Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 19

Date/Time Issued: May 06 2022 2106Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 05, 2022 1455Z (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: | 9047
Message creation: | Thu May 05 14:55:19 UTC 2022

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7582
Rev: | 5
Start Time: | 2021-12-07 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-06-05 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.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-05 09:36:47.0
Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C

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: | 8041
Rev: | 1
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: | Please note that GOES-17 ASR and CSR products are expected to be missing during the cooling timeline periods.
Revision History: | [Original] 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.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/goes-17-abi-mode-3-cooling-timeline-implementation-2022
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-04-20 10:53:28.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8175
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-09 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-09 11:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-degraded
Detail: | Planned maintenance activity on Data Store and Data Tailor. Services may become temporarily unavailable during the maintenance period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 14:56:45.0
Services: | Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8135
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-09 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-09 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Update to NASA’s GPM-Core GMI data, involving format changes and changes to file naming. For full details and sample files, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/update-nasas-gpm-core-gmi-data
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-04-27 13:48:16.0
Services: | GPM-Core GMI Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8169
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-10 08:39:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-10 08:46:00.0
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: | 2022-05-04 13:05:42.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8134
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-10 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-10 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | A new version of rainfall estimates from TAMSAT will be available from 10 May 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/new-version-rainfall-estimates-tamsat
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-04-27 13:45:07.0
Services: | Misc

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8165
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-10 09:26:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-10 09:33:00.0
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: | 2022-05-04 13:02:34.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8172
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-11 07:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-11 15:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Dorval Node Software Maintenance (Edmonton and Gander Stations). There may be disruption to the listed EUMETSAT based services.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 14:21:58.0
Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-ASCAT EARS-AVHRR EARS-IASI EARS-NWC

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8171
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-11 07:40:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-12 15:45:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-delay
Detail: | Network Maintenance. The enhanced timeliness achieved for Metop-B data through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA) system might be impacted during the following maintenance periods. Therefore only nominal Arctic timeliness might be available during some identified risks periods. The risk periods are the following: on 11 May 2022 between 07:40 and 09:20 UTC, on 11 May 2022 between 15:20 and 16:20, On 12 May 2022 between 07:15 and 10:40 and on 12 May 2022 between 15:00 and 15:45 UTC.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 13:37:33.0
Services: | AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B SEM L0 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B IASI 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 ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B Multi-Metop Wind Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8174
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-11 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-11 09:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-degraded
Detail: | Planned maintenance activity on EUMETView. Services may become temporarily unavailable during the maintenance period
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 14:52:54.0
Services: | EUMETView

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8173
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-11 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-11 16:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-degraded
Detail: | Data Centre servers maintenance. During this time, the Data Centre Ordering Client might not be available and the Data Centre catalogue updates and processing of S3 orders might be delayed. Users are invited to visit the Data Store (data.eumetsat.int) to download the latest data.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 14:48:48.0
Services: | EUMETSAT Data Centre

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8176
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-11 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-11 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | Suomi NPP
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Drag Make-Up manoeuvre (DMU). This may cause data to be unavailable or degraded. The exact time will be announced closer to the manoeuvre.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 15:05:47.0
Services: | ATMS Level 1 - Suomi-NPP CrlS Level 1 - Suomi-NPP VIIRS EDR - Suomi-NPP

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8143
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-05-11 17:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-11 17:30:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-17
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Time changed to 17:00 - 17:30 UTC.
Revision History: | [Original] Due to NOAA testing of GOES-18 configuration, during the indicated time period, there will be a risk of outage to GOES-17 ABI data and potential meta-data mismatches with GOES-17 GLM data.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 16:17:24.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8181
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-11 18:16:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-11 18:18:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3A
Subsystem: | SRAL
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | The instrument will be set to "Standby" mode to allow the patching of the minimum Ku-band attenuation setting in RAM
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-05 14:11:27.0
Services: | SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8180
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-11 20:23:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-11 20:25:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3B
Subsystem: | SRAL
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: |
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-05 14:05:59.0
Services: | SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3B SRAL Level 1 Products - S3B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8177
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-12 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-12 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | Suomi NPP
Subject: | VIIRS Lunar Roll
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Lunar Calibration.The exact time will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 15:06:48.0
Services: | ATMS Level 1 - JPSS CrIS Level 1 - JPSS VIIRS EDR - JPSS EARS-VIIRS SNPP - JPSS Copernicus data

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8178
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-12 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-12 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | NOAA-20
Subject: | VIIRS Lunar Roll
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Lunar Calibration.The exact time will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 15:07:15.0
Services: | ATMS Level 1 - JPSS CrIS Level 1 - JPSS VIIRS EDR - JPSS EARS-VIIRS SNPP - JPSS Copernicus data

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8166
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-13 08:42:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-13 08:44:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3A
Subsystem: | SRAL
Subject: | instrument-maintenance
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | The instrument will be set to "Standby" mode.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 13:03:27.0
Services: | SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8168
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-13 12:04:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-13 12:06:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3A
Subsystem: | SRAL
Subject: | instrument-maintenance
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | The instrument will be set to "Standby" mode.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 13:05:17.0
Services: | SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8170
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-15 19:15:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-15 20:14:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | GOME-2
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). The AC SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 13:07:02.0
Services: | GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-C GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-C AC SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8167
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-15 19:44:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-15 20:43:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | GOME-2
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). The AC SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 13:04:34.0
Services: | GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-B AC SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8104
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-05-18 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-18 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Routine in-plane manoeuvre. Reduced data quality should be expected for data sensed during this period. The exact burn time will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-04-20 14:12:37.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B IASI 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 ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B A-DCS AHRPT Metop-B AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-B ASCAT AHRPT Metop-B AVHRR AHRPT Metop-B GRAS AHRPT Metop-B GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-B HIRS AHRPT Metop-B IASI AHRPT Metop-B MHS AHRPT Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

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: | 8068
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-05-31 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-31 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Date changed by NOAA from 4 May to 31 May 2022.
Revision History: | [Original] Update to Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS Sea Surface Temperature (SST) products, involving a filename change. For full details and sample files, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/update-snpp-and-noaa-20-viirs-sst-products
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 08:28:53.0
Services: | VIIRS EDR - Suomi-NPP VIIRS EDR - JPSS

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8144
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-05-31 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-05-31 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Date changed by NOAA from 4 May to 31 May 2022.
Revision History: | [Original] Update to Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 OMPS Ozone Nadir Profile products, involving a filename change. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/snpp-noaa-20-omps-np-products-update
Issue Time: | 2022-05-04 08:30:15.0
Services: |

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8179
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-06-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-06-01 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | Routine in-plane manoeuvre. Reduced data quality should be expected for data sensed during this period. The exact burn time will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-05 12:13:16.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-C AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-C MHS Level 1 - Metop-C IASI Level 1 - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C GRAS Level 1 - Metop-C GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-C A-DCS AHRPT Metop-C AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-C ASCAT AHRPT Metop-C AVHRR AHRPT Metop-C GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-C GRAS AHRPT Metop-C HIRS AHRPT Metop-C IASI AHRPT Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C MHS AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8060
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-06-30 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-06-30 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Meteosat SEVIRI Clear Sky Radiances (CSR) product to be discontinued. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/meteosat-csr-product-be-discontinued
Issue Time: | 2022-04-06 13:07:32.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

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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