Update #1 – Final Update: The LUT Vendor manually rebooted the Ground Station. The Ground Station is now operational.

Topic: SARSAT Guam 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued: March 28, 2020 2240Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 28, 2020 1900Z
Date/Time of Expected End: March 28, 2020 2148Z

Length of Outage: 2 hours, 48 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change: Guam 1 LEO Ground station in Andersen Air Force Base, Guam is not sending pass solution data.

Impact: Minor-Dual satellite tracking capability lost. Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness affected.
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