Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-18  ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scans scheduled for April 30 - May 4, 2023

Date/Time Issued:  April 25, 2023 1512Z

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 30, 2023 13:14 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: May 4, 2023 16:07 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 30 - May 4, 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:

·         04/30/2023 (DOY 120) 13:14:39 UTC & 13:18:39 UTC

·         05/04/2023 (DOY 124) 16:04:27 UTC & 16:07:27 UTC

GOES-18:

·         04/30/2023 (DOY 120) 17:29:24 UTC & 17:32:24 UTC

·         05/03/2023 (DOY 123) 19:00:45 UTC & 20:10:16 UTC

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

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