Topic: Metop-C In-Plane Maneuver

Date/Time Issued: November 12, 2024 1419Z

Product or Data Impacted: All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, GRAS, IASI, MHS, AVHRR in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service will be temporarily degraded. GOME-2 and SEM products will not be available.

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 13, 2024 (JDAY 318) ~09:06Z

Date/Time of Expected End: November 13, 2024 (JDAY 318) ~14:53Z

Length of the Outage/Event: 5 Hours 47 Minutes 

Details/Specifics: A Metop-C In-Plane Maneuver will be performed Nov 13, 2024. The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 09:06 UTC on Nov 13, 2024 and returned back to its Normal Operating Mode at 14:53 UTC that same day. The GOME instrument timeline ends and the mirror is parked before the burn at 12:28 UTC on Nov 13, 2024. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 14:10 UTC that same day. Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.

Web Site(s) for Applicable Information: See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages. See http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html for more information Metop satellites

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