Topic: Metop-B In-Plane Maneuver

Date/Time Issued: Mar 25, 2026 0008Z

Product 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 Expected End: Mar 25, 2026 1435Z

Length of the Outage/Event: 6 Hours

Details/Specifics : A Metop-B In-Plane Maneuver will be performed Mar 25, 2026.

The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 08:49:02 UTC on Mar 25, 2026 and returned to its Normal Operating Mode at 14:35:48 UTC that same day.

The GOME instrument timeline ends and the mirror is parked before the burn at 12:02:44 UTC on Mar 25, 2026. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 13:45:08 UTC that same day.

Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.

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