Topic:  Planned Transition of Meteosat-8 to Meteosat-9 to Support Indian Ocean Data Collection (IODC) Mission

 

Date/Time Issued:  February 8, 2022  1845 UTC

 

Product or Data Impacted:  Meteosat-8 Data

 

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  April 25, 2022

 

Date/Time of Expected End:  June 30, 2022

 

Length of Event:  67 days 

 

Details/Specifics of Change:  EUMETSAT plans to replace Meteosat-8 with Meteosat-9 as the prime geostationary satellite to support the IODC service.  Meteosat-9 will become the official IODC satellite starting June 1, 2022 at the new location of 45.5E.  Following is the schedule from EUMETSAT to facilitate users' transition from Meteosat-8 to Meteosat-9 IODC operations (parallel data flow will be provided):

• From April 25, 2022, to May 31, 2022 -- Meteosat-9 will provide parallel IODC service while Meteosat-8 continues to provide the prime IODC service.
• From June 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022 -- Meteosat-8 will provide parallel IODC service while Meteosat-9 provides the prime IODC service.
• From July 1, 2022 -- Meteosat-8 will stop providing the parallel IODC service.  On this same date, the Data Collection Service will be activated on Meteosat-9.

Further scheduling details will be provided as they become available.

Point of Contact for Further Information:  ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880

Website for Applicable Information:  https://www.eumetsat.int/meteosat-9-takes-over-IODC-service

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