Topic: GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan

Date/Time Issued: January 28, 2025 1634Z

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 3, 2025, 1110Z 

Date/Time of Expected End:  February 3, 2025, 1120Z 

Length of OutageApproximately 5 minutes at the end of a period of Continuous Full Disk operations

Details/Specifics of Change:

On February 3rd, 2025, GOES-16 ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will be replaced with 10 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1110-1120 UTC. A GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed between 1114 -1115 UTC, resulting in an outage of all ABI products. ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will resume at 1120 UTC. The next Full Disk scan will populate at 1120 UTC.


Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880

Web Site(s) for applicable information:
See https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/messages.html for this and other satellite-related messages.

This notification was sent to ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov mailing list. If you wish to unsubscribe or subscribe to this list, please contact ESPC Help-Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov with your request. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your request. For any additional information you can reach ESPC at 301-817-3880 (24x7).