Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 14
Date/Time Issued: March 31, 2022 1442Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 31, 2022 1433Z (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:

Message number: | 8924
Message creation: | Thu Mar 31 14:33:55 UTC 2022

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7582
Rev: | 4
Start Time: | 2021-12-07 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-01 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Event End date updated.
Revision History: | [Rev.3] 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.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-10 13:09:25.0
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: | 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: | 7855
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-02-25 23:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-13 01:30:00.0
Satellites: | MET-11
Subject: | eclipse-season
Impact: | risk-of-degradation
Detail: | There is a risk of degraded image quality every night from 23:00 to 01:30 next day in the given time period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-09 14:29:16.0
Services: | 0° SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7982
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-03-20 15:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-09-21 15:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Details updated.
Revision History: | [Original] From 20/03/2022, the daily Meteosat-8 Upper HRV Window shift time will change from 14:00 UTC to 15:00 UTC to better optimise the illumination for the Spring/Summer season. The 15:00 UTC shift time will remain in place until 21 September 2022 included. Please note that IODC service will be taken over by Met-9 as of 01 June 2022 (see UNS announcement 7781).
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-11 15:09:58.0
Services: | IODC SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8037
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-03-31 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-03-31 13:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-delayed
Detail: | Planned maintenance activity on the EUMETView system. Services may be unavailable during the maintenance period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-30 13:08:57.0
Services: | EUMETView

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8036
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-03-31 11:05:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-01 08:30:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Removed the past dates in the Detail field :Network Testing on the Svalbard comms link to Darmstadt. Data may be unavailable or interrupted during the mentioned time.
Revision History: | [Original] 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.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-30 09:44:31.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - 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 ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-C AVHRR Polar winds - Metop-C MHS Level 1 - Metop-C Multi-sensor Products - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - 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-MWRI EARS-AVHRR EARS-ASCAT EARS-IASI EARS-ATMS EARS-CrlS EARS-VIIRS EARS-VASS EARS-MERSI EARS-NWC

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8047
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-04 07:30:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-04 17:30:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-delay
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-30 12:00:05.0
Services: | OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3A OLCI Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3A SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A OLCI Level 1 Products - S3B SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3B SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3B OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3B SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3B SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8045
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-04 14:40:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-04 14:47:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Gain Compression
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-30 11:11:08.0
Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-ASCAT ASCAT AHRPT Metop-C OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8044
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-05 08:10:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-05 08:17:00.0
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: | 2022-03-30 11:09:27.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8046
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-05 09:03:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-05 09:10:00.0
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: | 2022-03-30 11:13:50.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8043
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-05 17:50:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-05 19:50:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-delayed
Detail: | McMurdo Critical Maintenance. The enhanced timeliness achieved for Metop-B data through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA) system will be interrupted. Therefore only nominal Arctic timeliness will be available during this period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-30 11:07:14.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS 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 Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B Multi-Metop Wind Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8050
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-05 20:40:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-05 21:30:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-17
Subject: | Yaw Flip manoeuvre
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Satellite yaw flip manoeuvre. During this period, all instruments will experience a data outage. After the manoeuvre, all instruments and products will resume nominal production and distribution.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-31 09:30:56.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8048
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-06 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-06 16:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-delayed
Detail: | Data Centre archive maintenance. During this time, the Data Centre archive catalogue updates and processing of orders may be delayed. Users are invited to check out the Data Store (https://data.eumetsat.int/)
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/data-centre-ordering-faq
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-30 15:24:21.0
Services: | EUMETSAT Data Centre

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8042
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-06 08:21:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-06 08:55:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3B
Subject: | out-of-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Reduced data quality should be expected for data sensed during this period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-30 10:21:45.0
Services: | SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3B SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3B SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3B SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3B SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8019
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-04-06 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-06 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | There will be a risk of interruption to the data flow on 6 April 2022 between 09:00 and 12:00 UTC.
Revision History: | [Original] Commercial Radio Occultation data will be available on the GTS from 6 April 2022. At the same time, changes to the BUFR products will be implemented, also affecting the BUFR products distributed on EUMETCast. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/commercial-radio-occultation-data-gts-soon
Issue Time: | 2022-03-30 15:42:43.0
Services: | Commercial Radio Occultation data

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8049
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-07 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-07 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | A new processor version for Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Radio Occultation Non Time Critical (NTC) data will be released on 7 April 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-processor-version-sentinel-6-radio-occultation-data
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-30 15:49:19.0
Services: | NTC Radio Occultation RO L1B Products - S6A

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8020
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-04-07 13:36:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-25 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Jason-3
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | As part of the manoeuvres preparations, the altimeter will be switched off at 13:36 UTC on 7 April 2022, marking the start of the mission outage.
Revision History: | [Original] Jason-3 will move to an interleaved orbit with Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich which will become the Reference Altimetry Mission. The series of manoeuvres to place Jason-3 into interleaved orbit will start on 7 April 2022. During the duration of the manoeuvres, the Jason-3 altimeter will be switched off. The provision of Jason-3 altimetry products to users will resume on 25 April 2022, when Jason-3 will already be in interleaved orbit with Sentinel-6. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/jason-3-hands-over-reference-altimetry-mission-sentinel-6
Issue Time: | 2022-03-31 10:19:29.0
Services: | Jason-3 OGDR

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8041
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-08 06:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-11 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 08 April – 11 May 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: | 2022-03-30 08:01:39.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7954
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2022-04-12 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-12 16:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | date updated.
Revision History: | [Original] EARS Main and Local servers Software maintenance. There may be disruption to the listed EUMETSAT based services. [Rev.1] Event date updated.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-30 09:17:02.0
Services: | 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: | 8040
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-13 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-04-13 11:30:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Due to ground segment maintenance multiple delays of up to 5 minutes can be expected in the EUMETCast Satellite and EUMETCast Terrestrial Service in the given timeframe. No losses are expected during the maintenance period but there is still a low risk that data can be lost..
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-31 09:40:38.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Europe EUMETCast-Terrestrial EUMETCast-Africa GTS RMDCN

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7948
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-18 10:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-06-03 14:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Test activation of the backup satellite, HOTBIRD 13C, for the EUMETCast Europe service. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/eumetcast-europe-backup-satellite-test-activation-2022
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-03-03 09:49:14.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Europe

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7329
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-07-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-01 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Transponder migration for the EUMETCast Europe High Volume Service planned for Q3 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/eumetcast-europe-service-transponder-migration
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2021-09-08 16:58:29.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Europe

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7414
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-10-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-01 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | File formats of Meteosat meteorological products distributed on EUMETCast are planned to be updated in October 2022. At the same time, there will be a small change in the timestamp of the AMV products distributed on the GTS. For full details and test data, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/change-file-formats-meteosat-meteorological-products
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2021-09-30 13:23:12.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7033
Rev: | 4
Start Time: | 2022-10-10 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-10 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | 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.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/changes-pc-compressed-iasi-l1c-data
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-02-09 14:30:15.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-A IASI Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-C

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