Impact: Medium - Western Pacifica US AOR Distress detection/reporting may be delayed. LEOSAR distress alert detection/reporting may be delayed. GEOSAR and MEOSAR are operating nominally.

Topic:  SARSAT Guam 4 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  October 12, 2023 1029Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:   October 12, 2023 0002Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

Length of Outage:  TBD

Details/Specifics of Change:  The Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD, is not sending alert solution data. .

Impact: Minor-There is no impact on distress alert detection/reporting timeliness due to the redundancy of the SARSAT GEOLUT system.

Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operationsusmcc@noaa.gov at 
301-817-4576

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