Topic: GOES-18 ABI solar calibration scan
Date/Time Issued: September 08, 2025 1834Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-18 ABI solar calibration scan
Date/Time of Initial Impact: September 15, 2025 1500Z(J/DAY 258)
Date/Time of Expected End: September 15, 2025 1510Z (J/DAY 258)
Length of Outage: Approximately 5 minutes at the end of a period of Continuous Full Disk operations
Details/Specifics of Change:
On September 15, 2025, GOES-18 ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will be replaced with 10 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1500Z-1510Z. A GOES-18 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed between 1503Z-1505Z, resulting in an outage of all ABI products. ABI 10-minutes Flex Mode (mode 6) will resume at 1510Z. The next Full Disk scan will populate at 1510Z.
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