Topic: SARSAT Maryland 2 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline
Date/Time Issued: January 21, 2021 1448Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 21, 2021 1343Z
Date/Time of Expected End: TBD
Length of Outage: TBD
Details/Specifics of Change: The Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD, is not receiving alert data. 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.
Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A
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