Topic: Week 47 Issue 2 (Update of announcements containing a URL to reflect new URLs following the launch of the new EUMETSAT website today)
Date/Time Issued: November 16, 2020 0950Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 16, 2020 0914Z (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: | 7391
Message creation: | Mon Nov 16 09:14:25 UTC 2020

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5475
Rev: | 9
Start Time: | 2020-01-06 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-02-01 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Calibrations to support transponder test. Outages of products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey. [Rev. 2] End date updated. [Rev. 3] End date updated to 19th April 2020.[Rev. 4] End date updated. [Rev. 5] End date updated. [Rev. 6] End date updated. [Rev 7] End date updated. [Rev 8] End date updated. [Rev 9] End date updated.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-04 13:42:16.0
Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-A ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5596
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-01-29 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-12-31 23:59:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | HRPT
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | HRPT switching zone drift. Risk of interruption. The Metop-A satellite is currently in drifting orbit. As a consequence the geographical zones, defined to control the switching times of the satellite HRPT system, are drifting westwards at a rate of 0.02 degree per day. Users near the borders of switching zones might experience small changes in their acquisition times of the HRPT signal. On-board timings will be updated approximately every 8 months to compensate for the drift geolocation. A dedicated announcement will be issued in advance of each of these updates.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-02-03 10:12:03.0
Services: | A-DCS AHRPT Metop-A ASCAT AHRPT Metop-A AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-A AVHRR AHRPT Metop-A IASI AHRPT Metop-A HIRS AHRPT Metop-A GRAS AHRPT Metop-A MHS AHRPT Metop-A GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6159
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2020-08-05 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-08-05 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Tellicast client software release 2.14.6 is now available for Windows and Linux. For details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: URL updated, following the launch of the new EUMETSAT website on 16 November 2020.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-tellicast-client-software-packages
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-16 08:33:06.0
Services: |

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6259
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-09-15 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-05-15 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | NOAA-15,NOAA-19
Subsystem: | AVHRR
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) engineers will activate switching for NOAA-15 and NOAA-19 AVHRR Channel 3A / 3B for the period of 15 September 2020 to 14 May 2021. Switching to Channel 3A will occur during this period over the predefined box encompassing the Alaska Region (box coordinates 50°N to 75°N and 173°E to 135°W). NOAA-15 and NOAA-19 AVHRR will switch between Channel 3B and Channel 3A to support snow and ice detection and monitoring activities over Alaska Region. For more details please refer to the URL link below.
Url: | https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/messages/2020/MSG258010404.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-09-15 10:11:37.0
Services: | AVHRR Level 1 - NOAA EARS-AVHRR

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6432
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-15 11:05:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-15 12:18:00.0
Satellites: | MET-8
Subject: | lunar-eclipse
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Moon Eclipse. 10:30 to 13:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 14:21:37.0
Services: | IODC SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6433
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-15 15:36:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-15 17:10:00.0
Satellites: | MET-10
Subject: | lunar-eclipse
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Moon Eclipse. 15:00 to 17:45 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 14:20:46.0
Services: | RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6438
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-16 15:08:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-17 15:15:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Gain Compression
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 14:37:23.0
Services: | ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C EARS-ASCAT ASCAT AHRPT Metop-C OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6445
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-16 19:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-20 03:30:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-delayed
Detail: | McMurdo MG1 antenna annual 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 the following periods (all dates refer to 2020): on 16 November from 19:00 to 20:00 UTC,from 20:45 to 21:45 UTC and 22:15 to 23:15; on 17 November from 00:00 to 04:00 UTC with a certainty that timeliness wil be high; on 18 November from 03:15 to 04:15 UTC, from 20:00 to 21:00 UTC and from 21:45 to 22:45 UTC. Also on 19 November from 21:15 to 22:15 and from 23:00 to 00:00 UTC. Last one is on 20 November from 02:30 to 03:30 UTC.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 15:36:50.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B MHS 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 IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B Multi-Metop Wind Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6435
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-17 08:38:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-17 08:45:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 14:30:48.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6436
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-17 08:38:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-17 10:21:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | TED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM TED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 14:31:45.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6396
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-17 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-17 17:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-11
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Release of new software. This will only affect the parallel dissemination on the GTS of Meteosat-11 new AMV BUFR format products (risk of interruption) (see related announcement #5159). Meteorological products from the Prime Meteosat 0° Mission will not be affected.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-29 07:54:41.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6434
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-17 09:04:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-17 09:11:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 14:29:45.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6437
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-17 09:31:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-17 09:38:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 14:32:33.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6441
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-17 22:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-18 02:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | EARS Moscow Contributing Station Data line Maintenance. There is potential interruption to product generation from Moscow station during the indicated time period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 14:57:20.0
Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-NWC EARS-IASI EARS-AVHRR EARS-ATMS EARS-CrlS

