Topic: Metop-C In Plane Maneuver
Date/Time Message Issued: December 15, 2021 0211Z
Product(s) Involved/Affected: All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, GRAS, IASI, MHS, AVHRR in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service will be temporarily degraded. GOME-2 and SEM products will not be available.
Date/Time (UTC) Initial Implementation: December 15, 2021 0739Z
Date/Time (UTC) Expected End: December 15, 2021 1327Z
Length of Outage: ~ 6 hours
A Metop-C In-Plane Maneuver will be performed Dec 15, 2021.
The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 07:39 UTC on Dec 15, 2021 and returned back to its Normal Operating Mode at 13:27 UTC that same day.
The GOME instrument timeline ends at 11:03 UTC and mirror parked before the burn on Dec 15, 2021. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 12:44 UTC that same day.
Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.
Web Site(s) for Applicable
Information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite
related messages.
See http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html for more information Metop
satellites
Contact Information for Further Information:
ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880
Spacecraft Affected: NOAA-15 ☐ NOAA-18 ☐ NOAA-19 ☐ Metop-A ☐ Metop-B ☐ Metop-C ☒
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