Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Maryland 1 Geostationary (GEO) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_6JNTO4cBhxck+hUTXvk0gg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic:* SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Maryland 1 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * April 1, 2018 03167Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* April 1, 2018 2018Z *Date/Time of Expected End:* TBD * **Length of Outage:* TBD *Details/Specifics of Change:* Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped sending 406 MHz alert data on April 1, 2018 2018Z *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 to 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 make take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --Boundary_(ID_6JNTO4cBhxck+hUTXvk0gg) 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:  April 1, 2018 03167Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 1, 2018 2018Z

Date/Time of Expected End: TBD

Length of Outage: TBD

Details/Specifics of Change:  Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped sending 406 MHz alert data on April 1, 2018 2018Z

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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