Topic:  Metop-C In Plane Maneuver

Date/Time Message Issued:  December 15, 2021  0211Z

Product(s) Involved/Affected:  All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, GRAS, IASI, MHS, AVHRR in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service will be temporarily degraded.  GOME-2 and SEM products will not be available.

Date/Time (UTC) Initial Implementation:  December 15, 2021  0739Z

Date/Time (UTC) Expected End:  December 15, 2021  1327Z

Length of Outage:  ~ 6 hours

Details/Specifics of Change: 

A Metop-C In-Plane Maneuver will be performed Dec 15, 2021.  

The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 07:39 UTC on Dec 15, 2021 and returned back to its Normal Operating Mode at 13:27 UTC that same day. 

The GOME instrument timeline ends at 11:03 UTC and mirror parked before the burn on Dec 15, 2021.  The GOME timeline is reactivated at 12:44 UTC that same day.

 Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.  


Web Site(s) for Applicable Information:  

See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages.
See 
http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html for more information Metop satellites

 

Contact Information for Further Information: 

ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 

Spacecraft Affected:  NOAA-15   NOAA-18   NOAA-19 Metop-A Metop-B ☐ Metop-C ☒


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