Topic: Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 53/2020 and 01/2021
Date/Time Issued: December 25, 2020 1642Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 23, 2020 1602Z (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: | 7490
Message creation: | Wed Dec 23 16:02:41 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: | 6569
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-28 05:12:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-28 09:12:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | External Calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 13:59:00.0
Services: | IASI Sounding products- Metop-C IASI Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-IASI IASI AHRPT Metop-C OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6560
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-28 20:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-28 20:10:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-17
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Detail: | A GOES-17 ABI routine desert monitoring calibration scan is planned on 28 December 2020 at the indicated times. As a result, no ABI data will be available from 20:00 to 20:05 UTC. From 20:05 to 20:10 UTC, GOES-17 ABI will operate in Continuous Full Disk Mode (mode 4) instead of 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6). Filenames will change to reflect the mode 4 operations, e.g.: OR_ABI-L1b-RadF-M4C01_G17_s20203632005[SSS]_e20203632010[SSS]_c202035016[mmssSSS]-118900_0.nc. ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (Mode 6) will resume at 20:10 UTC
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 07:34:02.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6559
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-29 03:10:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-29 03:20:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-17
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Detail: | A GOES-17 ABI solar calibration scan is planned on 29 December 2020 at the indicated times. >From 03:10 to 03:15 UTC, GOES-17 ABI will operate in Continuous Full Disk Mode (mode 4) instead of 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6). Filenames will change to reflect the mode 4 operations, e.g.: OR_ABI-L1b-RadF-M4C01_G17_s2020640310[SSS]_e20203640315[SSS]_c202036420[mmssSSS]-118900_0.nc. From 03:15 to 03:20 UTC, no ABI data will be available. ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (Mode 6) will resume at 03:20 UTC.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 07:30:44.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6567
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-29 08:22:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-29 08:29:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 13:56:24.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6568
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-29 08:22:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-29 10:05:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | TED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM TED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 13:57:12.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6565
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-29 09:09:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-29 09:16:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 13:52:59.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6563
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-29 09:36:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-29 09:43:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 13:50:33.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6564
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-01 04:50:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-01 08:50:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | External Calibration
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 13:52:15.0
Services: | IASI Sounding Products - Metop-A IASI Level 1 - Metop-A EARS-IASI IASI AHRPT Metop-A OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6570
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-03 00:49:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-03 18:28:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | External Calibration. Moon Intrusion.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 14:04:46.0
Services: | IASI Sounding products- Metop-C IASI Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-IASI IASI AHRPT Metop-C OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6566
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-03 01:39:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-03 17:34:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | External Calibration. Moon Intrusion.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 14:05:09.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B EARS-IASI IASI AHRPT Metop-B OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6577
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-04 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-04 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Gain Compression. The exact time will be announced closer to the event.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 14:28:19.0
Services: | ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B EARS-ASCAT ASCAT AHRPT Metop-B OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6573
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-05 08:24:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-05 08:31:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 14:23:52.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6571
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-05 08:50:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-05 08:57:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 14:22:13.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6562
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-05 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-07 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-10
Subject: | monthly-RSS-interruption
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Monthly interruption. Meteosat-10 Rapid Scanning Service (RSS) will be suspended for scheduled Full Earth Scanning and Ground Segment Maintenance. Meteosat-9 RSS image data, rectified to 9.5 deg E, replaces the Meteosat-10 service. The RSS meteorological product service is not available during this timeframe. An outage of 15 minutes (or slightly more) can be expected when switching to and from Meteosat-9.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 13:35:36.0
Services: | RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6575
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-05 09:18:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-05 09:25:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 14:25:27.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6572
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-07 18:17:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-07 19:16:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | GOME-2
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). The AC SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 14:23:16.0
Services: | GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-A AC SAF - Products GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6576
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-07 19:15:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-07 20:14:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | GOME-2
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). The AC SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 14:26:18.0
Services: | GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-C AC SAF - Products GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6574
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-07 19:44:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-07 20:43:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | GOME-2
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). The AC SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 14:24:37.0
Services: | GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B AC SAF - Products GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6561
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-12 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-12 17:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A,Metop-B,Metop-C
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | The software maintenance does neither include any changes in the scientific algorithms, nor in the product formats. There will be an interruption in the product generation of up to 2 hours, affecting the IASI Level-1 and Level-2 products for each Metop spacecraft.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-12-23 13:37:27.0
Services: | IASI Sounding Products - Metop-A IASI Level 1 - Metop-A IASI Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B IASI Sounding products- Metop-C IASI Level 1 - Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6532
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2021-01-14 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-14 17:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | no-impact
Detail: | Routine update of Metop-B 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 14:46:36.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-B EARS-IASI

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

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