Topic: GOES-18 ABI solar calibration scan 


Date/Time Issued: June 17, 2024  1539Z


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


Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 24, 2024, 1510 UTC 


Date/Time of Expected End:  June  24, 2024, 1520 UTC 


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


Details/Specifics of Change:

On June 24th, 2024, GOES-18 ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will be replaced with 10 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1510-1520 UTC. A GOES-18 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed between 1512-1513 UTC, resulting in an outage of all ABI products. ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will resume at 1520 UTC. The next Full Disk scan will populate at 1520 UTC.


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