Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-18  ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scans scheduled for April 3 - April 6, 2023

Date/Time Issued:  March 29, 2023 1842Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI MESO-2 outages

Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 3, 2023 15:06 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: April 6, 2023 22:05 UTC

Length of Outage:  Approximately 2 minutes for each event. See schedule below.

Details/Specifics of Change:

Several, very short, GOES-16 and GOES-18 routine calibration scans for lunar trending will be performed on April 3 - April 6, 2023, resulting in an outage of ABI MESO-2 products for about 2 minutes for each event. ABI MESO-1 will still be available during this time. The schedule is below.

Impacts:

GOES-16:

·         04/03/2023 (DOY 093) 15:06:07 UTC & 15:38:41 UTC

·         04/05/2023 (DOY 095) 17:27:15UTC

·         04/06/2023 (DOY 096) 16:57:28 UTC

GOES-18:

·         04/03/2023 (DOY 093) 19:12:42 UTC & 20:00:17 UTC

·         04/05/2023 (DOY 095) 20:16:47 UTC

·         04/06/2023 (DOY 096) 22:05:19 UTC 

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPCOperations: ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880; GOES Payload Engineering: 301-817-4409

Web Site(s) for Applicable Information: N/A

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