Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scan scheduled for May 17 - May 20, 2024

Date/Time Issued: May 14, 2024, 1510Z

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 17, 2024, 17:33Z

Date/Time of Expected End: May 20, 2024, 18:56Z

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 May 17 - May 20, 2024, 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:

05/18/2024 (DOY 139) 12:36:09Z & 14:03:43Z
05/20/2024 (DOY 141) 14:37:49Z & 14:41:49Z

GOES-18:

05/17/2024 (DOY 138) 17:33:50Z & 05/18/2024 (DOY 139) 16:49:57Z
05/20/2024 (DOY 141) 18:52:00Z & 18:56:00Z

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