Topic: NOAA-20 Inclination Adjustment Maneuver (IAM) scheduled for March 26, 2020
Date/Time Issued: March 25, 2020 1847Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: All NOAA-20 Sensor Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 26, 2020 16:31:50Z
Date/Time of Expected End: March 26, 2020 18:48:48Z
Length of Outage: See Details.

Details/Specifics of Change: On March 26, 2020 at 17:04:50Z, NOAA-20 will perform a 148.0 second propulsive Inclination Adjust Maneuver (IAM) to maintain Mean Local Time of the Ascending Node (MLTAN) while controlling Repeating Ground Track (RGT) box.

The following observatory systems will be affected:

16:31:50Z – 18:48:48Z CERES in Contam-Safe mode, science data will not be available
16:41:50Z – 17:17:48Z OMPS in Decon mode, Science data will not be available
16:46:50Z - 17:12:24Z HRD will be off, data for direct broadcast users will be unavailable
16:51:50Z – 17:20:48Z NOAA-20 pointing off-nadir, collected data during that time period may be impacted and not disseminated

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880

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