Topic: Metop-C In Plane Maneuver

Date/Time Issued: January 18, 2023 0337Z

Product(s) Involved/Affected: All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, 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 (UTC) Initial Implementation: Jan 18, 2023 (JDAY 018) ~08:24 UTC

Date/Time (UTC) Expected End: Jan 18, 2023 (JDAY 018) ~14:11 UTC

Length of Outage: 6 hours

Details/Specifics of Change: A Metop-C In-Plane Maneuver will be performed Jan 18, 2023. The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 08:24 UTC on Jan 18, 2023 and returned back to its Normal Operating Mode at 14:11 UTC that same day.

The GOME instrument timeline ends and the mirror is parked before the burn at 11:47 UTC on Jan 18, 2023. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 13:28 UTC that same day.

Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.

Contact Information for Further Information:

ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880

Spacecraft Affected: NOAA-15 ☐ NOAA-18 ☐ NOAA-19 ☐ Metop-A ☐ Metop-B ☐ Metop-C ☒

Web Site(s) for Applicable Information:

See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages.
See http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html for more information Metop satellites