellite tracking capability lost. Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness affected.

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