Topic: Upcoming Deleted S-NPP FCDAS Contacts 01.30.25 and 02.03.25
Date/Time Issued: January 29, 2025 1646Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: All S-NPP SMD Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 30, 2025 10:40:52Z
Date/Time of Expected End: February 03, 2025 11:17:40Z
Length of Outage: 2-Day Window (01.30.25 and 02.03.25)

Details/Specifics of change: Due to conflicts with JASON-3 mission maneuvers, the listed contacts below have been deleted from FCDAS.

The following observatory systems will be affected on January 30 and February 3, 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.

NPP Rev068711 AOS: 10:40:52z LOS: 10:52:25z (1.30.25)
NPP Rev068712 AOS: 12:21:12z LOS: 12:34:04z (1.30.25)
NPP Rev068768 AOS: 11:05:56z LOS: 11:17:40z (2.03.25)

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