Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station Offline, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_R1ZUuiLEWp9VK1dDeNLywg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic:* SARSAT Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * May 28, 2017 0415Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* May 28, 2017 0210Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * May 28, 2017 0314Z *Length of Outage: * 1 hour and 4 minutes *Details/Specifics of Change: * Maryland**1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped processing 406 MHz alert data at 0210 UTC. The maintenance contractor was notified to investigate the problem and found that the DCWSHost process, which controls the A to D board on the FP, had hung. The FP and LP were both manually restarted and Maryland 1 returned to normal operation at 0314Z. *Impact: *Minor-Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness affected. *Contact Information for Further Information: *USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 301-817-4576 *Web Site(s) for applicable information:* N/A --Boundary_(ID_R1ZUuiLEWp9VK1dDeNLywg) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Topic:  SARSAT Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  May 28, 2017 0415Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  May 28, 2017 0210Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  May 28, 2017 0314Z

Length of Outage:  1 hour and 4 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change:  Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped processing 406 MHz alert data at 0210 UTC. The maintenance contractor was notified to investigate the problem and found that the DCWSHost process, which controls the A to D board on the FP, had hung.  The FP and LP were both manually restarted and Maryland 1 returned to normal operation at 0314Z.

Impact:  Minor-Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness affected.

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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