Topic: GOES-18 SUVI Focus Check Calibration

Date/Time Issued: October 14, 2025 1613Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-18 SUVI Product Outage 

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 20, 2025 (DOY 293) 13:00Z

Date/Time of Expected End: October 20, 2025 (DOY 293) 13:41Z 

Length of Outage: 41 minutes

Details/Specifics:

The GOES-18 SUVI instrument will execute a yearly Focus Check Calibration to estimate the best focus point for nominal SUVI operations.

For Further Information Contact: ESPC Operations: ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880; GOES Payload Engineering: 301-817-4409

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