Update #1: Please note that S-NPP is the tertiary satellite with NOAA-21 and NOAA-20 providing the primary and secondary support for JPSS Product needs.
Topic: S-NPP SMD Data Delay
Date/Time Issued: September 25, 2026, 1525z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: All S-NPP SMD Data from missed FCDAS contacts
Date/Time of Initial Impact: September 25th, 2026 1226z (JDAY 268)
Date/Time of Expected End: September 25th, 2026 2235z (JDAY 268)
Length of Outage: 10 Hours, 8 minutes, 32 seconds
Details/Specifics of Change: Due to antenna resource allocation limitations, science data from the following S-NPP FCDAS contacts are expected to be delayed. We will attempt to recover as much data as possible:
JDAY 268
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