Topic: SARSAT Guam 3 & 4 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued: December 13, 2022 1014Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 13, 2022 0514Z

Date/Time of Expected End: TBD

Length of Outage: TBD

Details/Specifics of Change: Guam 3 & 4 LEO Ground Station in Guam is not sending pass solution data. The maintenance vendor is investigating this issue.

Impact: Medium- Western Pacifica US AOR Distress detection/reporting may be delayed. LEOSAR distress alert detection/reporting may be delayed. GEOSAR and MEOSAR are operating nominally.

Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at
301-817-4576

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A