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

 

Date/Time Issued:   April 07, 2022 1752Z

 

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

 

Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 07, 2022 1531Z

 

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

 

Length of Outage TBD

 

Details/Specifics of Change:  The SARSAT Florida and Hawaii Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Ground Stations are not sending data to the USMCC. The communications vendor and SARSAT analysts are working to identify and resolve the problem.

 

Impact:  Significant - Western Pacific, Atlantic, and Caribbean Search and Rescue region's MEOSAR distress detection/reporting is delayed. LEOSAR and 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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