Topic: GOES-18 ABI solar calibration scan

Date/Time Issued: March 10, 2026 1555Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-18 ABI product outage

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  March 16, 2026 (DOY 075) 1510Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  March 16, 2026 (DOY 075) 1520Z

Length of Outage: Approximately 5 minutes at the end of a period of Continuous Full Disk operations

Details/Specifics:

On March 16, 2026, GOES-18 ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will be replaced with 10 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1510-1520Z.  A GOES-18 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed between 1516-1518Z, resulting in an outage of all ABI products. ABI 10-minutes Flex Mode (mode 6) will resume at 1520Z. The next Full Disk scan will populate at 1520Z.

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