Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scan scheduled for Feb 25 - Feb 29, 2024

Date/Time Issued: February 21, 2024, 0032Z

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: Feb 25, 2024, 17:30 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: Feb 29, 2024, 00:20 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 Feb 25 - Feb 29, 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:

02/25/2024 (DOY 056) 17:30:57 UTC & 18:42:29 UTC
02/28/2024 (DOY 059) 20:02:47 UTC & 20:05:47 UTC

GOES-18:

02/25/2024 (DOY 056) 21:41:46 UTC & 22:59:05 UTC
02/29/2024 (DOY 060) 00:16:33 UTC & 00:20:33 UTC

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

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880.

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