Topic:  SARSAT Maryland 1 (MD1) Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  July 16, 2026, 0029Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: July 15, 2026, 2100Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

Length of Outage:  TBD

Details/Specifics:    Maryland 1 (MD1) GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD is not receiving pass solution data. The LUT vendor was notified.

Impact: There is no impact on distress alert detection/reporting timelines due to the redundancy of the SARSAT GEOLUT system.

Contact Information: USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 
301-817-4576

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