Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 42

Date/Time Issued: October 13, 2022 1513Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 13, 2022 1434Z (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)

Date/Time of Expected End: See table in detail for on and off switch time(s).
Details/Specifics of Change:

Message number: | 9727
Message creation: | Thu Oct 13 14:34:04 UTC 2022

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7582
Rev: | 8
Start Time: | 2021-12-07 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-01 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
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-09-02 07:54:54.0
Services: | ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7414
Rev: | 4
Start Time: | 2022-07-19 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-20 08:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Updates to start and end times of the parallel dissemination of the old and new formats of Meteosat meteorological products. The times indicated (08:00 UTC) should be read as being 08:00 - 10:00 UTC.
Revision History: | [Rev.1] 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. [Rev.2] The operational switch to the new WMO compliant format for the Meteosat meteorological products distributed on EUMETCast will take place on 20 October 2022. There will be a parallel dissemination on EUMETCast of the old and new formats from 19 July to 20 October 2022.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/change-file-formats-meteosat-meteorological-products
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-07 13:44:14.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8444
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-28 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-03 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | 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.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/parallel-dissemination-goes-18-abi-data
Issue Time: | 2022-07-13 15:48:18.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8652
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-09-27 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-09-27 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Termination of the Copernicus Online Data Access (CODA) service. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/termination-coda-service
Issue Time: | 2022-09-07 13:59:30.0
Services: | Copernicus Online Data Access

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8725
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-09-28 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-09-28 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Copernicus Sentinel-3 reprocessed collections from the now discontinued CODA-REP service have been released in the EUMETSAT Data Store. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/sentinel-3-reprocessed-collections-now-data-store
Issue Time: | 2022-09-28 14:19:03.0
Services: | OLCI Level 1 Products - S3A OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3A SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A OLCI Level 1 Products - S3B SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3B OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3B SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3B SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3B

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8775
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-12 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-12 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Two Line Elements (TLEs) are now available on the EUMETSAT website. See the URL provided below to access the TLEs.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://service.eumetsat.int/tle/index.html
Issue Time: | 2022-10-12 13:23:47.0
Services: |

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8756
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-12 11:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-23 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Terra
Subject: | Maintenance Manoeuvre
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Due to planned manoeuvres of Terra satellite by NASA Lance the Modis level 1 data will be unavailable for at least 10 days starting 12 October 2022. Information on the exact outage window will be provided when it is available from NASA Lance-Modis.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-10-05 15:02:52.0
Services: | MODIS Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8761
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-10-14 06:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-11-20 12:00:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-17
Subject: | instrument-special-operation
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | [REV 1] change of dates. NOAA will conduct a GOES-West ABI Cooling Timeline Operation from 14 October – 20 November 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. GOES-17 L2 products (ASR and CSR) are expected to be missing throughout the GOES-17 ABI cooling timeline periods. 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: | [Original] NOAA will conduct a GOES-West ABI Cooling Timeline Operation from 16 October – 09 November 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. GOES-17 L2 products (ASR and CSR) are expected to be missing throughout the GOES-17 ABI cooling timeline periods. 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.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/goes-17-abi-mode-3-cooling-timeline-implementation-2022
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-10-07 10:10:16.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8776
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-17 07:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-18 15:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-degraded
Detail: | Planned maintenance activity on EUMETView, Data Store and Data Tailor. Services may become temporarily unavailable and users may observe performance degradation during the maintenance period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-10-12 14:56:44.0
Services: | Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service EUMETView

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8772
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-17 13:43:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-17 13:50:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Gain Compression
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-10-12 12:49:50.0
Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C ASCAT AHRPT Metop-C EARS-ASCAT OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8770
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-18 08:06:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-18 08:13:00.0
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: | 2022-10-12 12:30:51.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8771
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-18 08:55:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-18 09:02:00.0
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: | 2022-10-12 12:31:37.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8773
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-18 08:55:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-18 10:38:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | TED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM TED in flight calibration.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-10-12 12:52:20.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8774
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-18 09:43:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-18 09:44:00.0
Satellites: | MET-11
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Attitude Slew Manoeuvre. Users may experience degraded image quality and degraded meteorological product quality up to a few hours after the manoeuvre.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-10-12 12:57:11.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products 0° SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8778
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-20 07:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-21 15:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-degraded
Detail: | Planned maintenance activity on Data Store and Data Tailor. Users might observe slower response times and catalogue update delays.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-10-13 11:43:13.0
Services: | Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8769
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-20 08:35:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-20 08:46:00.0
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: | 2022-10-12 09:32:59.0
Services: | SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3B SLSTR Level 2 Atmospheric Products - S3B SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3B SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3B

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8753
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-20 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-20 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Metop-B global HIRS L1 data to be available again. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/metop-b-global-hirs-l1-data-be-available-again
Issue Time: | 2022-10-05 14:00:46.0
Services: | HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8777
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-10-20 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-20 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Copernicus Sentinel-6 Payload Data Processing (PDP) will be updated to Version 3.6. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-sentinel-6-altimetry-pdp-release
Issue Time: | 2022-10-13 09:52:52.0
Services: | NRT Altimetry LR L2 Products - S6A NRT Altimetry HR L2 Products - S6A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8730
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-10-20 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-20 12:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | no-impact
Detail: | Updated activity date.
Revision History: | [Original] Update of scan mirror reflectivity coefficients.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-10-13 06:38:25.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-B EARS-IASI

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8731
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-10-20 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-20 12:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | no-impact
Detail: | Updated activity date.
Revision History: | [Original] Update of scan mirror reflectivity coefficients.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-10-13 06:38:04.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-IASI

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8726
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-11-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-11-01 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Interim Climate Data Records (ICDRs) generated by the CM SAF will be updated to a new version in the coming months. Among those, the SEVIRI Clouds ICDR is planned to be updated in November 2022 (exact date to be announced in due course). For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/cm-saf-icdrs-upgrade
Issue Time: | 2022-09-28 14:23:17.0
Services: | CM SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8760
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-11-08 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-11-08 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Change to UK Met Office Model data: a sub-set of UK Met Office Model data distributed via EUMETCast will be replaced with model data from DWD. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/change-uk-met-office-model-data
Issue Time: | 2022-10-06 08:11:21.0
Services: | WMO RA I Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7033
Rev: | 6
Start Time: | 2022-11-15 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-11-15 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | 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.
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.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/changes-pc-compressed-iasi-l1c-data
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-13 15:38:21.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-A IASI Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-C

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8752
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-12-13 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-13 11:00:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Himawari-9 AHI data to replace Himawari-8 AHI data. For full details, see the URL provided below. There will be a risk of data outage from 09:00 to 11:00 UTC on the day of the switch to Himawari-9.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/himawari-9-data-replace-himawari-8-data-soon
Issue Time: | 2022-10-05 13:58:30.0
Services: | Himawari 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

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