G16 and G18 Lunar Trending 01/28 - 01/31

Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scan scheduled for Jan 28 - Jan 31, 2024

Date/Time Issued:  Jan 24, 2024, 1746Z

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: Jan 28, 2024, 19:12 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: Jan 31, 2024, 20:52 UTC

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

Details/Specifics of Change:

Several, very short, GOES-16 and GOES-18 routine calibration scans for lunar trending will be performed on Jan 28 - Jan 31, 2024, 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 schedules are below.

Impacts:

GOES-16:

• 01/28/2024 (DOY 028) 19:12:29 UTC & 19:45:01 UTC
• 01/30/2024 (DOY 030) 21:29:01 UTC & 01/31/2024 (DOY 031) 20:52:18 UTC

GOES-18:

• 01/28/2024 (DOY 028) 23:18:55 UTC & 01/29/2024 (DOY 029) 00:06:08 UTC
• 01/31/2024 (DOY 031) 00:17:40 UTC & 01:42:00 UTC