Topic:  Metop-B In-Plane Maneuver  

Date/Time Issued: June 10, 2025 2247Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, 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 of Initial Impact:  June 11, 2025 0729Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  June 11, 2025 1316Z

Length of Outage:  5 Hours, 47 Minutes


Details/Specifics: A Metop-B In-Plane Maneuver will be performed June 11, 2025.
The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 07:29:21 UTC on June 11, 2025 and returned
to its Normal Operating Mode at 13:16:54 UTC that same day.
The GOME instrument timeline ends and the mirror is parked before the burn at 10:35:50 UTC on June
11, 2025. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 12:18:14 UTC that same day.
Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.


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


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