Topic: GOES-19 ABI solar calibration scan

Date/Time Issued: September 09, 2025 2000Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-19 ABI Product Outage

Date/Time of Initial Impact: September 16, 2025   2250Z  (J/DAY 259)

Date/Time of Expected End:  September 16, 2025  2300Z (J/DAY 259)

Length of Outage: Approximately 5 minutes at the end of a period of Continuous Full Disk operations

Details/Specifics of Change:   On September 16, 2025, GOES-19 ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will be replaced with 10 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 2250Z-2300Z. A GOES-19 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed between 2255Z-2300Z, resulting in an outage of all ABI products. ABI 10-minutes Flex Mode (mode 6) will resume at 2300Z. The next Full Disk scan will populate at 2300Z.


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