Topic: Planned data delay for Metop-A and Metop-B

Date/Time Issued: March 14, 2018, 2016Z

Satellite(s) Involved: Metop-A, Metop-B

Instrument(s) Involved: All Instruments

Product(s) Involved/Affected: All products

Date/Time of Initial Implementation: March 15, 2018, 1400Z

Date/Time of Expected End: March 15, 2018, 1700Z

Length of Outage: 3 hours

Details/Specifics of Change:
AT&T will be doing an intrusive test on the DS3 line for three hours for troubleshooting. Metop data will be collected on the Communications Element Server and be sent to ESPC afterwards. The following table lists the delayed satellites and the relevant orbits.

Satellite Orbit Action

M01 28482 Delayed

M01 28483 Delayed

M01 28484 Delayed

M02 59169 Delayed

M02 59170 Delayed

M02 59171 Delayed

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880
Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A
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