Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: LSE LEO Ground Station Offline, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_MlAoYb1W/9WTjzWNCQh3LA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *//**Topic**:* SARSAT LSE Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline* * *Date/Time Issued: *December 03, 2017 1150Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* December 03, 2017 0950Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * December 03, 2017 1119Z *Length of Outage:* 1 hour and 29 minutes *Details/Specifics of Change: *The LSELEO Ground Station at Suitland, MD stopped receiving pass solution data. The LUT Vendor investigated the problem remotely and found that the Front Processor (FP) had become hung and could not recover on its own. The LUT Vender recycled the power to the FP and LSE returned to Normal Operations on December 03, 2017 at 1119Z. *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 --Boundary_(ID_MlAoYb1W/9WTjzWNCQh3LA) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

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

Date/Time Issued:  December 03, 2017 1150Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:   December 03, 2017 0950Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  December 03, 2017 1119Z

Length of Outage:  1 hour and 29 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change:  The LSE LEO Ground Station at Suitland, MD stopped receiving pass solution data. The LUT Vendor investigated the problem remotely and found that the Front Processor (FP) had become hung and could not recover on its own.  The LUT Vender recycled the power to the FP and LSE returned to Normal Operations on December 03, 2017 at 1119Z.

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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