Topic: SARSAT Florida MEO Ground Station Accuracy Degradation

Date/Time Issued: September 28, 2022 1410Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Florida Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Distress Detection/ Reporting

Date/Time of Initial Impact: September 28, 2022 1330Z

Date/Time of Expected End: TBD

Length of Outage: TBD

Details/Specifics of Change: Florida MEO location accuracy has degraded due to its GPS receiver being damaged. The maintenance vendor is working to replace the existing Receiver. In the meantime solutions are being filtered from this ground station

Impact: Medium - Atlantic and Caribbean Search and Rescue region's MEOSAR distress detection/reporting is delayed. LEOSAR and GEOSAR are nominal.

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

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

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