Topic: Upcoming Deleted NPP FCDAS Contacts January 15, 2025 to January 22, 2025
Date/Time Issued: January 19, 2025 0225Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: All NPP SMD Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 15, 2025 17:00:20Z
Date/Time of Expected End: January 22, 2025 21:40:40Z
Length of Outage: 8-Day Window (01.15.25 – 01.22.25)
Details/Specifics of change: Due to a combination of upcoming FCDAS USSF testing and conflicts with JASON3 mission maneuvers, the listed contacts below have been deleted from FCDAS.
The following observatory systems will be affected from January 15 to January 22, 2025:
The following NPP FCDAS contacts have been deleted. Operators will need to downlink the SMD data at the next Svalbard contact. A one orbit data latency hit is expected. Note that the 2 contacts that have occurred already are being included for historical completeness.
(Past Contacts Affected – SMD already on the ground)
- NPP Rev 68502 FAIRBANKS 15 JAN 170020 - 171250 Deleted
- NPP Rev 68534 FAIRBANKS 17 JAN 225930 - 231440 Deleted
Upcoming (Deleted)
- NPP Rev 68556 FAIRBANKS 19 JAN 122610 - 124140 Deleted
- NPP Rev 68574 FAIRBANKS 20 JAN 184440 - 185800 Deleted
- NPP Rev 68575 FAIRBANKS 20 JAN 202300 - 203750 Deleted
- NPP Rev 68598 FAIRBANKS 22 JAN 112940 - 114500 Deleted
- NPP Rev 68604 FAIRBANKS 22 JAN 212510 - 214040 Deleted
Web Site(s) for Applicable Information:
Sdm Sdm Total Operational Weather Readiness - Satellites (TOWR-S) Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/towr-s/mmm/-/message_boards/view_message/42357980 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov
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