Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly (Correction to impact statement) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_RsFsomrirfvbBa3Oiv5UlA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT ** *Update#1 - Final Update: *   Vendor maintenance expressed that the Front Processor (FP) had to be manually restarted. After the vendor restarted the FP, service returned to normal. *Topic:*  SARSAT Alaska 2 Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: *  December 4, 2017 1525Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*  SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:*December 4, 2017 0528Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * December 4, 2017 0721Z *Length of Outage: * 1 Hour and 53 Minutes *Details/Specifics of Change: *Alaska 2 LEO Ground Station in Fairbanks, AK  is not receiving pass solution data. The LUT Vendor is investigating this issue. *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 --Boundary_(ID_RsFsomrirfvbBa3Oiv5UlA) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Update#1 - Final Update:    Vendor maintenance expressed that the Front Processor (FP) had to be manually restarted. After the vendor restarted the FP, service returned to normal.

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

Date/Time Issued:   December 4, 2017 1525Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  December 4, 2017 0528Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  December 4, 2017 0721Z

Length of Outage:  1 Hour and 53 Minutes

Details/Specifics of Change: Alaska 2 LEO Ground Station in Fairbanks, AK  is not receiving pass solution data. The LUT Vendor is investigating this issue.

Impact:

Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 
301-817-4576

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