G16 and G18 Lunar Trending 10/14 - 10/16

Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scan scheduled for Oct 14 to Oct 16, 2024

Date/Time Issued:  Oct 8, 2024, 2103Z

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: Oct 14, 2024, 13:57 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: Oct 16, 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 Oct 14 - Oct 16, 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:

• 10/14/2024 (DOY 288) 13:57:54 UTC & 14:39:54 UTC
• 10/16/2024 (DOY 290) 15:21:25 UTC & 16:38:33 UTC

GOES-18:

• 10/14/2024 (DOY 288) 18:07:57 UTC & 19:04:53 UTC
  
• 10/16/2024 (DOY 290) 19:42:05 UTC & 20:52:01 UTC