Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scan scheduled for Dec 20 - Dec 21, 2023

Date/Time Issued: December 15, 2023, 1609Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI MESO-2 outages

Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 20, 2023, 10:49 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: December 21, 2023, 16:55 UTC

Length of Outage: Approximately 2 minutes for each event. See the schedule below.

Details/Specifics of Change:

Several, very short, GOES-16 and GOES-18 routine calibration scans for lunar trending will be performed on Dec 20 - Dec 21, 2023, resulting in an outage of ABI MESO-2 products for about 2 minutes for each event. ABI MESO-1 will still be available during this time. The schedules are below.

Impacts:

GOES-16:

12/20/2023 (DOY 354) 10:49:36 UTC & 12:17:23 UTC
12/21/2023 (DOY 355) 11:53:09 UTC & 12:48:21 UTC

GOES-18:

12/20/2023 (DOY 354) 15:06:39 UTC & 16:32:22 UTC
12/21/2023 (DOY 355) 16:15:17 UTC & 16:55:38 UTC

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