Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued: March 01,2018 1747Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 01, 2018 16:50:59 (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)

Date/Time of Expected End: See table in detail for on and off switch time

Length of Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:

Message number: | 4570
Message creation: | Thu Mar 01 16:50:59 UTC 2018

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3574
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-02-11 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-04-14 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | FY-2E
Subject: | eclipse-season
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | FY-2E image data at 17:30 UTC and 18:30 UTC may be unavailable or incomplete.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-15 13:03:43.0
Services: | FY-2 Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3575
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-02-15 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-04-14 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | FY-2G
Subject: | eclipse-season
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | FY2G image data at 16:00 UTC, 17:00 UTC, 17:30 UTC and 18:00 UTC may be unavailable or incomplete.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-15 13:07:11.0
Services: | FY-2 Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 3551
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-02-20 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-06 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-10, MET-11
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Parallel dissemination of Meteosat-11/Meteosat-10 data, with Meteosat-11 as prime 0° spacecraft. Meteosat-10 data will be distributed on EUMETSAT Data Channel 15 (PID: 500, Multicast address: 224.223.222.3) and will have "_PAR" (for "parallel") included in their filenames, e.g.: H-000-MSG3__-MSG3_PAR____-HRV______-000003___-201802072200-C_ . For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/TechnicalBulletins/Meteosat/index.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-08 09:24:18.0
Services: | 0° SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3576
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-02-22 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-04-16 10:00:00.0
Satellites: | GOES15
Subject: | eclipse-season
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | 09:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-15 13:33:47.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3584
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2018-02-23 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-07 12:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-10
Subject: | Sun-colinearity
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Sun Co-linearity. Repeat cycles 11:15 and 11:30 UTC may be affected.[Rev 2]: Updated End date and time.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-19 09:01:07.0
Services: | 0° SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3602
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-02-25 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-06 00:00:00.0
Subject: | Sun-interference
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Sun interference may affect the EUMETCast broadcast satellites. Users might experience lower signal margin or outages on EUMETCast. The exact times and durations of the signal degradation or outages depend on the reception location.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-21 14:23:11.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Europe EUMETCast-Africa

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3631
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-02 12:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-11 12:30:00.0
Satellites: | MET-11
Subject: | Sun-colinearity
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Sun Co-linearity. Repeat cycles 12:00 and 12:15 UTC may be affected.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 16:58:36.0
Services: | 0° SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3632
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-02 17:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-02 17:30:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Telephone system maintenance. All Telephones might not be available during the maintenance period. Eumetsat will be reachable only via the following Telephone numbers: Direct EPS: +49 (6151) 8704081. Direct MSG: +49 (6151) 8704131. Direct S3: +49 (6151) 3974840. Direct Security: +49 (6151) 8704066
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-03-01 09:22:59.0
Services: |

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3627
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-03 11:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-03 11:15:00.0
Satellites: | GOES16
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan. Risk of interruption to the ABI data distributed on EUMETCast.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 14:25:28.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3628
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-03 16:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-03 16:15:00.0
Satellites: | GOES16
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | GOES-16 ABI desert monitoring calibration scan. Risk of interruption to the ABI data distributed on EUMETCast.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 14:29:42.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3619
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-05 06:13:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-05 06:17:00.0
Satellites: | MET-9
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Relocation Stop Manoeuvre Burn 1 of 2. Users may experience degraded image quality and degraded meteorological product quality up to four hours after the burn.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 13:27:45.0
Services: | RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3625
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-05 14:36:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-05 14:42:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Gain Compression
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 14:00:50.0
Services: | ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B EARS-ASCAT ASCAT AHRPT Metop-B OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3620
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-05 18:11:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-05 18:15:00.0
Satellites: | MET-9
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Relocation Stop Manoeuvre Burn 2 of 2. Users may experience degraded image quality and degraded meteorological product quality up to four hours after the burn.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 13:30:51.0
Services: | RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3622
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-06 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-06 08:07:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 13:48:05.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3623
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-06 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-06 09:43:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | TED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM TED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 13:48:58.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3633
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-06 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-08 17:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Due to EARS Athens ground segment power maintenance there may be disruption to all Athens acquired EARS services during the indicated time period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-03-01 10:21:11.0
Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-AVHRR EARS-ASCAT EARS-IASI EARS-ATMS EARS-CrlS EARS-VIIRS EARS-NWC EARS-VASS

