Topic: GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan
Date/Time Issued: August 26, 2021 1637Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 ABI product outage
Date/Time of Initial Impact: September 04, 2021 1100Z
Date/Time of Expected End: September 04 , 2021 1110Z
Length of Outage: Approximately 5 minutes at the end of a period of Continuous Full Disk operations
Details/Specifics of Change: On September 04, 2021, GOES-16 ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will be replaced with 10 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1100-1110Z. A GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed between 1105-1110Z, resulting in an outage of all ABI products. ABI 10-minutes Flex Mode (mode 6) will resume at 1110Z. The next Full Disk scan will populate at 1110Z.
Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A