Topic:  Metop-B In-Plane Maneuver  

Date/Time Issued:  December 11, 2024 0222Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, 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:  December 11, 2024 0827Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  December 11, 2024 1414Z

Length of Outage:  5 hours, 47 minutes


Details/Specifics: A Metop-B In-Plane Maneuver will be performed Dec 11, 2024. The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 08:27Z on Dec 11, 2024 and returned to its Normal Operating Mode at 14:14Z that same day. The GOME instrument timeline ends and the mirror is parked before the burn at 11:47Z on Dec 11,2024. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 13:33Z 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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