Topic:  SARSAT Maryland 1 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  October 29, 2020 1725Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  October 29, 2020 1557Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

Length of Outage:  TBD

Details/Specifics of Change:  Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD, has not received alert data in over 40 minutes. The LUT vendor is investigating.

Impact: Minor-There is no impact on distress alert detection/reporting timeliness due to the redundancy of the SARSAT GEOLUT system.

Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 
301-817-4576

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

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