Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 40

Date/Time Issued: September 30, 2021 1530Z

 Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.

 Date/Time of Initial Impact:  September 30, 2021 1511Z (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:   

Message number: 8332
Message creation: Thu Sep 30 15:11:27 UTC 2021


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: 2021-09-27 09:30:25.0
Services: A-DCS AHRPT Metop-A
AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-A
ASCAT AHRPT Metop-A
AVHRR AHRPT Metop-A
GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A
GRAS AHRPT Metop-A
HIRS AHRPT Metop-A
IASI AHRPT Metop-A
MHS AHRPT Metop-A
SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7032
Rev: 3
Start Time: 2021-08-01 00:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-11-01 00:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subsystem: ASCAT
Subject: general-announcement
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: ASCAT Extensive Calibration. Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey. [Rev .2] Start and End date updated. [Rev.3] End date updated.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-08-19 12:57:27.0
Services: ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A
ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-A

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7256
Rev: 2
Start Time: 2021-08-27 22:30:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-16 01:00:00.0
Satellites: MET-10
Subject: eclipse-season
Impact: risk-of-degradation
Detail: There is a risk of degraded image quality every night from 22:30 to 01:00 next day in the given time period. [Rev. 2] End date updated.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-08-24 15:24:59.0
Services: RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7257
Rev: 2
Start Time: 2021-08-29 23:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-15 01:30:00.0
Satellites: MET-11
Subject: eclipse-season
Impact: data-degraded
Detail: There is a risk of degraded image quality every night from 23:00 to 01:30 next day in the given time period. [Rev. 2] End date updated.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-08-24 15:23:53.0
Services: 0° SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
0° Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7274
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-09-06 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-14 09:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subject: general-announcement
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: Metop-A Technology Test Campaign III execution: possible data disruptions or outages. More information will be given in specific instruments announcements.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-08-19 11:07:57.0
Services:

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7272
Rev: 3
Start Time: 2021-09-16 00:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-15 00:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subsystem: IASI
Subject: instrument-maintenance
Impact: data-degraded
Detail: Technology test. IASI will scan with oversampling. The data quality is expected nominal for the entire duration of the test. However, the scan pattern will be changed (i.e. 30 scan positions will overlap) as the swath will be reduced from 2200 km to ~200 km. 4 hours of outage are foreseen on the first day of the test. This test can have an impact for users that use processing of IASI data. [Rev. 2]: The radiometric quality of IASI L1 data is nominal. However, non-nominal geo-location and inconsistencies between the global and regional data, affecting both L1 and L2 products, are currently being observed. Investigations are on-going. [Rev. 3]: Since 22/09/2021 11:23 UTC sensing time, the quality of Metop-A global IASI L1 data is nominal again. The quality of regional IASI L1 data is expected to be recovered on 27 September 2021. For the status of global and regional IASI L2 data, please refer to UNS Alert message #7371.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-27 09:30:02.0
Services: IASI Level 1 - Metop-A
IASI Sounding Products - Metop-A
EARS-IASI
OSI SAF - Products
IASI AHRPT Metop-A

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7413
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-09-30 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-09-30 09:00:00.0
Subject: general-announcement
Detail: The second release of Meteosat AMV Thematic Climate Data Record is now available to users. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/release-2-meteosat-amv-thematic-climate-data-record
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-29 15:16:08.0
Services:

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7390
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-03 11:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-16 13:00:00.0
Subject: Sun-colinearity
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: Sun interference may affect the EUMETCast broadcast satellites. Users might experience lower signal margin or outages on EUMETCast. The exact times and durations of the signal degradation or outages depend on the reception location.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-24 12:48:55.0
Services: EUMETCast-Europe
EUMETCast-Africa

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7382
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-03 11:30:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-14 12:00:00.0
Satellites: MET-11
Subject: Sun-colinearity
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: Sun Co-linearity. Repeat cycles between 11:30 and 12:30 may be affected.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-22 14:01:56.0
Services: 0° SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
0° Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7383
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-04 10:30:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-15 11:30:00.0
Satellites: MET-10
Subject: Sun-colinearity
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: Sun Co-linearity. Repeat cycles between 10:30 and 11:30 may be affected.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-22 14:04:24.0
Services: RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7408
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-05 08:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-05 08:07:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subsystem: SEM
Component: MEPED
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-29 14:34:17.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-A
SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7415
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-05 08:19:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-15 10:26:00.0
Subject: ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: Due to maintenance, there will be no support for NOAA-19 from the EUMETSAT Svalbard Ground Station. Therefore NOAA-19 data for the listed orbits will not be acquired at Svalbard and will be unavailable on EUMETCast.
Orbits: 65244,65258,65259,65272,65273,65286,65287,65300,65301,65304,65329,65343,65357,65385,65386
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-29 18:19:14.0
Services: MHS Level 1 - NOAA
AMSU-A Level 1 - NOAA
AVHRR Level 1 - NOAA
HIRS Level 1 - NOAA
ATOVS Sounding products - NOAA

