Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station Offline, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_Zyl0dJctAQ+66EztVJ2usw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic:* SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Maryland1 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * March 28, 2018 0200Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* March 28, 2018 0004Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * March 28, 2018 0050Z *Length of Outage:* 46 minutes *Details/Specifics of Change: *Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped sending 406 MHz alert data on March 28, 2018 at 0004Z. The LUT Vendor found that Windows failed to start on the Signal Processor (SP) server when the USMCC controller sent a cold reboot command. The SP server was power cycled via the Integrated Lights Out remote server and Maryland 1 returned to Normal Operation at 0050Z. *Impact: *Minor-There is no impact on distress alert detection/reporting timeliness due to the redundancy of the SARSAT GEOLUT system. *Contact Information for Further Information: *USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 301-817-4576 *Web Site(s) for applicable information:* N/A This message was sent from ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov . You have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880 . Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --Boundary_(ID_Zyl0dJctAQ+66EztVJ2usw) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Topic:  SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Maryland 1 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  March 28, 2018 0200Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  March 28, 2018 0004Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  March 28, 2018 0050Z

Length of Outage:  46 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change:  Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped sending 406 MHz alert data on March 28, 2018 at 0004Z.  The LUT Vendor found that Windows failed to start on the Signal Processor (SP) server when the USMCC controller sent a cold reboot command.  The SP server was power cycled via the Integrated Lights Out remote server and Maryland 1 returned to Normal Operation at 0050Z.

Impact:  Minor-There is no impact on distress alert detection/reporting timeliness due to the redundancy of the SARSAT GEOLUT system.

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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