Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 43 Issue 2 (Update of announcement 6290)
Date/Time Issued: October 20, 2020 0830Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 20, 2020 08:02:42 (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: | 7311
Message creation: | Tue Oct 20 08:02:42 UTC 2020

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5475
Rev: | 7
Start Time: | 2020-01-06 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-01 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.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-09-23 14:36:37.0
Services: | ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A ASCAT Soil Moisture - 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: | 1
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.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_5129085.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-08-05 14:18:56.0
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: | 6320
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-14 06:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-31 12:00:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-17
Subject: | instrument-special-operation
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | NOAA will conduct a GOES-West ABI Cooling Timeline test from 14 October to 31 October 2020, every day from 06:00 to 12:00 UTC. During this test phase, GOES-17 operations mode will change from MODE 6 to MODE 3, and this will affect the GOES-West ABI Level 1B data distribution on EUMETCast. For full details, see the URL provided below. Users wishing to receive the MODE 3 data should contact our User Helpdesk at ops@eumetsat.int.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4930965.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-07 13:15:34.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6332
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-14 07:58:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-23 09:50:00.0
Satellites: | NOAA-19
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Due to maintenance, there will be no support for NOAA-19 from the EUMETSAT Svalbard Ground Station. Therefore NOAA-19 data for the listed orbits will not be acquired at Svalbard and will be unavailable on EUMETCast.
Orbits: | 60218,60232,60246,60247,60260,60261,60289,60292,60306,60317,60320,60331,60345,60346
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-07 15:30:02.0
Services: | AVHRR Level 1 - NOAA ATOVS Sounding products - NOAA AMSU-A Level 1 - NOAA MHS Level 1 - NOAA HIRS Level 1 - NOAA

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6267
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-18 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | HRPT
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | HRPT switching zone update. Risk of interruption. An update of the Metop-A on-board HRPT switching zones timings will be performed to compensate for the zone drift in geolocation due to the spacecraft drifting orbit. This will result in a shift in HRPT switching zones by 6 degree eastward. HRPT users near the borders of switching zones may experience degradation in service availability for Metop-A HRPT.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-09-18 06:41:06.0
Services: |

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6356
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-19 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-22 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | GOME-2
Subject: | instrument-maintenance
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Metop-A Technology Test. During the indicated period, the temperature of the Metop-A GOME-2 FPA detectors will be lowered by 2 degrees. Data disruptions are not expected but possible.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 14:40:01.0
Services: | GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-A GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A AC SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6354
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-19 07:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-20 15:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Svalbard EARS Core Station Upgrade Activities. There may be disruption to all imager based services. The maintenance window is daily between 07:00 and 15:00 UTC
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 13:55:40.0
Services: | EARS-AVHRR EARS-ATOVS EARS-ASCAT EARS-CrlS EARS-ATMS EARS-VIIRS EARS-IASI EARS-NWC EARS-VASS EARS-MERSI

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6353
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-19 14:47:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-19 14:54:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Gain Compression
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 13:49:00.0
Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-ASCAT ASCAT AHRPT Metop-C OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6349
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-20 08:16:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-20 08:23:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 13:43:17.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6348
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-20 08:43:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-20 08:50:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 13:37:12.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6351
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-20 09:10:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-20 09:17:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 13:46:18.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6352
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-20 09:10:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-20 10:53:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | TED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM TED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 13:47:19.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6347
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-20 12:13:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-20 12:14:00.0
Satellites: | MET-8
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Attitude Slew Manoeuvre. Users may experience degraded image quality and degraded meteorological product quality up to a few hours after the manoeuvre.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 13:33:49.0
Services: | IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6290
Rev: | 3
Start Time: | 2020-10-20 13:20:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-20 14:26:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-maintenance
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | IASI EEPROM Patch. Exact time will be announced closer to the event. [Rev. 2] Correction. The patch will be on Metop-B. [Rev. 3] Update of the Event Start time and the Event End time.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-20 07:32:26.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-B EARS-IASI IASI AHRPT Metop-B OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6355
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-20 22:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-21 04:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Kangerlussuaq EARS Core station Data line maintenance. There may be disruption to all imager based services.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 13:56:51.0
Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-AVHRR EARS-ASCAT EARS-IASI EARS-ATMS EARS-CrlS EARS-VIIRS EARS-NWC EARS-VASS EARS-MERSI

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6357
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-21 05:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-22 06:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Data link maintenance. The service may be interrupted during the following periods: On 21 Oct 2020 between 05:00 and 06:00 UTC and between 16:00 and 18:00 UTC, followed by another maintenance on 22 October 2020 between 05:00 and 06:00 UTC.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 15:09:43.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Terrestrial

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6034
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2020-10-21 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-21 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | A sub-set of Meteosat SEVIRI Level 2 products are planned to be discontinued on 7 October 2020. The products are: Cloud Analysis, Cloud Analysis Image, Divergence, Normalised Difference Vegetation Index / Normalised Difference Vegetation Index Decadal and Tropospheric Humidity. Please see the URL provided below. [REV2] Date c hanged to 21/10/2020
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_5079174.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-09-29 08:23:39.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6350
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-23 05:12:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-23 09:12:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | External Calibration
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 13:44:42.0
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: | 6292
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-26 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-26 09:00:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Detail: | From 26 October 2020, the AC SAF product ordering service through the EUMETSAT Data Centre will be discontinued. After that date, offline ordering of AC SAF products will only be possible via dedicated ordering services hosted by FMI and DLR. Links to these ordering services will be listed in the EUMETSAT Product Navigator (https://navigator.eumetsat.int) catalogue.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-09-24 10:11:33.0
Services: | AC SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6358
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-10-27 11:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-27 12:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | To support users of our new pilot data services, we have arranged a series of Q&A Drop-ins providing answers to questions relating to the Data Tailor, EUMETSAT Data Store and EUMETView. The next in the series is on our new pilot EUMETSAT Data Store service which incorporates a download and data customization service. For further details on the Q&A session and information on how to register, see the link below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_5236452.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-15 11:35:26.0
Services: | Web Service

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6223
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2020-10-29 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-10-29 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | The Jason-3 altimeter products generated by EUMETSAT will be updated to the new GDR-F standard at the end of October 2020 (exact date to be communicated in due course). For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2] Date changed
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_5173173.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-14 15:32:01.0
Services: | Jason-3 OGDR

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6314
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-02 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-02 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Change to DCP messages from the Public DCP Service: The DCP Service header coding will be updated to increase the total number of Bytes of the DCP Service header from 86 to 88 Bytes. The change has been implemented on the validation environment of the Public DCP Service to allow users to test their systems prior to the operational change. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_5227806.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-10-02 07:23:45.0
Services: |

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5159
Rev: | 3
Start Time: | 2021-01-14 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2021-01-14 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.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4593260.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-09-17 14:09:56.0
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: | 1
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.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_5184373.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-09-16 16:21:45.0
Services: | OLCI Level 1 Products - S3A OLCI Level 1 Products - S3B

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