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7410
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-05 08:28:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-05 08:35:00.0
Satellites: Metop-C
Subsystem: SEM
Component: MEPED
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-29 14:36:16.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-C
SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7409
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-05 09:17:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-05 09:24:00.0
Satellites: Metop-B
Subsystem: SEM
Component: MEPED
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-29 14:35:27.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-B
SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7412
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-05 10:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-05 12:45:00.0
Subject: ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: EARS Svalbard Core Station Antenna SG188 maintenance. There may be disruption to the listed EUMETSAT N20/NPP based services.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-29 14:46:14.0
Services: EARS-ATMS
EARS-CrlS
EARS-VIIRS

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7411
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-06 08:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-06 10:00:00.0
Subject: ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: Planned maintenance activity on the servers providing the Data Store and Data Tailor web services.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-29 14:38:00.0
Services: Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7354
Rev: 2
Start Time: 2021-10-06 11:39:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-06 11:40:00.0
Satellites: Metop-B
Subject: in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: data-degraded
Detail: Routine in-plane manoeuvre. Reduced data quality should be expected for data sensed during this period. The exact burn time will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre. [Rev. 2] Start and end time updated. Manoeuvre Burn time = 11:39:20 UTC. Burn duration = 3.304 seconds.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-30 14:12:05.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-B
AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B
HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B
AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B
MHS Level 1 - Metop-B
IASI Level 1 - Metop-B
ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B
ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B
GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B
IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B
ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B
GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B
Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B
AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B
A-DCS AHRPT Metop-B
AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-B
ASCAT AHRPT Metop-B
AVHRR AHRPT Metop-B
HIRS AHRPT Metop-B
GRAS AHRPT Metop-B
GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-B
IASI AHRPT Metop-B
MHS AHRPT Metop-B
SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7407
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-07 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-14 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. Meteosat-9 RSS image data, rectified to 9.5 deg E, replaces the Meteosat-10 service. The RSS meteorological product service is not available during this timeframe. An outage of 15 minutes (or slightly more) can be expected when switching to and from Meteosat-9. Please note that the duration is seven days instead of two due to a special test.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-29 14:32:41.0
Services: RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7391
Rev: 3
Start Time: 2021-10-07 19:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-07 20:00:00.0
Satellites: GOES-17
Subject: instrument-maintenance
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: NOAA plan a Best Detector Select (BDS) activity on 30th September 2021 for GOES-17. Therefore GOES-17 ABI products will not be available in the given timeframe. [Rev. 2] Event date updated to 07 October 2021. [Rev. 3] This activity has been cancelled.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-30 15:08:22.0
Services: GOES Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7417
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-10 06:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-11-21 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 10 October – 21 November 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 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: 2021-09-29 16:11:44.0
Services: GOES Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7355
Rev: 2
Start Time: 2021-10-11 06:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-12 18:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subject: Maintenance Manoeuvre
Impact: data-degraded
Detail: Technology test. Yaw bias test. Change of spacecraft attitude with geocentric pointing with the addition of -4 degrees yaw bias. A possible impact on data processing due to the different bias for the entire duration of the test might be observed. [Rev. 2] Event Start and End Date updated.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-28 12:45:00.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-A
AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-A
AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-A
MHS Level 1 - Metop-A
HIRS Level 1 - Metop-A
ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A
IASI Level 1 - Metop-A
GRAS Level 1 - Metop-A
GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-A
ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-A
ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-A
IASI Sounding Products - Metop-A
Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-A
AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-A
A-DCS AHRPT Metop-A
AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-A
ASCAT AHRPT Metop-A
AVHRR AHRPT Metop-A
GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A
GRAS AHRPT Metop-A
HIRS AHRPT Metop-A
SEM AHRPT Metop-A
IASI AHRPT Metop-A
MHS AHRPT Metop-A

