Update #1 - Power has been restored to Alaska 1 and 2 LEO Ground Stations in Fairbanks, AK. They are not fully operational yet due an ACU initialization issue. The maintenance vendor is working to resolve the issue.
Topic: M-B SARSAT Alaska 1 and 2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Stations OfflineM-BM-B
Date/Time Issued: M-B December 19, 2019 1548Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: M-BSARSAT alert data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: M-B December 18, 2019 2031ZM-BM-B
Date/Time of Expected End: M-BTBD
Length of Outage: M-BTBD
Details/Specifics of Change: M-BAlaska 1 and 2 M-BLEO Ground Stations in Fairbanks, AKM-B are experiencing an unplanned power outage and areM-Bnot receiving pass solution data.M-BM-B
Impact:M-BMedium-Missed passvulnerability to other Ground Station sites being down significantly increased. Distress alert detection/reporting may be delayed.
Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at
301-817-4576
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