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3626
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-06 08:58:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-06 09:05:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 14:03:02.0
Services: | SEM AHRPT Metop-B SEM L0 - Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3621
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-06 12:45:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-06 13:05:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | GRAS parameter patch V1.11 upload.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 13:46:08.0
Services: | GRAS Level 1 - Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3629
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-06 13:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-06 16:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | McMurdo Comms link Maintenance. The enhanced timeliness achieved for Metop-B data through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA) system might be interrupted. Therefore only nominal Arctic timeliness might be available during this period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 14:37:25.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B Multi-Metop Wind Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3603
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-06 20:40:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-06 20:59:00.0
Satellites: | GOES15
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Thruster Flush Manoeuvre. Users may experience degraded image quality during 6 hours after the manoeuvre.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-22 11:06:01.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 3616
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-07 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-07 17:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Release of IASI Level 2 Product Processing Facility (PPF) 6.4, enhancing IASI L2 global and regional data. There will be an interruption to IASI L2 global data (both Metop-A and Metop-B) of up to two hours. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_3829049.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 11:11:44.0
Services: | IASI Sounding Products - Metop-A IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B EARS-IASI

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 3630
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-08 13:30:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-08 16:30:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Detail: | Release of a new version of the image processing software used for our online Real-Time Imagery. This release will bring improvements to the images available both on EUMETView and Real-Time Images. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_3834258.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 14:40:40.0
Services: | Web Service

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3624
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-11 05:12:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-11 09:12:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | External Calibration
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 13:51:34.0
Services: | IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B EARS-IASI IASI AHRPT Metop-B OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 3634
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-13 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-20 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-9, MET-10
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Parallel dissemination of Meteosat-9/Meteosat-10 RSS data, with Meteosat-9 as prime RSS spacecraft. Meteosat-10 RSS data will be distributed on EUMETSAT Data Channel 15 (PID: 500, Multicast address: 224.223.222.3) and will have "_PAR" (for "parallel") included in their filenames, e.g. H-000-MSG3__-MSG3_RSS_PAR-HRV______-000016___-201712211220-C_.Users wishing to receive the parallel Meteosat-10 RSS data stream should register with the EUMETSAT User Helpdesk (ops@eumetsat.int). For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/TechnicalBulletins/Meteosat/index.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-03-01 14:22:40.0
Services: | RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 3617
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-14 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-14 09:00:00.0
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | High-Resolution Mapping of Global Surface Water, generated by JRC, to be available on EUMETCast-Europe and EUMETCast-Africa. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_3830253.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 11:17:50.0
Services: | Misc

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 3618
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-14 12:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-14 12:00:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3A
Subject: | out-of-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | The exact times will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2018-02-28 12:01:45.0
Services: | OLCI Level 1 Products - S3A OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3A SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 3415
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-03-15 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-15 09:00:00.0
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | Release in March 2018 (exact date to be confirmed) of new CM SAF Interim Climate Data Records (ICDRs) of Fractional Cloud Cover and Surface Incoming Shortwave Radiation. These new ICDRs will replace the Environmental Data Records of these products currently available on EUMETCast. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_3752627.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2017-12-14 13:26:23.0
Services: | CM SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 2307
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2018-03-27 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-03-27 09:00:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Detail: | Discontinuation of the LRIT Direct Dissemination service from the Meteosat 0° satellite. For more details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: Date updated to 27/03/2018.
Url: | http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_3247528.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2016-10-20 08:09:10.0
Services: | MSG Direct Dissemination

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 3224
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2018-04-05 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2018-04-05 09:00:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Detail: | GRIB format of OSI SAF Global Sea Ice products to be discontinued. Users are encouraged to use the netCDF format of these products. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_3646431.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2017-09-28 08:17:44.0
Services: | OSI SAF - Products

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