Topic: Terra MODIS data outage due to orbital maneuvers scheduled for October.
Date/Time Issued: September 27, 2022 1800Z
Product or Data Impacted: All MODIS products from the Terra satellite.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 12, 2022 1130Z
Date/Time of Expected End: October 21, 2022 2355Z
Length of the Outage/Event: 9 Days
Details/Specifics of Change: NASA plans to perform a series of orbital maneuvers with the Terra satellite. These maneuvers will take place between October 12 and October 19. There will be no observations from the MODIS instrument during these times. Following the final maneuver on October 19th, out-gassing operations will continue for an additional 48 hours. During these last two days, the instrument will be returned to service, but data quality can not be guaranteed.
The Aqua satellite will not be effected by these maneuvers, and MODIS data from Aqua will be available normally.
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