Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Alaska 2 LEO Ground Station Offline, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_N95+U4G/6PAphlOE9qCT5g) 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:*October 30, 2017 0620Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:*October 30, 2017 0405Z *Date/Time of Expected End: *October 30, 2017 0534Z *Length of Outage: *1 hour and 29 minutes *Details/Specifics of Change: *The Alaska 2 LEO Ground Station at Fairbanks, AK stopped receiving pass solution data. The LUT Vendor determined that an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) board overflow error occurred, which required a restart of the Front Processor (FP) and Location Processor (LP) servers. The ground station is now operating normally. *Impact: *Minor-Dual satellite tracking capability lost. Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness affected. *Contact Information for Further Information: *USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 301-817-4576

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

Date/Time Issued: October 30, 2017 0620Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 30, 2017 0405Z

Date/Time of Expected End: October 30, 2017 0534Z

Length of Outage: 1 hour and 29 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change: The Alaska 2 LEO Ground Station at Fairbanks, AK stopped receiving pass solution data. The LUT Vendor determined that an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) board overflow error occurred, which required a restart of the Front Processor (FP) and Location Processor (LP) servers. The ground station is now operating normally.

Impact: Minor-Dual satellite tracking capability lost. 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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