Topic: GOES-19 ABI solar calibration scan

Date/Time Issued:  June 29, 2026 1716Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-19 ABI product outage

Date/Time of Initial Impact: July 06, 2026 (DOY 187) 2300Z

Date/Time of Expected End: July 06, 2026 (DOY 187) 2310Z

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

Details/Specifics of Change:

On July 06, 2026, GOES-19 ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) will be replaced with 10 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 2300-2310 UTC. A GOES-19 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed between 2305-2307 UTC, resulting in an outage of all ABI products. ABI 10-minutes Flex Mode (mode 6) will resume at 2310 UTC. The next Full Disk scan will populate at 2310 UTC.

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