Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Alaska 2 LEO Ground Station Offline, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_PDGTzzF9rPHvoq9qB/tWCA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic:* SARSAT Alaska 2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * July 8, 2017 0140Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* July 8, 2017 0008Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * TBD *Length of Outage: * TBD *Details/Specifics of Change: *Alaska 2 LEO Ground Station has missed three consecutive satellite passes. The maintenance vendor is investigating the problem. *Impact: *Medium-Dual satellite tracking capability lost for northernmost Ground Station. 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_PDGTzzF9rPHvoq9qB/tWCA) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Topic:  SARSAT Alaska 2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  July 8, 2017 0140Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  July 8, 2017 0008Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

Length of Outage:  TBD

Details/Specifics of Change:  Alaska 2 LEO Ground Station has missed three consecutive satellite passes.  The maintenance vendor is investigating the problem.

Impact: Medium-Dual satellite tracking capability lost for northernmost Ground Station.  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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