Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 8 Issue 3 (addition of announcement 7899)

Date/Time Issued: February 21, 2022 0953Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Metop-C

Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 21, 2022 0937Z (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: [Rev. 3] Event End date updated.

Message number: | 8769
Message creation: | Mon Feb 21 09:37:54 UTC 2022

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7582
Rev: | 3
Start Time: | 2021-12-07 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-03-28 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | 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.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-10 09:01:40.0
Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7781
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2022-02-01 06:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-21 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-9
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | no-impact
Detail: | Meteosat-9 is planned to take over Meteosat-8 as the prime satellite for the IODC service from 1 June 2022. Its drift towards the 45.5°E target longitude will start on 1 February 2022, with the first drift manoeuvre scheduled at 06:00 UTC, followed by a second manoeuvre 12 hours later, at 18:00 UTC. The drift rate will be of ~0.5 deg/day until Meteosat-9 reaches the target longitude (current planned drift stop date is 20 April 2022). From 1 February 2022, Meteosat-9 will no longer be used as backup satellite for the Full Earth Scan Service and will no longer provide RSS gap-filling during Meteosat-10 RSS interruptions. [Rev. 2]: For more details on Meteosat-9 taking over the IODC service, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/meteosat-9-takes-over-IODC-service
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-01-27 09:45:42.0
Services: |

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7533
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-02-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-03-22 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | The EUMETCast Europe Basic Service channels will be reorganised in the first quarter of 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/eumetcast-basic-service-channels-reorganisation
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2021-11-03 15:27:49.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Europe

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7804
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-02-02 20:30:00.0
End Time: | 2022-03-29 23:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-8
Subject: | eclipse-season
Impact: | risk-of-degradation
Detail: | There is a risk of degraded image quality every night from 20:30 to 23:00 in the given time period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-01-26 13:20:38.0
Services: | IODC SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7812
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-02-03 06:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-27 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 Operation from 03 February – 27 February 2022, every day from 06:00 to 12:00 UTC. During this phase, GOES-17 operations mode will change from MODE 6 to MODE 3, and this will affect the GOES-West ABI 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.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/goes-17-abi-mode-3-cooling-timeline-implementation-2022
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-01-27 07:18:18.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7885
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-02-16 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-16 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Release of a new EUMETSAT Data Access Client which facilitates programmatic access to the Data Store and Data Tailor. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-eumetsat-data-access-client-now-available
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-16 17:07:19.0
Services: |

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7877
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-02-16 16:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-16 16:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | The User Notification Service (UNS) web interface is being updated to a new version (V 3), which brings some improvements and new features. Please see the URL below for details.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/uns-new-version
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-16 16:25:44.0
Services: | Web Service

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7892
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-02-21 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-24 17:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Network Testing on the Svalbard comms link to Darmstadt. Data may be unavailable or interrupted during the following maintenance windows: between 21 and 24 February 2022, daily between 08:00 and 17:00 UTC.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-18 09:57:41.0
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 IASI Level 1 - Metop-B GRAS 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 SEM L0 - Metop-C AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-C IASI Sounding products- Metop-C AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-C ATOVS sounding products - Metop-C ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C AVHRR Polar winds - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C MHS Level 1 - Metop-C Multi-sensor Products - Metop-C IASI Level 1 - Metop-C GRAS Level 1 - Metop-C GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-C Multi-Metop Wind Products AVHRR Level 1 - NOAA AMSU-A Level 1 - NOAA MHS Level 1 - NOAA HIRS Level 1 - NOAA ATOVS Sounding products - NOAA EARS-ATOVS EARS-AVHRR EARS-MWRI EARS-ASCAT EARS-IASI EARS-ATMS EARS-CrlS EARS-VIIRS EARS-NWC EARS-VASS EARS-MERSI

