Topic: SARSAT Florida Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Stations Offline

Date/Time Issued: May 13, 2021 2035Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 13, 2021 1917Z

Date/Time of Expected End: TBD

Length of Outage TBD

Details/Specifics of Change: The SARSAT Florida Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Stations stopped sending data directly to the USMCC due to a network connection problem. The maintenance vendor is investigating the issue.

Impact: Significant: Atlantic and Caribbean Search and Rescue region's MEOSAR and LEOSAR distress detection/reporting is delayed. GEOSAR are nominal.

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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