Topic: Metop-B In-Plane Maneuver
Date Issued: September
19, 2023 1603Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, 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 of Expected End: September 20, 2023 (JDAY 263) 13:48Z
Length of Event:~ 6 hours
Details/Specifics of Change: A Metop-B In-Plane Maneuver will be performed September 20, 2023.
The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 08:01 UTC on September 20, 2023 and returned to its Normal Operating Mode at 13:48 UTC that same day.
The GOME instrument timeline ends and the mirror is parked before the burn at 11:15 UTC on September 20, 2023. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 12:58 UTC that same day.
Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.
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 ☒
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