Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 7
 
Date/Time Issued: February 11, 2021 1650Z
 
Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.  
 
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 04, 2021 1545Z  (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)
 
Date/Time of Expected End:  See table in detail for on and off switch time  
 
Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change: See list below.
 
 
Message number: 7645
 
Message creation: Thu Feb 11 16:28:14 UTC 2021


Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 5475
Rev: 10
Start Time: 2020-01-06 00:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-04-01 00:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subsystem: ASCAT
Subject: general-announcement
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: Calibrations to support transponder test. Outages of products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey. [Rev. 2] End date updated. [Rev. 3] End date updated to 19th April 2020.[Rev. 4] End date updated. [Rev. 5] End date updated. [Rev. 6] End date updated. [Rev 7] End date updated. [Rev 8] End date updated. [Rev 9] End date updated. [Rev. 10] End date updated.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2020-11-27 12:17:02.0
Services: ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-A
ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 5596
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2020-01-29 00:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-12-31 23:59:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subsystem: HRPT
Subject: general-announcement
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: HRPT switching zone drift. Risk of interruption. The Metop-A satellite is currently in drifting orbit. As a consequence the geographical zones, defined to control the switching times of the satellite HRPT system, are drifting westwards at a rate of 0.02 degree per day. Users near the borders of switching zones might experience small changes in their acquisition times of the HRPT signal. On-board timings will be updated approximately every 8 months to compensate for the drift geolocation. A dedicated announcement will be issued in advance of each of these updates.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2020-02-03 10:12:03.0
Services: A-DCS AHRPT Metop-A
ASCAT AHRPT Metop-A
AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-A
AVHRR AHRPT Metop-A
IASI AHRPT Metop-A
HIRS AHRPT Metop-A
GRAS AHRPT Metop-A
MHS AHRPT Metop-A
GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A
SEM AHRPT Metop-A
 
Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 6259
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2020-09-15 00:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-05-15 00:00:00.0
Satellites: NOAA-15,NOAA-19
Subsystem: AVHRR
Subject: general-announcement
Detail: NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) engineers will activate switching for NOAA-15 and NOAA-19 AVHRR Channel 3A / 3B for the period of 15 September 2020 to 14 May 2021. Switching to Channel 3A will occur during this period over the predefined box encompassing the Alaska Region (box coordinates 50°N to 75°N and 173°E to 135°W). NOAA-15 and NOAA-19 AVHRR will switch between Channel 3B and Channel 3A to support snow and ice detection and monitoring activities over Alaska Region. For more details please refer to the URL link below.
Url: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/messages/2020/MSG258010404.html
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2020-09-15 10:11:37.0
Services: AVHRR Level 1 - NOAA
EARS-AVHRR
 
Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 6269
Rev: 3
Subject: service-change
Detail: Sentinel-3 OLCI Level-1 Full Resolution Near Real Time data will be removed from EUMETCast Satellite on 29 July 2021. Alternative services to access these data are available. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: URL updated, following the launch of the new EUMETSAT website on 16 November 2020. [Rev. 3]: The removal of Sentinel-3 OLCI Level-1 Full Resolution Near Real Time data from EUMETCast Satellite, initially planned for 29 July 2021, is being deferred to a later date (likely to be during the last quarter of 2021). This is to allow more time for users to transition to alternative access services.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/S3-olci-l1-nrt-on-eumetcast-satellite-removed
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-01-26 16:03:54.0
Services: OLCI Level 1 Products - S3A
OLCI Level 1 Products - S3B
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6663
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-02 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-03-04 09:00:00.0
Satellites: MET-10
Subject: monthly-RSS-interruption
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: Monthly interruption. Meteosat-10 Rapid Scanning Service (RSS) will be suspended for scheduled Full Earth Scanning and Ground Segment Maintenance. No gap-filling will be provided.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-01-27 15:26:28.0
Services: RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6662
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-03 08:45:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-16 09:45:00.0
Satellites: MET-8
Subject: Sun-colinearity
Impact: risk-of-degradation
Detail: Sun Co-linearity. Repeat cycles 08:45 to 09:45 may be affected.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-01-27 16:13:31.0
Services: IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products
IODC SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6661
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-04 20:30:00.0
End Time: 2021-03-29 23:00:00.0
Satellites: MET-8
Subject: eclipse-season
Impact: risk-of-degradation
Detail: There is a risk of degraded image quality every night from 20:30 to 23:00 in the given time period.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-01-27 15:19:27.0
Services: IODC SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6673
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-06 06:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-28 12:00:00.0
Satellites: GOES-17
Subject: instrument-special-operation
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: NOAA will conduct a GOES-West ABI Cooling Timeline Operation from 06 to 28 February 2021, every day from 06:00 to 12:00 UTC. During this phase, GOES-17 operations mode will change from MODE 6 to MODE 3, and this will affect the GOES-West ABI Level 1B data distribution on EUMETCast. For full details, see the URL provided below. Users wishing to receive the MODE 3 data should contact our User Helpdesk at ops@eumetsat.int.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/goes17-abi-mode3-cooling-timeline-implementation
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-01-28 11:08:06.0
Services: GOES Products
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6702
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-15 14:59:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-15 15:06:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subsystem: ASCAT
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: Gain Compression
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-10 15:01:21.0
Services: ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A
ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-A
EARS-ASCAT
ASCAT AHRPT Metop-A
OSI SAF - Products
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6686
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-15 17:15:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-19 15:00:00.0
Satellites: GOES-16
Subject: instrument-maintenance
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: NOAA will perform testing of GOES-16 GLM products. Multiple 1 hour 15 min outages and one 24 hour degraded product period can be expected. The outages and degradation periods are listed below. Outages: February 15 17:15-18:30 UTC, February 16 05:15-06:30 UTC, February 16 17:15-18:30 UTC, February 17 05:15-06:30 UTC. GLM degraded radiometric data: February 18 15:00 UTC to February 19 15:00 UTC
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-03 10:11:53.0
Services: GOES Products
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6704
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-16 08:08:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-16 08:15:00.0
Satellites: Metop-C
Subsystem: SEM
Component: MEPED
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-10 15:03:45.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-C
SEM AHRPT Metop-C
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6703
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-16 08:55:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-16 09:02:00.0
Satellites: Metop-B
Subsystem: SEM
Component: MEPED
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-10 15:02:24.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-B
SEM AHRPT Metop-B
 
Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 6692
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-16 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-16 09:00:00.0
Subject: product-change
Detail: Update of Sentinel-3 OLCI Level-2 marine processing. This update constitutes OLCI Collection-3 products. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/sentinel-3-olci-l2-marine-processing-update-coming-soon
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-04 09:54:07.0
Services: OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3A
OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3B
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6701
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-16 09:22:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-16 09:29:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subsystem: SEM
Component: MEPED
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-10 14:59:18.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-A
SEM AHRPT Metop-A
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6687
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-16 15:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-16 16:20:00.0
Satellites: Himawari-8
Subject: general-announcement
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: Maintenance of Himawari-8 satellite. As a result, Himawari-8 data will not be available during the indicated time period.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-03 15:36:13.0
Services: Himawari Products
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6699
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-17 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-17 15:00:00.0
Subject: EUMETCast maintenance
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: Two main windows are planned for the maintenance. Between 09:30 UTC and 10:30 UTC a 30 minute interruption of all EUMETCast services for KU-Band, C-Band, Terrestrial service and the data transfer to/from RMDCN can be expected. From 13:30 UTC to 14:30 UTC a partial interruption of the EUMETCast services can be expected. A further risk of interruptions can be expected during the maintenance period. After the outage most of the backlog data will be disseminate.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-11 15:18:07.0
Services: EARS-ATOVS
EARS-AVHRR
EARS-ASCAT
EARS-ATMS
EARS-CrlS
EARS-NWC
EARS-VIIRS
EARS-IASI
EARS-VASS
EARS-MERSI
EUMETCast-Africa
EUMETCast-Europe
EUMETCast-Terrestrial
GTS RMDCN
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6700
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-18 07:30:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-18 17:30:00.0
Subject: ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: risk-of-delay
Detail:
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-10 10:49:00.0
Services: OLCI Level 1 Products - S3A
OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3A
SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3A
SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3A
SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3A
SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A
SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A
OLCI Level 1 Products - S3B
OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3B
SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3B
SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3B
SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3B
SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B
SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3B
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6675
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-24 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-02-24 09:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subsystem: GOME-2
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: Metop-A Technology Test. GOME special calibration. One orbit outage is expected on that day.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-05 20:03:38.0
Services: GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-A
GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A
AC SAF - Products
 
Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 6705
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-02-25 23:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-04-13 01:30:00.0
Satellites: MET-11
Subject: eclipse-season
Impact: risk-of-degradation
Detail: 23:00 to 01:30 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-02-10 15:31:09.0
Services: 0° SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
0° Meteosat Meteorological Products
 
Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 6676
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-04-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-04-01 09:00:00.0
Subject: product-change
Detail: GOME-2 Level 1 Product Processing Facility (PPF) Version 7 is planned to be released early April 2021. Exact date will be communicated in due course. For full details and test data, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/upcoming-release-gome-2-level-1-ppf-v7
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-01-27 16:49:11.0
Services: GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-A
GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B
GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-C
 
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