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7356
Rev: 2
Start Time: 2021-10-13 07:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-14 17:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subject: instrument-special-operation
Impact: risk-of-degradation
Detail: Technology test. SHDESAT test. Test on Reaction Wheel management. A small attitude change could occur but it is not expected. An impact on the data quality is not foreseen. [Rev. 2] Event Start and End date updated.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-27 11:38:28.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-A
AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-A
AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-A
MHS Level 1 - Metop-A
HIRS Level 1 - Metop-A
ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A
GRAS Level 1 - Metop-A
IASI Level 1 - Metop-A
GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-A
ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-A
IASI Sounding Products - Metop-A
ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-A
AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-A
Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-A
A-DCS AHRPT Metop-A
AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-A
ASCAT AHRPT Metop-A
AVHRR AHRPT Metop-A
GRAS AHRPT Metop-A
GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A
HIRS AHRPT Metop-A
IASI AHRPT Metop-A
MHS AHRPT Metop-A
SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7396
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-13 09:00:00.0
Subject: service-change
Detail: EUMETView, Data Store and Data Tailor web services: The HTTP interface to the UIs and API endpoints will be completely dropped. Requests to HTTP URLs will no longer be automatically redirected to HTTPS. Users are encouraged to check their scripts are set to use the HTTPS endpoints.
Url: https://eumetsatspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EUM/pages/242679821/EUMETSAT+data+access+services
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-27 13:52:14.0
Services: Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service
EUMETView

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7357
Rev: 2
Start Time: 2021-10-15 18:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-15 18:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subsystem: IASI
Subject: service-change
Impact: permanent-interruption
Detail: Metop-A IASI end of all mission services (Global, regional and local): IASI data and products will no longer be available for the user community. [Rev. 2]: Related URL included below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/plans-metop-end-life
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-27 11:38:54.0
Services: IASI Level 1 - Metop-A
IASI Sounding Products - Metop-A
IASI AHRPT Metop-A

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7416
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-18 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-18 09:00:00.0
Subject: general-announcement
Detail: AI for Earth Monitoring MOOC: EUMETSAT, ECMWF, EEA and Mercator Ocean International have developed a new massive open online course on the subject of Artificial Intelligence and Earth monitoring. The six-week course (2-3 hours a week) starts on 18 October 2021. Course content includes an introduction to Copernicus data and services and the WEkEO platform, followed by four themed weeks covering oceans, atmosphere, terrestrial and climate data. For full details, including registration link, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/artificial-intelligence-earth-monitoring-mooc
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-29 16:10:24.0
Services:

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7033
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-11-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-11-01 09:00:00.0
Subject: product-change
Detail: Principal Component (PC) compressed IASI L1C data will be updated in November 2021 (exact date to be announced in due course). For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/changes-pc-compressed-iasi-l1c-data
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-06-02 13:18:50.0
Services: IASI Level 1 - Metop-A
IASI Level 1 - Metop-B
IASI Level 1 - Metop-C

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 6944
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-11-09 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-11-09 09:00:00.0
Subject: general-announcement
Detail: Change to DCP messages disseminated on EUMETCast. They will no longer be wrapped into LRIT files and, instead, will be disseminated as individual files. This will also involve a filename change and a change of EUMETCast channels. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/change-dcp-messages-disseminated-eumetcast
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-04-29 13:24:50.0
Services: Meteosat 0° DCP
Meteosat IODC DCP

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 6863
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-11-16 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-11-16 09:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subject: general-announcement
Detail: Metop-A is planned to be de-orbited in November 2021. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/plans-metop-end-life
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-04-01 13:02:07.0
Services:

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 6269
Rev: 4
Start Time: 2021-12-15 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-12-15 09:00:00.0
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. [Rev. 4]: The removal of OLCI Level-1 Full Resolution Near Real Time data from EUMETCast Satellite will take place on 15 December 2021. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/S3-olci-l1-nrt-on-eumetcast-satellite-removed
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-23 09:13:48.0
Services: OLCI Level 1 Products - S3A
OLCI Level 1 Products - S3B

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7329
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2022-07-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2022-07-01 09:00:00.0
Subject: general-announcement
Detail: Transponder migration for the EUMETCast Europe High Volume Service planned for Q3 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/eumetcast-europe-service-transponder-migration
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-08 16:58:29.0
Services: EUMETCast-Europe

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7414
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2022-10-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2022-10-01 09:00:00.0
Subject: product-change
Detail: File formats of Meteosat meteorological products distributed on EUMETCast are planned to be updated in October 2022. At the same time, there will be a small change in the timestamp of the AMV products distributed on the GTS. For full details and test data, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/change-file-formats-meteosat-meteorological-products
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-09-30 13:23:12.0
Services: 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products
IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products
RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

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