Topic: Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 52
Date/Time Issued: December 15, 2020 1540Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 17, 2020 1529Z (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 creation: | Tue Dec 15 08:55:18 UTC 2020
Message number: | 7482
Message creation: | Thu Dec 17 15:29:14 UTC 2020
Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5475
Rev: | 10
Start Time: | 2020-01-06 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-04-01 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. [Rev. 10] End date updated.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-27 12:17:02.0
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: | 6529
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2020-12-15 04:30:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-22 16:30:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-delayed
Detail: | McMurdo Black Island annual Maintenance. The enhanced timeliness achieved for Metop-B data through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA) system will be interrupted. Therefore only nominal Arctic timeliness will be available during the following periods: from 15 to 18 December 2020, daily between 04:30 and 16:30 UTC.(Rev:2) Update of the Event End time : from 21 to 22 December 2020, daily between 04:30 and 16:30 UTC.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 14:40:14.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B Multi-Metop Wind Products
Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6556
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-16 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-16 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | A new version (v2.9) of the EUMETSAT Data Tailor has been released. This new version offers the xRIT format customisation for the High Rate SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data Collection. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/release-new-version-eumetsat-data-tailor
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 14:24:48.0
Services: | Web Service
Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6552
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-21 14:17:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-21 14:23:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Gain Compression
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 11:43:05.0
Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-A ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A EARS-ASCAT ASCAT AHRPT Metop-A OSI SAF - Products
Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6554
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-21 18:30:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-24 05:00:00.0
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 21st December from 18:30 to 19:30UTC, from 20:15 to 21:15UTC and 22:00 to 23:00; on 22nd December from 01:30 to 02:30UTC; on 23rd December from 01:00 to 05:00, from 19:30 to 20:30UTC and 21:15 to 22:15UTC; on 24th December from 02:15 to 03:15UTC and 04:00 to 05:00UTC.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 12:09:25.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B Multi-Metop Wind Products
Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6549
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-22 08:13:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-22 08:20:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 11:04:09.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B
Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6553
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-22 08:13:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-22 09:56:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | TED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM TED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 11:46:41.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B
Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6547
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-22 08:40:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-22 08:47:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 11:02:13.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A
Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6546
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-22 09:05:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-22 09:08:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3B
Subsystem: | OLCI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-15 12:55:09.0
Services: | OLCI Level 1 Products - S3B OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3B
Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6548
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-22 09:07:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-22 09:14:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 11:03:21.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C
Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6550
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-25 11:18:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-25 11:18:00.0
Satellites: | Suomi NPP
Subject: | VIIRS Lunar Roll
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Lunar Calibration.The exact time will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 11:14:08.0
Services: | CrIS Level 1 - JPSS VIIRS EDR - JPSS ATMS Level 1 - JPSS EARS-VIIRS SNPP - JPSS Copernicus data
Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6551
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-25 12:09:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-25 12:09:00.0
Satellites: | NOAA-20
Subject: | VIIRS Lunar Roll
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Lunar Calibration.The exact time will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 11:42:01.0
Services: | SNPP - JPSS Copernicus data CrIS Level 1 - JPSS VIIRS EDR - JPSS ATMS Level 1 - JPSS
Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6555
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-19 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-19 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Enhanced Sea Surface Temperature and Radiative Flux products from OSI SAF to be available on EUMETCast. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/enhanced-osi-saf-sst-and-radiative-flux-products-be-available-soon
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-16 13:57:38.0
Services: | 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: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6533
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-21 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-21 17:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | no-impact
Detail: | Routine update of Metop-C IASI ground configuration files. The purpose is to update the scan mirror reflectivity coefficients. No impact on the data is expected.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-09 14:46:15.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-IASI
Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6480
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-02-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-02-01 09:00:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Detail: | From 01/02/2021, the EUMETCast Europe restoration (back-up) capacity will be migrated from EUTELSAT 21B to Hotbird 13. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/migration-eumetcast-europe-restoration-capacity-hotbird-13
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-26 11:53:37.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Europe
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
Name: | EUMETSAT
Address: | Eumetsat-Allee 1 D-64295 Darmstadt Germany
Telephone: | +49 6151 807 3660/3770
Fax: | +49 6151 807 3790
E-mail: | ops@eumetsat.int
Internet: | www.eumetsat.int
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