Topic: SARSAT Hawaii Medium and Low Earth Orbit (MEO/LEO) Ground Stations Offline

Date/Time Issued: November 20, 2021 1556Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 20, 2021 1336Z

Date/Time of Expected End: TBD

Length of Outage: TBD

Details/Specifics of Change: The SARSAT Hawaii Medium and Low Earth Orbit (MEO/LEO) Ground Stations are offline. The network vendor is investigating the issue.

Impact: Medium-Western Pacifica Search and Rescue region’s MEOSAR and LEOSAR distress detection/reporting is delayed. GEOSAR is nominal.

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

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

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