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6447
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-17 22:30:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-18 00:30:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-17
Subject: | instrument-special-operation
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | NOAA will conduct a GOES-West ABI Encoder and FTE Calibration from 17 November 22:30 to 18 November 2020 00:30 UTC. ABI outage will be observed on 17 November from 22:30 to 23:00 and on 18 November from 00:00 to 00:30 UTC. Degraded products will be observed on 17 November from 23:00 to 00:00 UTC.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 16:22:53.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6377
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2020-11-18 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-18 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Upgrade to EUMETSAT’s Geostationary meteorological products for nowcasting applications. An associated risk of outage of up to 6 hours on 18 November 2020 can be expected. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: URL updated, following the launch of the new EUMETSAT website on 16 November 2020.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/upgrade-eumetsats-geostationary-meteorological-products-nowcasting-applications
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-16 08:34:29.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6394
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-18 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-18 17:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-8,MET-10
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Release of new software. Products generation will be interrupted for around one hour for each mission during the maintenance period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-29 15:56:09.0
Services: | RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6423
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2020-11-19 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-19 09:00:00.0
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | New OSI SAF North Atlantic Regional Sea Surface Temperature to be available on EUMETCast. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: URL updated, following the launch of the new EUMETSAT website on 16 November 2020.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-osi-saf-sea-surface-temperature-product
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-16 08:41:43.0
Services: | OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6428
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-19 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-19 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Discontinuation of OSI SAF North Atlantic Regional Sea Surface Temperature (NAR SST) product based on SNPP input data (Product ID: OSI-202-b). The product will be replaced by OSI-202-c which is the new NAR SST product based on NOAA-20 input data. See related UNS message #6423.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-09 10:18:51.0
Services: | OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6395
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-19 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-19 17:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-11
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Release of new software. Products generation will be interrupted for around one hour during the maintenance period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-29 07:53:35.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6443
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-19 17:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-19 19:00:00.0
Subject: | EUMETCast maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Interruptions can be expected during the indicated time period
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 15:09:48.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Terrestrial

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6442
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-19 22:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-20 02:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | EARS Moscow Contributing Station Data line Maintenance. There is potential interruption to product generation from Moscow station during the indicated time period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 15:38:51.0
Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-AVHRR EARS-IASI EARS-ATMS EARS-CrlS EARS-NWC

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6444
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-20 06:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-20 07:00:00.0
Subject: | EUMETCast maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Interruptions can be expected during the indicated time period
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 15:10:30.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Terrestrial

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6439
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-21 05:12:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-21 09:12:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | External Calibration
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-11 14:45:07.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B IASI AHRPT Metop-B EARS-IASI OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6446
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2020-11-26 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-26 09:00:00.0
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | New Metop-C GOME-2 products from AC SAF to be available on EUMETCast: NRT GOME-2 vertical ozone profiles, Absorbing Aerosol Index from the PMD's, and Absorbing Aerosol Height. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: URL updated, following the launch of the new EUMETSAT website on 16 November 2020.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-ac-saf-metop-c-gome-2-products-available-soon
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-16 08:46:35.0
Services: | AC SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6424
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2020-12-02 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-02 11:00:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Detail: | The Public DCP Service provided by EUMETSAT will be migrated to a new platform on 2 December 2020. This migration will involve URL and password changes. For full details, see the URL provided below. There will be a risk of disruption to the service during the indicated time period. [Rev. 2]: URL updated, following the launch of the new EUMETSAT website on 16 November 2020.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-public-dcp-service-platform
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-16 08:43:02.0
Services: | Web Service

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6440
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-08 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-08 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | IASI TOP upload (on-board processing update). Users should expect an instrument outage of around 50 minutes at some point during this period. New CS coding table will be uploaded for the Moon Acquisition. The reduced spectra will be also updated. The exact time will be announced closer to the event.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-12 15:52:38.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B EARS-IASI IASI AHRPT Metop-B OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5159
Rev: | 6
Start Time: | 2021-01-20 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-20 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | A new BUFR encoding sequence will be introduced in June 2020 for all EUMETSAT’s wind products. For full details and sample files, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: Date changed to 7 October 2020. To facilitate user transition, AMV products encoded in the new BUFR sequence will be distributed on the GTS in parallel to the currently operational AMV products, from 15 July until 6 October 2020. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 3]: Date changed to mid-January 2021. Exact date will be announced in due course. Periods of parallel dissemination on the GTS have also been updated. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 4]: Dates of parallel dissemination on the GTS have been updated for the AMV products from Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-11. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 5]: Date updated to 20 January 2021. [Rev. 6]: URL updated, following the launch of the new EUMETSAT website on 16 November 2020.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-bufr-wind-products
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-16 08:36:06.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-A AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B AVHRR Polar winds - Metop-C Multi-Metop Wind Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6269
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2021-07-29 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-07-29 09:00:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Detail: | Sentinel-3 OLCI Level-1 Full Resolution Near Real Time data will be removed from EUMETCast Satellite on 29 July 2021. Alternative services to access these data are available. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: URL updated, following the launch of the new EUMETSAT website on 16 November 2020.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/S3-olci-l1-nrt-on-eumetcast-satellite-removed
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-16 08:37:15.0
Services: | OLCI Level 1 Products - S3A OLCI Level 1 Products - S3B

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