Topic: Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 49 Issue 3 (Announcements:. Addition of 6484)
Date/Time Issued: November 30, 2020 1519Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 30, 2020 1501Z (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: | 7423
Message creation: | Mon Nov 30 15:01:25 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: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6485
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-18 12:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-23 11:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | The product times of the Meteosat AMV BUFR products changed recently to better reflect the true observation times. The change took place on 18/11/2020 for Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-10 AMVs, and on 23/11/2020 for Meteosat-11 AMVs. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/change-meteosat-atmospheric-motion-vector-amv-bufr-products
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-30 13:02:40.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6478
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-30 02:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-01 06:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-delayed
Detail: | McMurdo Black Island 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 this period. The maintenance period is on 30 November and 01 December 2020, both days between 02:00 and 06:00 UTC.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-26 15:51:49.0
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 GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B IASI 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: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6482
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-11-30 08:30:00.0
End Time: | 2020-11-30 09:30:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-delay
Detail: | Data Link Maintenance in CMS Lannion. OSI SAF products might be delayed in the maintenance period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-27 12:11:10.0
Services: | OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6477
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-01 08:01:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-01 08:08:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-25 14:52:14.0
Services: | SEM AHRPT Metop-C SEM L0 - Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6476
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-01 08:48:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-01 08:55:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-25 14:50:38.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6474
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-01 09:15:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-01 09:22:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-25 14:46:50.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6473
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-02 07:42:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-02 07:53:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3A
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Reduced data quality for SRAL should be expected for data sensed during this period. Reduced data quality for SLSTR can be expected from 07:42 to approximately 09:47
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-25 16:02:07.0
Services: | SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3A SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6457
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-02 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-02 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Deployment of a new Processing Baseline, PB 2.72, for SRAL L1. This minor PB of Baseline Collection 004 mainly fixes an issue in the L1A product with the CAL2 variable. Details about this and other minor anomalies fixed with this new version of the processor are provided in the Product Notice that will soon be available on the Sentinel-3 Altimetry web page: sral.eumetsat.int.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-18 10:01:34.0
Services: | SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 6458
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-02 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-02 09:00:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Detail: | Two Line Elements (TLEs) for the Metop, NOAA and SNPP satellites are currently available on the EUMETSAT website at: http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/metopTLEs/html/index.htm. They are now being migrated to a new web server: https://service.eumetsat.int/tle. The TLEs will be available in parallel on the old and the new web servers from 19/11 to 02/12/2020. From 02/12/2020, they will only be available on the new web server. A redirect from the old URL to the new URL will be in place between 02/12 and 18/12/20. Users are encouraged to update their bookmarks.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-18 10:51:31.0
Services: | Web Service

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: | 6479
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-02 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-02 17:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-8, MET-10, MET-11
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Software patch. Product generation will be interrupted for about one hour for each mission during the maintenance period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-26 07:59:21.0
Services: | RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6475
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-03 04:50:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-03 08:50:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | External Calibration
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-25 14:48:11.0
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: | 6472
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-04 20:21:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-04 20:23:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3A
Subsystem: | SRAL
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-25 12:31:32.0
Services: | SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A

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: | 6484
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-08 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-08 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Release of a new Processing Baseline, i2r71-MARINE, for the Sentinel-3 SLSTR SST products. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-sentinel-3-slstr-processing-baseline-released-soon
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-30 12:55:13.0
Services: | SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3B SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6466
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2020-12-09 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-09 17:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A,Metop-B,Metop-C
Subsystem: | GRAS
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | A new release of the software that prepares the RSN (Radio occultation Support Network) data required for the GRAS Level 1 processing. This release contains bug fixes and general improvements in the RSN data. There is a small risk of an interruption in the GRAS data processing. [Rev. 2] Date updated.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-26 08:03:51.0
Services: | GRAS Level 1 - Metop-A GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B GRAS Level 1 - Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 6467
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-12-09 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-12-14 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-decontamination
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | 200K IASI decontamination including new TOP upload. New CS coding table will be uploaded for the Moon Acquisition. The reduced spectra will be also updated. Interruptions will be observed during the activity. The exact time will be announced closer to the event.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2020-11-18 16:16:28.0
Services: | IASI Sounding products- Metop-C IASI Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-IASI IASI AHRPT Metop-C

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: | 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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