G16 and G18 Lunar Trending 12/09 - 12/10

Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scan scheduled for December 9 to December 10, 2024

Date/Time Issued:  December 3, 2024, 0047Z

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 9, 2024, 1056Z

Date/Time of Expected End: December 10, 2024, 1716Z

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 Dec 9 - Dec 10, 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:

• 12/09/2024 (DOY 344) 10:56:38 UTC & 12:25:20 UTC
• 12/10/2024 (DOY 345) 11:51:12 UTC & 13:04:33 UTC

GOES-18:

• 12/09/2024 (DOY 344) 15:12:42 UTC & 16:41:42 UTC
  
• 12/10/2024 (DOY 345) 16:11:37 UTC & 17:16:50 UTC