Topic:  METOP-B/C orbits with incorrect orbit numbers

Date/Time Issued: December 07, 2022 1644Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  METOP B/C data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  Dec 6, 2022 at 23:32 Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  Dec 7, 2022  15:00 Z

Length of Outage:  15 hours 28 mins

Details/Specifics of Change:
STARTING AT 23:32 Z DEC 6, 2022, M1 ORBITS STARTED WITH NUMBER B47838__
On Tue Dec 6, 2022, the METOP-B (M1) orbits had an incorrect change in orbit number.  After the number B5301818 they started with the
number B4783838.  The have the correct day D22341 (JD 341 is Dec 7). The orbits with incorrect numbers were:

b4783838.sv
b5301818.sv
b5301212.gc
b4784747.sv
b4784546.sv
b4784445.sv
b4784344.sv
b4784243.sv
b4784141.sv
b4784141.gc
b4784041.sv
b4783940.sv
b4783939.sv
b4783939.gc
b4783839.sv

STARTING AT 23:36 Z DEC 6, 2022, M3 ORBITS STARTED WITH NUMBER B15995__
On Tue Dec 6, 2022, the METOP-C (M3) orbits had an incorrect change in orbit number.  After the number B2118081 they started
with the number B1599595.   These have the correct day D22341 (JD 341 is Dec 7).  The orbits with incorrect number were:

b1599696.sv
b1599696.gc
b1599595.sv
b2117070.gc
b2116768.gc
b1600304.sv
b1600203.sv
b1600102.sv
b1600001.sv
b1599900.sv
b1599999.sv
b1599999.gc
b1599899.sv
b1599899.gc
b1599798.sv

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