Topic: Preparation for Meteosat-11 Decontamination Procedure at NOAA/NESDIS

Date/Time Issued: January 17, 2019 1925 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: Meteosat-11 Data and Products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 18, 2019 1700 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: January 31, 2019 1700 UTC
Length of Event: 14 days
Details/Specifics of Change: From January 21 - 28, 2019, EUMETSAT plans to perform a decontamination of the Meteosat-11 (Prime satellite; 0 degrees longitude) SEVIRI instrument. Meteosat-11 data will be interrupted during this time period and Meteosat-9 data will be disseminated as a backup data source to the 0 degree mission. Meteosat-9 data will be available from EUMETSAT through 0900 UTC, February 4, 2019.
Since EUMETSAT's switch to Meteosat-9 will occur at 0900 UTC on a U.S. federal holiday, January 21, NOAA/NESDIS plans to switch its McIDAS operations to only Meteosat-9 data distribution (no Meteosat-11 data) effective 1700 UTC, January 18, 2019. The switch to exclusive Meteosat-9 data distribution at NOAA/NESDIS should not impact NOAA McIDAS users unless your data processing precisely keys on "Meteosat-11" or SSID "354."

Please inform NOAA if this would cause any issues for you at the time of the switch at 1700 UTC, January 18, 2019.

Point of Contact for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov; 301-817-3880
Web Site(s) for applicable information: https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4127087.html
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