Update #2: NOAA 20 Stored Mission Data (SMD) was finally received on Svalbard contact Rev 42902, after switching the SMD to be on SG60 instead of SG52. All contacts up thru Rev 42940 have been moved to SG60. We recovered all missing SMD data during McMurdo contacts after missing the Svalbard contacts.
Update #1: ESPC has not received RDRs for NOAA 20 Stored Mission Data for REV 42900, call has been made to GSE. Data is expected to be recovered on the next MCM pass.
Topic: NOAA 20 SMD Data Delay
Date/Time Issued: February 28, 2026 0713Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: NOAA 20 Data Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 28, 2026 0115Z
Date/Time of expected end Time: February 28, 2026 0635Z
Length of Outage: 5 hours 20 minutes
Details/Specifics: NOAA 20 Stored Mission Data (SMD) for REV 42899 was not received. KSAT confirmed the antenna is tracking and data is being sent, but we are not receiving it. On-call GSE was notified, waiting resolution. Data expected to be recovered on the upcoming McMurdo contact.
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