Topic: Metop-B In-Plane Maneuver

Date/Time Issued: Nov 23, 2022 0225Z

Product or Data Impacted: All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GRAS, IASI, MHS, AVHRR in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service will be temporarily degraded. GOME-2 and SEM products will not be available.

Date/Time of Initial Impact: Nov 23, 2022 1011Z

Date/Time of Expected End: Nov 23, 2022 1557Z

Length of the Outage/Event: 5 hours 46 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change: A Metop-B In-Plane Maneuver will be performed Nov 23, 2022. The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 10:11z on Nov 23, 2022 and returned to its Normal Operating Mode at 15:57z that same day.

The GOME instrument timeline ends and the mirror is parked before the burn at 13:34z on Nov 23, 2022. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 15:16z that same day. Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.
Spacecraft Affected: NOAA-15, NOAA-18. NOAA-19 ☐ Metop-A. Metop-B

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