Topic: GOES-16 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scans scheduled for November 18 and 21, 2018

Date/Time Issued: November 14, 2018 2040 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 ABI MESO-2 outages

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 18, 2018 M-B1229 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: November 21, 2018 1554 UTC

Length of Outage: M-BApproximately 2 minutes for each event

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Details/Specifics of Change:

Four, very short, GOES-16 routine calibration scans for lunar trending will be performed on November 18 and 21, 2018 resulting in an outage of ABI MESO-2 products for about 2 minutes for each event. ABI MESO-1 will still be available during this time. The schedule is below.

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November 18, 2018 M-B1229-1231 UTC and 1353-1355 UTC

November 21, 2018 M-B1506-1508 UTC and 1552-1554 UTC

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