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7886
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-02-22 08:32:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-22 08:39:00.0
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: | 2022-02-16 17:07:21.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7887
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-02-22 08:32:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-22 10:15:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | TED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM TED in flight calibration.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-16 17:08:06.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7811
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2022-02-22 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-22 17:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B,Metop-C
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-unavailable
Detail: | Update to the IASI Level 2 processing. This patch fixes two small anomalies to ensure that production resumes immediately after an external calibration and to improve the handling of degraded input products. There is no impact on the product format or the product quality. The installation of the patch will entail a production outage of approximately 4 hours. [Rev. 2] Activity postponed to 22 February 2022.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-08 13:06:18.0
Services: | IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B IASI Sounding products- Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7884
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-02-22 09:20:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-22 09:27:00.0
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: | 2022-02-16 17:05:31.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7882
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-02-22 21:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-26 00:20:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | McMurdo MG1 antenna monthly Maintenance. The enhanced timeliness achieved for Metop-B data through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA) system might be impacted during the following maintenance period. Therefore only nominal Arctic timeliness might be available during this period. The maintenance period is the following: on 22 February from 21:00 to 22:00 UTC and from 22:45 to 23:45 UTC, on 23 February from 02:15 to 03:15 UTC, from 20:45 to 20:45 UTC and from 22:20 to 23:20, on 24 February from 01:45 to 02:45 UTC and from 20:30 to 00:30, on 25 February from 20:00 to 21:00, from 21:45 to 22:45 UTC, and from 23:20 to 00:20 UTC next day.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-17 15:35:57.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B GOME-2 Level 1 - 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: | 7853
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-02-22 22:30:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-11 01:00:00.0
Satellites: | MET-10
Subject: | eclipse-season
Impact: | risk-of-degradation
Detail: | There is a risk of degraded image quality every night from 22:30 to 01:00 next day in the given time period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-09 14:28:40.0
Services: | RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7899
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-02-23 03:30:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-25 17:45:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-16
Subject: | instrument-maintenance
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Geostationary Lightning Mapper Test. GOES-16 GLM will perform testing to improve the data product. The outages and degradation periods are as follows: February 23, 03:30 to 04:20 UTC 50min GLM outage, February 24, 1630-1730 UTC: 60min GLM outage. February 24 - February 25, 1745-1745 UTC 24hr GLM outage.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-21 09:36:37.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7880
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-02-23 07:33:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-23 07:44:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3A
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Reduced data quality should be expected for data sensed during this period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-16 15:47:56.0
Services: | SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3A SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3A SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7863
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2022-02-23 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-23 16:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-delay
Detail: | Data Centre archive maintenance. No impact to the services is expected. [Rev. 2] Event Date updated.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-15 15:55:43.0
Services: | EUMETSAT Data Centre

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7838
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-02-23 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-23 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Discontinuation of LSA SAF MSG Downwelling Surface Shortwave Flux product, DSSF (LSA-201). Users are encouraged to use the MSG Total and Diffuse Downward Surface Shortwave Flux, MDSSFTD (LSA-207) instead.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-03 15:36:21.0
Services: | LSA SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7852
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-02-23 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-23 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Filenames of CFOSAT SWIM BUFR products will be updated on 23 February 2022. For full details and sample files, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/cfosat-swim-bufr-products-be-updated
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-09 14:25:26.0
Services: |

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7854
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-02-23 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-23 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Filenames of Sentinel-1 Ocean (OCN) products will be updated on 23 February 2022. For full details and sample files, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/sentinel-1-ocean-products-be-updated
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-09 14:27:07.0
Services: |

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7881
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-02-23 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-23 11:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Due to ground segment maintenance there will be a risk of interruptions and delays to the Data Collection Service during the indicated period. This affects only the data made available via the DCS Web Service.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://service.eumetsat.int/dcswebservice/
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-17 15:31:14.0
Services: | Meteosat IODC DCP Meteosat 0° DCP

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7856
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-02-23 11:15:00.0
End Time: | 2022-03-05 12:30:00.0
Satellites: | MET-10
Subject: | Sun-colinearity
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Sun Co-linearity. Repeat cycles 11:15 to 12:30 may be affected.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-09 14:36:30.0
Services: | RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7832
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2022-02-23 12:27:00.0
End Time: | 2022-02-23 12:27:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Manoeuvre Execution time updated. Burn time: 12:27:36 UTC. Duration: 4.280 seconds. Outages per instrument: SEM from 08:31 to 14:19 UTC and GOME from 11:49 to 13:33 UTC.
Revision History: | [Rev.1] Routine in-plane manoeuvre. Reduced data quality should be expected for data sensed during this period. The exact burn time will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-17 16:12:37.0
Services: | AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-C AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-C SEM L0 - Metop-C MHS Level 1 - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C IASI Level 1 - Metop-C GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-C GRAS Level 1 - Metop-C A-DCS AHRPT Metop-C AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-C AVHRR AHRPT Metop-C ASCAT AHRPT Metop-C GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-C GRAS AHRPT Metop-C HIRS AHRPT Metop-C IASI AHRPT Metop-C MHS AHRPT Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7893
Rev: | 0

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