Topic: SARSAT Guam 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued: January 06, 2018 0311Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 06, 2018 0049Z

Date/Time of Expected End:January 06, 2018 0212Z

Length of Outage: 1 hours and 23 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change: Guam 1 LEO Ground Station at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam stopped receiving solution data at 0049Z. The LUT Vendor concluded that the Front Processor (FP) did not startup properly after the initial cold reboot. The Vendor manually restarted the FP and service returned to normal at 0212Z.

Impact:Minor-Dual satellite tracking capability lost. Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness affected.

Contact Information for Further Information:USMCC Operationsusmcc@noaa.govat
301-817-4576

Web Site(s) for applicable information:N/A

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