Topic: Metop-3 Data Loss

Date/Time Issued: August 9, 2026 1504Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Metop-3 (GDS FRAC)

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  August 8, 2026 2300Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  N/A

Length of Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:  ESPC is not receiving M3 data from Svalbard from 2300Z. A reship was attempted. Data is considered lost. This is an ongoing issue and is still being investigated.

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