TOPIC: SOLAR-1 Planned Outage /SWiPS Quarterly In-Flight Calibration

Date/Time Issued: July 27, 2026 1852Z


Product(s) or Data Impacted: SWiPS Data


Date/Time of Initial Impact:  July 28, 2026 at 2000z (209)

Date/Time of Expected End: July 28, 2026 at 2109z 
(209)

Length of Event: ~69 minutes


Details/Specifics: The SWiPS In-Flight Calibration will be performed tomorrow, July 28, from 2000z to 2109z. This is a recurring calibration performed quarterly until the End Of Life (EOL) of the instrument. This may result in a data outage during the calibration period.  Any missed data will likely be recovered by the 1545z playback activity the following day.


Contact for Further Information: nesdis.ospo.solar.engineers@noaa.gov, or goes-r.product.engineering.group@noaa.gov during normal business hours


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