Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station Offline This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_6q3vd9VqCzD4NorZeSsHjg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic:* SARSAT Outage/Anomaly:Maryland 2 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * July 16, 2018 0913Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* July 16, 2018 0756Z *Date/Time of Expected End: *July 16, 2018 0850Z *Length of Outage:* 54 minutes *Details/Specifics of Change: *Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped sending 406 MHz alert data at 0756Z. The LUT Vendor found that Maryland 2 accepted a cold reboot command, but did not process due to a communication issue. Warm reboot commands were sent to the Front Processor and Location Processor servers and the LUT returned to Normal Operation at 0850Z. *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 by 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_6q3vd9VqCzD4NorZeSsHjg) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

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

Date/Time Issued:  July 16, 2018 0913Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  July 16, 2018 0756Z

Date/Time of Expected End:   Length of Outage:  54 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change:  Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped sending 406 MHz alert data at 0756Z.  The LUT Vendor found that Maryland 2 accepted a cold reboot command, but did not process due to a communication issue.  Warm reboot commands were sent to the Front Processor and Location Processor servers and the LUT returned to Normal Operation at 0850Z.

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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