G18 ABI Solar Calibration Scan 09/16


Topic: GOES-18 ABI solar calibration scan


Date/Time Issued: September 9, 2024 2025Z


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


Date/Time of Initial Impact: Sep 16, 2024, 1500 UTC


Date/Time of Expected End:  Sep 16, 2024, 1510 UTC


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


Details/Specifics of Change:

On September 16th, 2024, GOES-18 ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will be replaced with 10 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1500-1510 UTC. A GOES-18 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed between 1502-1503 UTC, resulting in an outage of all ABI products. ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will resume at 1510 UTC. The next Full Disk scan will populate at 1510 UTC.


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