Topic: SARSAT Maryland 1 Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued: August 05, 2022 1646Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT Alert Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 05, 2022 1552Z

Date/Time of Expected End: TBD

Length of Outage: TBD

Details/Specifics of Change: Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD is not receiving data. The maintenance vendor is investigating this issue.

Impact: Minor - There is no impact on distress alert detection/reporting timeliness due to the redundancy of the SARSAT GEOLUT system.

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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