Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Update #1 Florida MEO Ground Station This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_h+LgoGaZyvjgJYjek8VoaQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT *Update #1 *– Final Update – The LUT Vendor completed troubleshooting the Florida MEO Ground Station.Data distribution has returned to normal as of 1717 UTC. *Topic:*SARSAT Florida Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * February 27, 2018 1736Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* February 27, 2018 1456Z *Date/Time of Expected End: *February 27, 2018 1717Z *Length of Outage: *2 hours 20 mins *Details/Specifics of Change: *SARSAT Florida Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Ground Station alert data has not been received for an extended length of time. The MEOLUT maintenance vendor and SARSAT analysts are working to resolve the problem. *Impact: *Medium- Atlantic and Caribbean Search and Rescue region distress alert detection/reporting is delayed. *Contact Information for Further Information: *USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 301-817-4576 *Web Site(s) for applicable information:* N/A --Boundary_(ID_h+LgoGaZyvjgJYjek8VoaQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Update #1 – Final Update – The LUT Vendor completed troubleshooting the Florida MEO Ground Station.  Data distribution has returned to normal as of 1717 UTC.


Topic:  SARSAT Florida Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Ground Station Offline

 

Date/Time Issued:  February 27, 2018 1736Z

 

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

 

Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 27, 2018 1456Z

 

Date/Time of Expected End:  February 27, 2018 1717Z

 

Length of Outage: 2 hours 20 mins

 

Details/Specifics of Change:  SARSAT Florida Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Ground Station alert data has not been received for an extended length of time.  The MEOLUT maintenance vendor and SARSAT analysts are working to resolve the problem.

 

Impact: Medium- Atlantic and Caribbean Search and Rescue region distress alert detection/reporting is delayed.

 

 

Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 301-817-4576

 

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

 

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