Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scans scheduled for March 27 - March 30, 2021

 

Date/Time Issued:  March 22, 2021 1523 UTC

 

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI MESO-2 outages

 

Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 27, 2021 1648 UTC

 

Date/Time of Expected End: March 30, 2021 1855 UTC

 

Length of Outage:  Approximately 2 minutes for each event. See schedule below.

 

Details/Specifics of Change: Several, very short, GOES-16 and GOES-17 routine calibration scans for lunar trending will be performed on  March 27 - March 30, 2021, resulting in an outage of ABI MESO-2 products for about 2 minutes for each event. ABI MESO-1 will still be available during this time. The schedule is below.

 

Impacts:

GOES-16:

·  03/27/2021(DOY 086) – 16:48:46 UTC

·  03/29/2021(DOY 088) – 17:20:38 UTC

·  03/30/2021(DOY 089) - 18:51:54 UTC & 18:55:54 UTC

GOES-17:

·  03/27/2021(DOY 086) – 19:59:15 UTC

·  03/28/2021(DOY 087) – 22:09:34 UTC

·  03/29/2021(DOY 088) - 21:41:06 UTC & 22:52:48 UTC

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

 

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