Topic: Unplanned Metop-B Collision Avoidance In-Plane Maneuver 5/6/2026

 

Date/Time Issued: May 7, 2026 1830Z

 

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 Initial Impact: May 6, 2026 (JDAY 126) 17:12 UTC

 

Date/Time Ended: May 6, 2026 (JDAY 127) 00:15 UTC

 

Length of Event: 7 hours

 

 

Details/Specifics: A Metop-B Collision Avoidance In-Plane Maneuver was performed May 6, 2026, beginning at 20:26:49, UTC with the maneuver ending at 20:26:56 UTC.
This maneuver was to avoid collision with object number 61099.
The SEM instrument was placed into Maneuver Mode at 17:12 UTC on May 6, 2026 and returned back to its Normal Operating Mode at 00:15 UTC the next day.
The GOME instrument timeline ends and mirror parked before the burn at 19:18 UTC on May 6, 2026. The GOME timeline was reactivated at 20:58 UTC the same day.
Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed

 

Web Site(s) for Applicable Information: 

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html 

http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html for information Metop satellites

 

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