Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 42 Issue 5 

Date/Time Issued: October 20, 2021 1227Z

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

 Date/Time of Initial Impact:  October 20, 2021 1159Z (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 creation: Wed Oct 20 11:59:46 UTC 2021


Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 5596
Rev: 2
Start Time: 2020-01-29 00:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-11-15 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.[Rev-2]: Update the Event End date.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-08 07:20:05.0
Services: AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-A
A-DCS AHRPT Metop-A
ASCAT AHRPT Metop-A
AVHRR AHRPT Metop-A
GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A
HIRS AHRPT Metop-A
IASI AHRPT Metop-A
GRAS AHRPT Metop-A
SEM AHRPT Metop-A
MHS AHRPT Metop-A

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7032
Rev: 4
Start Time: 2021-08-01 00:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-11-14 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. [Rev. 4] End date updated.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-06 14:50:33.0
Services: ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-A
ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A

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: 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: 7468
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-15 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-11-27 09:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subject: general-announcement
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: Metop-A Technology Test Campaign IV execution: possible data disruptions or outages. More information will be given in specific instruments announcements.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 12:42:27.0
Services:

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7460
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-17 06:43:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-17 13:34:00.0
Satellites: Metop-B
Subsystem: IASI
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: External Calibration. Lunar acquisition. CS2 campaign.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 11:10:15.0
Services: IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B
IASI Level 1 - Metop-B
EARS-IASI
IASI AHRPT Metop-B
OSI SAF - Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7461
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-17 07:35:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-17 12:44:00.0
Satellites: Metop-C
Subsystem: IASI
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: External Calibration. Lunar acquisition. CS2 campaign.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 11:13:21.0
Services: IASI Sounding products- Metop-C
IASI Level 1 - Metop-C
EARS-IASI
IASI AHRPT Metop-C
OSI SAF - Products

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: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7466
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-18 14:15:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-18 14:22:00.0
Satellites: Metop-C
Subsystem: ASCAT
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: Gain Compression
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 11:30:08.0
Services: ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C
ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C
EARS-ASCAT
ASCAT AHRPT Metop-C
OSI SAF - Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7440
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-19 06:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-20 15:00:00.0
Subject: ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: EARS Athens Station Antenna maintenance . There may be disruption to the listed EUMETSAT regional services daily between 06:00 and 15:00 UTC during the maintenance period.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-06 14:36:14.0
Services: EARS-ATOVS
EARS-AVHRR
EARS-MWRI
EARS-ASCAT
EARS-IASI
EARS-CrlS
EARS-ATMS
EARS-NWC
EARS-VIIRS
EARS-VASS
EARS-MERSI

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7480
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-19 08:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-20 12:00:00.0
Subject: ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: Planned maintenance activity on the servers providing the Data Store and Data Tailor web services on both days from 08:00 UTC to 12:00 UTC
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-19 11:10:51.0
Services: Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7462
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-19 08:10:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-19 08:17:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subsystem: SEM
Component: MEPED
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 11:17:47.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-A
SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7467
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-19 08:38:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-19 08:45:00.0
Satellites: Metop-C
Subsystem: SEM
Component: MEPED
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 11:31:14.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-C
SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7464
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-19 09:27:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-19 09:34:00.0
Satellites: Metop-B
Subsystem: SEM
Component: MEPED
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 11:25:18.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-B
SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7470
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-20 12:40:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-20 13:15:00.0
Satellites: Sentinel-3B
Subject: out-of-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: data-degraded
Detail: Reduced data quality should be expected for data sensed during this period.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 12:55:03.0
Services: SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3B
SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3B
SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B
SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3B
SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3B

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7483
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-20 19:45:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-21 05:00:00.0
Subject: ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: EARS Moscow PCCW Data line Maintenance. There is potential interruption to product generation from Moscow station during the indicated time period.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-20 07:17:06.0
Services: EARS-ATOVS
EARS-AVHRR
EARS-ASCAT
EARS-IASI
EARS-ATMS
EARS-CrlS
EARS-NWC

