Update #1 - Final Update – After the damaged GPS receivers were replaced, the Florida MEO Ground Station returned to normal operations.
Topic: SARSAT Florida MEO Ground Station Accuracy Degradation
Date/Time Issued: October 05, 2022 1512Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: Florida Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Distress Detection/ Reporting
Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 05, 2022 1512Z
Date/Time of Expected End: October 3, 2022 2000Z
Length of Outage: 5 days, 6 hours, 30 minutes
Details/Specifics of Change: Florida MEO location accuracy has degraded due to its GPS receiver being damaged. The maintenance vendor is working to replace the existing Receiver. In the meantime solutions are being filtered from this ground station
Impact: Medium - Atlantic and Caribbean Search and Rescue region's MEOSAR distress detection/reporting is delayed. LEOSAR and GEOSAR are nominal.
Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at
301-817-4576
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