Topic: Metop-C Collision Avoidance In-Plane Maneuver

Date/Time Issued: October 10, 2025 1925Z

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: Oct 10, 2025 11:01Z (JDAY 283)

Date/Time of Expected End: Oct 10, 2025 12:32Z (JDAY 283)

Length of Outage: Approximately 4 hours

Details/Specifics: A Metop-C Collision Avoidance In-Plane Maneuver was performed Oct 10, 2025, preheating beginning

at 11:01 UTC with the maneuver ending at 12:32 UTC that same day.
This maneuver is to avoid collision with an item of space debris.
Products were degraded during this time, geolocations were cleared at 14:29 UTC.
Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.

Web Site(s) for Applicable Information:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages.
http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html for more
information Metop satellites

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