Topic: GOES-18 and GOES-19 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scan scheduled from May 6th  to May 9th


Date/Time Issued: May 2, 2025 0005Z


Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-18 and GOES-19 ABI MESO-2 outages


Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 6, 2025 (DOY 126), 17:24:40 UTC


Date/Time of Expected End: May 9, 2025 (DOY 129), 19:22:36 UTC


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

 

Details/Specifics of Change:

Several, very short, GOES-18 and GOES-19 routine calibration scans for lunar trending will be performed between May 6 - May 9, 2025, 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-18:

 

·       05/06/2025 (DOY 126) 17:24:40 UTC

·       05/07/2025 (DOY 127) 16:57:53 UTC

·       05/09/2025 (DOY 129) 18:32:10 UTC & 19:22:36 UTC

 

GOES-19:

·       05/07/2025 (DOY 127) 12:44:11 UTC & 14:05:50 UTC

·       05/09/2025 (DOY 129) 14:12:59 UTC & 15:12:08 UTC



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