Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 38
Date/Time Issued: September 14, 2023 1506Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: See list below
Date/Time of Expected End: See list below
Details/Specifics of Change:
| Message number: | 10991 |
| Message creation: | Thu Sep 14 14:40:36 UTC 2023 |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9204 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-01-31 09:39:00.0 |
| Satellites: | Sentinel-3B |
| Subsystem: | SRAL |
| Subject: | instrument-calibration |
| Impact: | data-degraded |
| Detail: | Starting 31/01/2023 09:39:49 S3B will start performing SRAL external calibrations over a transponder site in Leonessa. To conduct this transponder pass, the on-board Digital Elevation Model (DEM) altitude value must be temporarily updated in RAM, and is reverted immediately after the pass. A short outage immediately before and after the pass will be introduced, and data should be considered degraded as per non-nominal acquisition mode, for a total duration of approx.27 seconds over the transponder location (42.61607° N, 13.03780° E) for all relative orbits number (RON) 306 - from cycle 75 (inclusive) onwards. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-01-25 17:19:20.0 |
| Services: | SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3B |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9205 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-02-02 10:28:00.0 |
| Satellites: | Sentinel-3B |
| Subsystem: | SRAL |
| Subject: | instrument-calibration |
| Impact: | data-degraded |
| Detail: | Starting 02/02/2023 10:28:30 S3B will start performing SRAL external calibrations over a corner reflector site in Spain. To conduct this pass, the on-board Digital Elevation Model (DEM) altitude value must be temporarily updated in RAM, and is reverted immediately after the pass. A short outage immediately before and after the pass will be introduced, and data should be considered degraded as per non-nominal acquisition mode, for a total duration of approx.26 seconds over the transponder location (42.052°N, 0.7300° E) for all relative orbits number (RON) 335 - from cycle 75 (inclusive) onwards |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-01-25 17:19:08.0 |
| Services: | SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3B |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9258 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-02-14 20:35:00.0 |
| Satellites: | Sentinel-3A |
| Subsystem: | SRAL |
| Subject: | instrument-calibration |
| Impact: | data-degraded |
| Detail: | Starting 14/02/2023 20:35:57 S3A will start performing SRAL external calibrations over a transponder in Leonessa, Italy. To conduct this transponder pass, the on-board Digital Elevation Model (DEM) altitude value must be temporarily updated in RAM, and is reverted immediately after the pass. A short outage immediately before and after the pass will be introduced, and data should be considered degraded as per non-nominal acquisition mode, for a total duration of approx.28 seconds over the transponder location (42.61607° N, 13.03780° E) for all relative orbits number (RON) 270 from cycle 95 (inclusive) onwards |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-02-08 09:22:43.0 |
| Services: | SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A |
| Type: | Service Enhancement |
| Ann Nr: | 9420 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-03-20 15:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-21 15:00:00.0 |
| Satellites: | MET-9 |
| Subject: | general-announcement |
| Detail: | From 20/03/2023, the daily Meteosat-9 Upper HRV Window shift time will change from 14:00 UTC to 15:00 UTC to better optimise the illumination for the Spring/Summer season. The 15:00 UTC shift time will remain in place until 21 September 2023 included. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-03-17 08:52:52.0 |
| Services: | IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data |
| Type: | Service Enhancement |
| Ann Nr: | 9447 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-04-12 09:00:00.0 |
| Subject: | service-change |
| Detail: | Data access from the Data Centre is being migrated to the Data Store, for easier and faster access. For full details, see the URL provided below. |
| Revision History: | |
| Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/transition-data-centre-data-store |
| Issue Time: | 2023-03-29 13:44:49.0 |
| Services: | EUMETSAT Data Centre |
| Type: | Service Enhancement |
| Ann Nr: | 9846 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-07-25 09:00:00.0 |
| Subject: | general-announcement |
| Detail: | As the public release of the new MTG-I1 data is approaching, with the distribution of pre-operational FCI L1c data currently planned for October 2023, we have released a dedicated web page capturing all users need to know to get ready for accessing and using the data. For full details, see the URL provided below. |
| Revision History: | |
| Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/getting-ready-data-first-mtg-missions |
| Issue Time: | 2023-07-26 14:35:41.0 |
| Services: |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9838 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-08-09 20:15:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-30 23:00:00.0 |
| Satellites: | MET-9 |
| Subject: | eclipse-season |
| Impact: | risk-of-degradation |
| Detail: | There is a risk of degraded image quality every night from 20:15 to 23:00 in the given time period. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-07-27 06:46:45.0 |
| Services: | IODC SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9839 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-08-23 23:15:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-10-12 02:00:00.0 |
