Topic: GOES-18 ABI Solar Calibration Scan


Date/Time Issued: February 27, 2024 1820Z


Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-18 ABI product outage


Date/Time of Initial Impact: Mar 4, 2024, 1520 UTC


Date/Time of Expected End:  Mar 4, 2024, 1530 UTC


Length of OutageApproximately 5 minutes at the end of a period of Continuous Full Disk operations

Details/Specifics of Change:

On Mar 4th, 2024, GOES-18 ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will be replaced with 10 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1520-1530 UTC. A GOES-18 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed between 1520-1521 UTC, resulting in an outage of all ABI products. ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will resume at 1530 UTC. The next Full Disk scan will populate at 1530 UTC.


Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880


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