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7481
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-20 23:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-21 00:58:00.0
Satellites: GOES-16
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: NOAA has planned yearly GOES-16 SUVI instrument calibration. Outages for SUVI and EXIS products can be expected in the given timeframe.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-19 12:14:16.0
Services: GOES Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7478
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-21 08:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-21 10:00:00.0
Subject: ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: EARS ground segment RTS server Maintenance. There may be disruption to the listed EUMETSAT based services.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-18 15:21:31.0
Services: EARS-ATOVS
EARS-AVHRR
EARS-MWRI
EARS-ASCAT
EARS-IASI
EARS-ATMS
EARS-CrlS
EARS-NWC
EARS-VIIRS
EARS-VASS
EARS-MERSI

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7465
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-24 19:15:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-24 20:14:00.0
Satellites: Metop-C
Subsystem: GOME-2
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). The AC SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 11:29:27.0
Services: GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-C
GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-C
AC SAF - Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7463
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-24 19:44:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-24 20:43:00.0
Satellites: Metop-B
Subsystem: GOME-2
Subject: instrument-calibration
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). The AC SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 11:18:38.0
Services: GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B
GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-B
AC SAF - Products

Type: Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: 7472
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-26 08:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-26 12:00:00.0
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: 2021-10-14 11:40:15.0
Services: Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7479
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-27 08:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-27 17:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A,Metop-B,Metop-C
Subsystem: GRAS
Subject: general-announcement
Impact: risk-of-interruption
Detail: New release of the software that prepares the RSN (Radio occultation Support Network) data required for the GRAS Level 1 processing. This release (v04) contains bug fixes and general improvements in some RSN algorithms. There is a small risk of interruption in the GRAS data processing.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-19 07:32:56.0
Services: GRAS Level 1 - Metop-A
GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B
GRAS Level 1 - Metop-C

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7432
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-27 12:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-28 14:00:00.0
Subject: general-announcement
Detail: User Preparation Webinar on EPS-SG Radio Occultation (RO) mission. For full details and registration, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/user-preparation-webinar-eps-sg-ro
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-06 13:56:28.0
Services:

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7425
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-28 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-10-28 09:00:00.0
Subject: product-change
Detail: The upgraded LSA SAF Fire Risk Map product offers two new steps, F096 and F120, which will be distributed on EUMETCast. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/new-forecast-steps-added-fire-risk-map-product
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-06 12:50:25.0
Services: LSA SAF - Products

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7471
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-10-28 09:00:00.0
Subject: product-change
Detail: Collection 2 of the Optimised Copernicus Sentinel-3 (CS3) NRT Level 2 (L2) aerosol product will be released on 28 October 2021. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/S3-nrt-l2-aerosol-product-collection-2-released-soon
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-14 12:42:35.0
Services: SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3B
SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3A

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7469
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2021-11-11 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2021-11-11 09:00:00.0
Satellites: Metop-A
Subject: general-announcement
Impact: data-unavailable
Detail: Metop-A S&R end of all mission services.
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-13 11:54:28.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-A
AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-A
AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-A
MHS Level 1 - Metop-A
IASI Level 1 - Metop-A
ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A
HIRS 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
AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-A
Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-A
IASI Sounding Products - Metop-A
A-DCS AHRPT Metop-A
AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-A
GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A
ASCAT AHRPT Metop-A
AVHRR AHRPT Metop-A
GRAS AHRPT Metop-A
HIRS AHRPT Metop-A
IASI AHRPT Metop-A
MHS AHRPT Metop-A
SEM AHRPT Metop-A

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: 6944
Rev: 2
Start Time: 2022-01-17 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2022-01-17 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. [Rev. 2] Date changed from 9 November 2021 to 17 January 2022. To facilitate user transition, there will be a period of parallel dissemination from 17 January to 17 March 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/change-dcp-messages-disseminated-eumetcast
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-18 14:43:13.0
Services: Meteosat 0° DCP
Meteosat IODC DCP

Type: Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: 7033
Rev: 2
Start Time: 2022-03-31 09:00:00.0
End Time: 2022-03-31 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. [Rev. 2]: The update is being deferred to Q1 2022, with exact date to be announced in due course.
Url: https://www.eumetsat.int/changes-pc-compressed-iasi-l1c-data
Status: scheduled
Issue Time: 2021-10-05 15:22:25.0
Services: IASI Level 1 - Metop-A
IASI Level 1 - Metop-B
IASI Level 1 - Metop-C

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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