Topic: Metop-C In Plane Maneuver

Date/Time Issued: November 1, 2023 0141Z

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: 
November 1, 2023 (J/DAY 305)  07:44 UTC

Date/Time (UTC) Expected End: November 1, 2023 (JDAY 305) 13:32 UTC

Length of Outage: ~ 6 hours

Details/Specifics of Change: A Metop-C In-Plane Maneuver will be performed Nov 1, 2023.
The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 07:44 UTC on Nov 1, 2023 and returned
back to its Normal Operating Mode at 13:32 UTC that same day.
The GOME instrument timeline ends and the mirror is parked before the burn at 11:04 UTC on Nov 1,
2023. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 12:46 UTC that same day.
Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.  

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




Contact Information for Further Information: 

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

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