Update #1 - Final Update: After the A/D board was manually power cycled, Maryland 2 returned to normal operations at 1458Z, November 7, 2022.

Topic: SARSAT Maryland 2 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued: November 07, 2022 1600Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 06, 2022 1816Z

Date/Time of Expected End: November 07, 2022 1458Z

Length of Outage: 20 hours and 42 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change: The Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD is not receiving pass solution 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.

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