Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 50 Issue 2 (Addition of Announcement 8984)

Date/Time Issued: December 09, 2022 1633Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 09, 2022 1529Z

Date/Time of Expected End: See list Below
Details/Specifics of Change:

Message number: | 10104
Message creation: | Fri Dec 09 15:29:20 UTC 2022

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7582
Rev: | 9
Start Time: | 2021-12-07 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-30 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Event End date updated.
Revision History: | [Original] Calibrations to support transponder test.. Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey. [Rev. 2] Event End date updated. [Rev. 3] Event End date updated. [Rev.4] Event End date updated. [Rev.5] Event End date updated [Rev.6] Event End date updated [Rev.7] Event End date updated [Rev.8] Event End date updated.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-11-24 11:03:22.0
Services: | ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8444
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-07-28 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-04 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | End time changed from 3 January to 4 January 2023.
Revision History: | [Original] GOES-18 ABI L1b data will be distributed in parallel to GOES-17 ABI L1b data from 28 July 2022 to 3 January 2023. Users wishing to receive the parallel GOES-18 ABI L1b data stream should contact our User Service Helpdesk (ops@eumetsat.int). For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/parallel-dissemination-goes-18-abi-data
Issue Time: | 2022-11-16 16:10:19.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8838
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-11-21 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-19 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-10
Subject: | yearly-RSS-interruption
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Yearly interruption. Meteosat-10 Rapid Scanning Service (RSS) will be suspended for scheduled Full Earth Scanning and Ground Segment Maintenance.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-11-03 10:05:43.0
Services: | RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8984
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2022-12-05 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-12 15:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Additional maintenance window between 08:00-15:00UTC on December 12th has been added. Event End has been updated to reflect this.
Revision History: | [Original] EARS MEOS V 5.3 Software Upgrade at the following location: Lannion. There may be disruption to the listed EUMETSAT based services. [Rev.1] Activity postponed to indicated time. Users should be aware that the maintenance activities will take place daily between the 5th and 7th of December 08:00-11:00z.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-09 15:25:38.0
Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-AVHRR EARS-MWRI EARS-ASCAT EARS-IASI EARS-ATMS EARS-CrlS EARS-VIIRS EARS-VASS EARS-NWC EARS-MERSI

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 9085
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-07 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-07 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Release of a new version of EPS-SG IASI-NG L1C, L1D and L2 test datasets (version 2.1). For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-version-eps-sg-iasi-ng-l1c-l1d-l2-test-data
Issue Time: | 2022-12-07 17:01:59.0
Services: |

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9084
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-12 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-13 23:59:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-delay
Detail: | McMurdo MG1 monthly Maintenance. The enhanced timeliness achieved for Metop-B data through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA) system may be interrupted. Therefore only nominal Arctic timeliness may be available during this period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-07 15:44:26.0
Services: | AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B SEM L0 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B Multi-Metop Wind Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8987
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-12 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-12 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Release of new Processing Baselines for Sentinel-3 SLSTR Level 1 (SL__L1_.004.05.00) and SLSTR L2 SST products (SL__SST.003.07.00). For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-sentinel-3-slstr-level-1-and-level-2-sst-processing-baselines-released-soon
Issue Time: | 2022-11-24 13:43:04.0
Services: | SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3A SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3B SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9081
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-12 14:26:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-12 14:32:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Gain Compression
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-07 15:05:41.0
Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-ASCAT ASCAT AHRPT Metop-C OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8752
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-12-13 05:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-13 23:59:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Start time changed to 05:00 UTC on 13 December 2022. There will be a risk of data outage all day on that day.
Revision History: | [Original] Himawari-9 AHI data to replace Himawari-8 AHI data. For full details, see the URL provided below. There will be a risk of data outage from 09:00 to 11:00 UTC on the day of the switch to Himawari-9.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/himawari-9-data-replace-himawari-8-data-soon
Issue Time: | 2022-11-24 13:31:13.0
Services: | Himawari Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9080
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-13 08:49:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-13 08:56:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-07 15:14:12.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9087
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-13 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-13 09:30:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | EARS Dorval Node (Gander & Edmonton Contributing stations) PCCW Data Line Maintenance. A 15 minute disruption within the specified period to the listed EUMETSAT based services is expected.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-08 09:30:17.0
Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-AVHRR EARS-MWRI EARS-ATMS EARS-ASCAT EARS-IASI EARS-CrlS EARS-VIIRS EARS-NWC EARS-MERSI EARS-VASS

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9079
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-13 09:37:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-13 09:44:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-07 15:14:03.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9083
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-13 18:23:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-13 18:24:00.0
Satellites: | Jason-3
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Station keeping manoeuvre. The change in semi-major axis will be announced closer to the manoeuvre. OGDR products may be degraded 30 minutes before and up to 2 hours after the manoeuvre. This will affect the sea surface height, but not the wind and wave content in the products.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-08 15:40:12.0
Services: | Jason-3 OGDR

