Topic: Metop-C In Plane Maneuver
Date/Time (UTC) Message Issued: Feb 22, 2022 2055 UTC
Product(s) Involved/Affected: All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, GRAS, IASI, MHS, AVHRR in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service will be temporarily degraded. GOME-2 and SEM products will not be available.
Date/Time (UTC) Initial Implementation: Feb 23, 2022 (JDAY 054) ~08:32 UTC
Date/Time (UTC) Expected End: Feb 23, 2022 (JDAY 054) ~14:19 UTC
Length of Outage: ~ 6 hours
Details/Specifics of Change: A Metop-C In-Plane Maneuver will be performed Feb 23, 2022. The SEM instrument will be placed into Maneuver Mode at 08:32 UTC on Feb 23, 2022 and returned back to its Normal Operating Mode at 14:19 UTC that same day. The GOME instrument timeline ends at 11:50 UTC and mirror parked before the burn on Feb 23, 2022. The GOME timeline is reactivated at 13:32 UTC that same day. Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.
Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880
Spacecraft Affected: NOAA-15 ☐ NOAA-18 ☐ NOAA-19 ☐ Metop-A ☐ Metop-B ☐ Metop-C ☒
Web Site(s) for Applicable Information: See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages.
See http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html for more information Metop satellites