Topic: GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan   

Date/Time Issued: November 18, 2024 1946Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 ABI product outage 

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 25, 2024, 1040Z 

Date/Time of Expected End:  November 25, 2024, 1050Z 

Length of Outage: Approximately 5 minutes at the end of a period of Continuous Full Disk operations 

Details/Specifics:

On November 25th, 2024, GOES-16 ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will be replaced with 10 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1040-1050Z. A GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed between 1047 -1048Z, resulting in an outage of all ABI products. ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will resume at 1050Z. The next Full Disk scan will populate at 1050Z.

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