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 9057
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-14 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-14 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | NOAA NDE System upgrade, affecting products from GOES-16, GOES-17, SNPP and NOAA-20. For full details and sample files, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/noaa-nde-system-upgrade
Issue Time: | 2022-11-30 15:57:24.0
Services: | SNPP - JPSS Copernicus data GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9082
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-15 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-15 10:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-unavailable
Detail: | Planned maintenance activity on Data Store and Data Tailor. Services may become temporarily unavailable during the maintenance period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-07 15:20:00.0
Services: | Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8880
Rev: | 3
Start Time: | 2022-12-15 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-15 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | The update of the ASCAT regional wind products needs to be postponed again due to unforeseen issues. A new date will be announced soon.
Revision History: | [Original] Release of a new version of ASCAT Level 1 PPF (Product Processing Facility), v11.3. For full details and test data, see the URL provided below. [Rev.1] The update of the ASCAT regional wind products is being deferred to a later date (to be announced soon). [Rev.2] The update of the ASCAT regional wind products will take place on 1 December 2022.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/update-ascat-level-1-processing
Issue Time: | 2022-12-01 13:01:57.0
Services: | ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-ASCAT OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8980
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-15 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-15 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | SNPP and NOAA-20 CrIS Sensor Data Records (SDRs) will undergo a version change. For full details and sample files, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/snpp-and-noaa-20-cris-sdrs-version-change
Issue Time: | 2022-11-23 14:29:41.0
Services: | CrlS Level 1 - Suomi-NPP CrIS Level 1 - JPSS

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8982
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-15 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-15 09:00:00.0
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | Release of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich L3 Non-Time Critical (NTC) products. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/release-sentinel-6-l2p-and-l3-ntc-products
Issue Time: | 2022-11-23 14:37:00.0
Services: |

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8865
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-15 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-15 18:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | The uplink service for EUMETCast Europe will be handed over to a new provider on 15 December 2022. This should be transparent to users and no change on user side is required. However, an interruption to the service is to be expected during the handover process. From 2 to 15 December, users can test their reception by receiving the EUMETCast Europe traffic from Hotbird-13C, EUMETCast Europe backup satellite. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-uplink-service-eumetcast-europe
Issue Time: | 2022-11-09 16:00:02.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Europe

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7329
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2022-12-23 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-23 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | The transponder migration for the EUMETCast Europe High Volume Service will include a parallel downlink period where the old and new transponders will be used from 24 November to 23 December 2022. The service on the old transponder will stop on 23 December 2022.
Revision History: | [Rev.1] Transponder migration for the EUMETCast Europe High Volume Service planned for Q3 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/eumetcast-europe-service-transponder-migration
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-12 11:44:14.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Europe

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8919
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2023-01-04 18:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-04 18:00:00.0
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | Change of time to 18:00 UTC on 4 January 2023, as announced by NOAA.
Revision History: | [Original] GOES-18 to become the operational GOES-West satellite on 4 January 2023. From this date, GOES-18 data streams will replace GOES-17 data streams on EUMETCast. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/goes-18-transition-operations
Issue Time: | 2022-11-24 15:51:43.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8979
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2023-01-19 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-19 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | The release is deferred to 19 January 2023.
Revision History: | [Original] Release of a new processor version for Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Radio Occultation Non Time Critical (NTC) data, RO-NTC v3.7. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-processor-version-sentinel-6-radio-occultation-data-dec2022
Issue Time: | 2022-12-06 15:12:24.0
Services: | NTC Radio Occultation RO L1B Products - S6A

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 9086
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2023-01-26 13:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-26 14:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | As part of a series of monthly open, online short sessions on EUMETSAT's data access services, the next session will take place on 26 January 2023 and will focus on how to use EUMETView's latest features. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/data-access-services-eumetview-new-features
Issue Time: | 2022-12-07 17:05:42.0
Services: |

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7033
Rev: | 9
Start Time: | 2023-01-30 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-30 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | The update has been deferred to January 2023, with exact date to be announced later.
Revision History: | [Rev.1] Principal Component (PC) compressed IASI L1C data will be updated in November 2021 (exact date to be announced in due course). For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: The update is being deferred to Q1 2022, with exact date to be announced in due course. [Rev. 3]: A live test data stream has been put in place. For details on how to access the data and how to use them, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 4]: The update is being deferred to Q4 2022, with exact date to be announced in due course. [Rev.5] New date: Principal Component (PC) compressed IASI L1C data will be updated on 15 August 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev.6] New date: Principal Component (PC) compressed IASI L1C data will be updated in mid-November 2022, with exact date to be announced in due course. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev.7] The update will take place on 24 November 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev.8] The update has been deferred to 7 December 2022.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/changes-pc-compressed-iasi-l1c-data
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-11-30 14:13:00.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-A IASI Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-C

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8993
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2023-01-30 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-30 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | The release is being deferred to January 2023, with exact date to be announced later.
Revision History: | [Original] Release of a new version of IASI Level 2 Product Processing Facility (PPF), v6.7. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/release-iasi-level-2-ppf-version-67
Issue Time: | 2022-11-30 14:13:55.0
Services: | IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B IASI Sounding products- Metop-C

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8794
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2023-01-31 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-31 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | A sub-set of precipitation products from the H SAF will be discontinued on 31 January 2023. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/h-saf-precipitation-products-be-discontinued
Issue Time: | 2022-10-19 16:05:17.0
Services: | H-SAF - Products

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

Any email message from EUMETSAT is sent in good faith but shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting a commitment by EUMETSAT, except where provided for in a written agreement or contract or if explicitly stated in the email. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of EUMETSAT. This message and any attachments are intended for the sole use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, dissemination or distribution (in whole or in part) of its contents is not permitted. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system.

This message was sent by ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov. You have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request.