Topic:  Himawari-8 Weekly Special Satellite Operations Schedule (through July 17, 2021)

Time Issued:  July 8, 2021   1315 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  Himawari-8 AHI Imagery

Date of Initial Impact (start date of first scheduled event):  July 12, 2021

Date of Expected End (end date of last scheduled event):  July 16, 2021

Length of Outage:  See detailed information below for specific Himawari-8 AHI data periods affected.

From JMA/MSC:

North-South Station Keeping Maneuver for Himawari-8 on July 12, 2021

A north-south station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-8 is scheduled from 1400 UTC on July 12, 2021.
As a result, the following observation will be cancelled:

  • 1410 UTC (P085) on July 12, 2021

HimawariCloud Service Maintenance on July 15, 2021

Maintenance of the HimawariCloud service equipment will be performed on July 15, 2021.  As a result, user access to HimawariCloud data may be delayed several times during the below time period:
  •   0100 UTC - 0800 UTC on July 15, 2021

East-West Station Keeping Maneuver for Himawari-8 on July 15, 2021

An east-west station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-8 is scheduled from 1800 UTC on July 15, 2021.
As a result, the following observation will be cancelled:

  • 1810 UTC (P109) on July 15, 2021

East-West Station Keeping Maneuver for Himawari-8 on July 16, 2021

An east-west station-keeping maneuver for Himawari-8 is scheduled from 0600 UTC on July 16, 2021.
As a result, the following observation will be cancelled:

  • 0610 UTC (P037) on July 16, 2021
Point of Contact for Further Information:  ESPC Operations at:  ESPCOperations@noaa.gov; 301-817-3880

Website(s) for applicable information:  https://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/oper/bulletin_list_H8.html

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