Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 51 Issue 2 (Addition of Announcements 9113 to 9116)
Date/Time Issued: December 16, 2022 1426Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 16, 2022 14:12:34Z (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)
Date/Time of Expected End: (See details in the body)
Details/Specifics of Change:

Message number: | 10146
Message creation: | Fri Dec 16 14:12:34 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: | 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: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 9114
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-12 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-12 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Release of a first version of EPS-SG 3MI L2 cloud test dataset. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/eps-sg-3mi-l2-cloud-test-dataset-released
Issue Time: | 2022-12-16 11:00:37.0
Services: |

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 9111
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-14 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-14 09:00:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Detail: | Release of a new version of EUMETView, introducing two new precipitation products from the H SAF. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-version-eumetview-released-dec-2022
Issue Time: | 2022-12-15 08:46:14.0
Services: | EUMETView

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: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9113
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-19 19:15:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-23 03:30:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | McMurdo monthly antenna Maintenance. The enhanced timeliness achieved for Metop-B data through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA) system may be impacted during the following maintenance period. Therefore only nominal Arctic timeliness may be available during this period. The maintenance period is the following: on DOY 353/19 December: 1915-2315Z, on DOY 354/20 December 2215-2315Z , on DOY 355/21 December 0145-0245Z, 0330-0430Z, 1830-1930Z and 2330-0000Z, on DOY 356/ 22 December 0001-0030Z, 0300-0400Z, 1950-2045Z, 2315-0000Z and on DOY 357/23 December 0001-0015Z and 0230-0330Z.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-16 09:50:58.0
Services: | AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B SEM L0 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B Multi-Metop Wind Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9109
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-20 08:03:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-20 08:10:00.0
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: | 2022-12-14 13:38:53.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9108
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-20 08:52:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-20 08:59:00.0
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: | 2022-12-14 13:38:24.0
Services: | SEM AHRPT Metop-B SEM L0 - Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9107
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-21 08:30:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-21 08:41:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3B
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: | 2022-12-14 10:30:45.0
Services: | SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3B SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3B SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3B SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9110
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-23 05:12:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-23 09:12:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-14 13:40:04.0
Services: | IASI Sounding products- Metop-C IASI Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-IASI IASI AHRPT Metop-C OSI SAF - Products

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: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9116
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-24 03:10:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-24 03:20:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-17
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Detail: | A GOES-17 ABI solar calibration scan is planned on 24 December 2022. Between 03:10 and 03:15 UTC GOES-17 ABI will operate in Continuous Full Disk Mode (mode 4) instead of 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6). Filenames will change to reflect the mode 4 operations, e.g.: OR_ABI-L1b-RadF-M4C01_G17_s20223580310[SSS]_e20223580315[SSS]_c202235803[mmssSSS]-118900_0.nc. ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (Mode 6) will resume at 03:20 UTC.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-16 12:51:02.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 9115
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-24 11:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-24 11:10:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-16
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Detail: | A GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan is planned on 24 December 2022. Between 11:00 and 11:05 UTC GOES-16 ABI will operate in Continuous Full Disk Mode (mode 4) instead of 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6). Filenames will change to reflect the mode 4 operations, e.g.: OR_ABI-L1b-RadF-M4C01_G16_s20223581110[SSS]_e20223581115[SSS]_c202235811[mmssSSS]-118900_0.nc. ABI 10-minute Flex Mode (Mode 6) will resume at 11:10 UTC
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-12-16 12:46:57.0
Services: | GOES Products

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: | 8982
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2023-01-30 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-30 09:00:00.0
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | The release is being deferred to early 2023, with exact date to be announced soon.
Revision History: | [Original] Release of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich L3 Non-Time Critical (NTC) products. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/release-sentinel-6-l2p-and-l3-ntc-products
Issue Time: | 2022-12-14 13:09:08.0
Services: |

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

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