| Satellites: | MET-10 |
| Subject: | eclipse-season |
| Impact: | risk-of-degradation |
| Detail: | There is a risk of degraded image quality every night from 23:15 to 02:00 next day in the given time period. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-07-27 06:47:05.0 |
| Services: | 0° SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9940 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-08-28 09:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2024-01-01 00:00:00.0 |
| Satellites: | Metop-C |
| Subsystem: | ASCAT |
| Subject: | general-announcement |
| Impact: | risk-of-interruption |
| Detail: | Calibrations to support transponder test. Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Madrid |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-08-23 14:57:08.0 |
| Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9840 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-08-28 22:30:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-10-15 00:00:00.0 |
| Satellites: | MET-11 |
| Subject: | eclipse-season |
| Impact: | risk-of-degradation |
| Detail: | There is a risk of degraded image quality every night from 22:30 to 01:30 next day in the given time period. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-07-27 14:26:59.0 |
| Services: | RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9969 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-08-31 04:30:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-10-16 05:30:00.0 |
| Satellites: | GOES-18 |
| Subject: | eclipse-season |
| Impact: | data-interrupted |
| Detail: | GOES East Eclipse season. The 04:30 to 05:30 UTC image data may be unavailable, degraded or incomplete. |
| Revision History: | |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-04 07:47:43.0 |
| Services: | GOES Products |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9968 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-08-31 08:30:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-10-16 09:30:00.0 |
| Satellites: | GOES-16 |
| Subject: | eclipse-season |
| Impact: | data-interrupted |
| Detail: | GOES West Eclipse season. The 08:30 - 09:30 UTC image data may be unavailable, degraded or incomplete. |
| Revision History: | |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-04 07:47:18.0 |
| Services: | GOES Products |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9944 |
| Rev: | 3 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-05 07:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-19 17:00:00.0 |
| Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance |
| Impact: | risk-of-interruption |
| Detail: | Updated end time. |
| Revision History: | [Original] Lannion Station Antenna Chains - MEOS Server Upgrades v5.4.5. There may be disruption to the listed EUMETSAT based services during the maintenance period daily between 07:00 and 15:00 UTC. [Rev.1] Updated end time [Rev.2] Updated end time. |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-13 06:48:47.0 |
| Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-MWRI EARS-AVHRR EARS-ASCAT EARS-IASI EARS-ATMS EARS-CrlS EARS-VIIRS EARS-NWC EARS-VASS EARS-MERSI |
| Type: | Service Enhancement |
| Ann Nr: | 9962 |
| Rev: | 1 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-07 09:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-07 09:00:00.0 |
| Subject: | product-change |
| Detail: | Following the release on EUMETCast of Level-1B NOAA-procured Spire Radio Occultation data processed by EUMETSAT, and L2 product generated by the ROM SAF, on 20 June 2023, NOAA switched from Spire to another data provider, PlanetiQ, on 18 July 2023, corresponding to the start of their next 6-month delivery order. L1 and L2 processors have now been adapted to the new PlanetiQ data by EUMETSAT Central Facility and ROM SAF, respectively. Both L1B and L2 PlanetiQ data will start being distributed via EUMETCast Europe and EUMETCast Terrestrial from 7 September 2023. For details on filenames and EUMETCast channels, see the related Product Navigator entry: https://navigator.eumetsat.int/product/EO:EUM:DAT:0374 |
| Revision History: | |
| Issue Time: | 2023-08-31 14:11:47.0 |
| Services: | Commercial Radio Occultation NOAA |
| Type: | Service Enhancement |
| Ann Nr: | 9965 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-07 09:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-07 09:00:00.0 |
| Subject: | general-announcement |
| Detail: | Filename change for NOAA-19 sounder data distributed as part of the Global NOAA ATOVS L1 service: 'EUMS' in the filename will become 'EUMP'. Current filename example: W_XX-EUMETSAT-Darmstadt,SOUNDING+SATELLITE,NOAA19+AMSUA_C_EUMS_20230821030300_74912_l1c.bin. New filename example: W_XX-EUMETSAT-Darmstadt,SOUNDING+SATELLITE,NOAA19+AMSUA_C_EUMP_20230821030300_74912_l1c.bin |
| Revision History: | |
| Issue Time: | 2023-08-31 12:53:52.0 |
| Services: | Global NOAA ATOVS L1 data |
| Type: | Service Enhancement |
| Ann Nr: | 9730 |
| Rev: | 2 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-11 09:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-11 09:00:00.0 |
| Subject: | general-announcement |
| Detail: | Test files will be disseminated on the new TER-3 channels from 5 to 11 September 2023. This will demonstrate that the channels are working and will allow users to implement the changes needed to receive the new channels and test them. For full details, see the URL provided below. |
| Revision History: | [Original] The EUMETCast Terrestrial service will undergo reorganisation on 31 July 2023. This change is intended to optimise the bandwidth usage on the service. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev.1] Change of date from 31 July to 11 September 2023. |
| Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/eumetcast-terrestrial-reorganisation |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-01 08:02:31.0 |
| Services: | EUMETCast-Terrestrial |
| Type: | Service Enhancement |
| Ann Nr: | 9748 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-12 09:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-12 09:00:00.0 |
| Subject: | general-announcement |
| Detail: | The distribution of two IODC H SAF Precipitation products on EUMETCast Africa will be stopped on 12 September 2023. The products are: H63 'Precipitation rate at ground by GEO/IR supported by LEO/MW - IODC' and H90 'Accumulated Precipitation at ground by blended MW and IR - IODC'. This is due to EUMETCast Africa bandwidth considerations. |
| Revision History: | |
| Issue Time: | 2023-06-28 13:51:44.0 |
| Services: | H-SAF - Products |
| Type: | Service Enhancement |
| Ann Nr: | 9779 |
| Rev: | 1 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-13 09:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-26 09:00:00.0 |
| Subject: | product-change |
| Detail: | The period of parallel distribution of the current and new products will now be from 13 to 26 September 2023. |
| Revision History: | [Original] The current Sentinel-3 Altimetry product for Africa will be replaced by a new Sentinel-3 land hydrology thematic product at the end of September 2023 (exact date to be announced). To facilitate user transition to the new product, both current and new products will be distributed in parallel for a period of three weeks, from 5 to 26 September 2023. For full details, see the URL provided below. |
| Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/sentinel-3-altimetry-product-africa-be-replaced |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-06 13:47:02.0 |
| Services: |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9981 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-15 08:15:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-28 09:00:00.0 |
| Satellites: | MET-9 |
| Subject: | Sun-colinearity |
| Impact: | risk-of-degradation |
| Detail: | Sun Colinearity. There is a risk of degraded image daily between 08:15 and 09:00 UTC. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-06 14:20:20.0 |
| Services: | IODC SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9997 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-18 14:31:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-18 14:38:00.0 |
| Satellites: | Metop-C |
| Subsystem: | ASCAT |
| Subject: | instrument-calibration |
| Impact: | data-unavailable |
| Detail: | ASCAT Gain Compression. Interruptions scheduled at provided times. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-13 11:56:32.0 |
| Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-ASCAT ASCAT AHRPT Metop-C OSI SAF - Products |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9995 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-19 00:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-19 23:59:00.0 |
| Satellites: | Metop-B |
| Subsystem: | SEM |
| Component: | MEPED |
| Subject: | instrument-calibration |
| Impact: | data-unavailable |
| Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-13 11:53:07.0 |
| Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9998 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-19 00:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-19 23:59:00.0 |
| Satellites: | Metop-C |
| Subsystem: | SEM |
| Component: | MEPED |
| Subject: | instrument-calibration |
| Impact: | data-unavailable |
| Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-13 11:58:22.0 |
| Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 10001 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-19 11:55:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-22 17:22:00.0 |
| Satellites: | Sentinel-3A |
| Subsystem: | SRAL |
| Subject: | instrument-special-operation |
| Impact: | data-degraded |
| Detail: | SRAL will be patched to apply OLTC v6.3 on-board. The instrument will be operated in SAR Closed-Loop mode for the duration of the patching activity, resulting in some degraded data: minimal impact on ocean, in-land water data is further impacted, including data loss due to the acquisition mode. Additional outages will be experienced during mode changes and restarts and are projected as follows:20/09/2023 14:50 - 14:55, 21/09/2023 07:45 - 07:51. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-13 12:28:25.0 |
| Services: | SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 9999 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-20 05:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-20 09:00:00.0 |
| Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance |
| Impact: | risk-of-interruption |
| Detail: | EARS Dorval Node (Gander & Edmonton Contributing stations) PCCW Data Line Maintenance. There may be disruption to the listed EUMETSAT based services. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-13 12:10:29.0 |
| Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-MWRI EARS-AVHRR EARS-ASCAT EARS-CrlS EARS-ATMS EARS-IASI EARS-VIIRS EARS-NWC EARS-VASS EARS-MERSI |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 10003 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-20 08:00:00.0 |
| End Time: | 2023-09-20 10:00:00.0 |
| Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance |
| Impact: | service-degraded |
| Detail: | Planned maintenance activity on Data Store and Data Tailor. Services may become temporarily unavailable during the maintenance period. |
| Revision History: | |
| Status: | scheduled |
| Issue Time: | 2023-09-13 13:02:57.0 |
| Services: | Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service |
| Type: | Planned Maintenance |
| Ann Nr: | 10002 |
| Rev: | 0 |
| Start Time: | 2023-09-20 08:00:00.0 |