Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scan scheduled for Sep 17 to Sep 19, 2024

Date/Time Issued:  Sep 10, 2024, 1802Z

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: Sep 17, 2024, 15:56Z

Date/Time of Expected End: Sep 19, 2024, 22:41Z

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 Sep 17 - Sep 19, 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:

09/17/2024 (DOY 261) 15:56:13Z & 17:12:21Z

09/19/2024 (DOY 263) 17:54:16Z & 18:38:30Z

GOES-18:

09/18/2024 (DOY 262) 20:59:12Z & 22:24:51Z

09/19/2024 (DOY 263) 22:25:28Z & 22:41:28Z