Topic: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Maryland 2 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued: January 06, 2018 0122Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 06, 2018 0002Z

Date/Time of Expected End: TBD

Length of Outage: TBD

Details/Specifics of Change: Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD has stopped sending 406 alert data. The maintenance vendor has been contacted and has dispatched a technician to the site to investigate the problem.

Impact: Minor - Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness affected.

Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 301-817-4576

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

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