Subject: Administrative: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule Issued: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090806050400080805080805 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued**:*September 04, 2014 1455 UTC* * *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*See list below. ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* **September 04, 2014 13:13:49 UTC (from theEumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message) ** *Date/Time of Expected End:***See table in detail for on and off switch time****** *Length of Outage:*N/A* * *Details/Specifics of Change:* Weekly Operations Schedule Issued on 04/09/14 at 13:13:49 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 37/2014: GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION 14 August- 31 December 2014 The EUMETCast-Europe DVB-S2 Basic Service is operational. A parallel operational phase with DVB-S is provided till December 2014. Further information is available:http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2305543.html Meteosat Straylight. During eclipse seasons, stray light affects the way the spacecraft instrument is commanded. There are periods where the black body calibration is performed after the instrument retrace instead of prior to it. This delays files for the time of the calibration approximately three minutes) which then affects the data timeliness in the same way. This nominal calibration activity during eclipse season will therefore cause periods of noticeable delays to reception of data by Users. Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2014 are available on EUMETSAT Website: www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en (See section "Straylight Predictions (XML)") DVB-S2 09 September 2014 09:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC Ground Segment Maintenance. Short interruptions of multicast and delay of data reception up to 5 min can be expected. No data loss is expected. METEOSAT IODC 01 August - 30 September Meteosat-7 Autumn 2014 eclipse season. Slot 37 to 43 may not be available 11 September 2014 - 23 September 2014 Meteosat-7 Sun Co-linearity Slot 16 and 17 may be interrupted or unavailable. METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE GOME-2 Two new AVHRR derived cloud parameters contained in GOME-2 L1b processor Version 6 (released on 17 June 2014) were declared operational on 29 August 2014. For full details, please see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2320663.html 08 September - 30 September Metop A and Metop B - ASCAT Extensive Calibration Outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1 soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey, during these periods. 08 September 2014 14:43 UTC orbit 40929 Metop-A - ASCAT Gain Compression A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected. 08 September 2014 08:12 UTC - 12 September 2014 12:00 UTC Metop-A - IASI Decontamination IASI GDS Level 1C and Level 2 products will not be available. 09 September 2014 08:40 - 08:53 UTC Metop-B - MHS Machine Error Counter Reset A short outage of all MHS products can be expected. 12 September 2014 05:12 - 09:12 UTC Metop-B - IASI External Calibration IASI GDS Level 1C and Level 2 products will not be available. 12 September 2014 16:30 UTC - 13 September 2014 12:46 UTC (Metop-A) 12 September 2014 17:23 UTC - 13 September 2014 13:39 UTC (Metop-B) IASI External Calibration (Moon Intrusion) Short interruptions can be expected to IASI GDS Level 1C, atmospheric temperature and water vapour, cloud parameters, ozone and trace gases and emissivity products. 18 September 2014 AVHRR Global Winds (derived from Metop-A and Metop-B) available on EUMETCast Europe. For full details, please see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2320672.html REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 09 September 2014 06:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC Power outage in Lannion - Meteo France Transmissions of EARS files from Lannion and Saint Denis La Reunion will be interrupted. METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT 09 September 2014 09:06 - 09:13 UTC (Metop-A) 09 September 2014 08:18 - 08:28 UTC (Metop-B) SEM MPED in flight calibration A short outage of all SEM products can be expected at these times. THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS 18 August 2014 - 17 October 2014 FY-2D Eclipse Season 17:00 UTC to 18:30 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete. 19 August 2014 - 18 October 2014 FY-2E Eclipse Season 16:00 UTC to 19:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete. 21 August 2014 - 12 October 2014 MTSAT-2 Eclipse Season 15:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete. 09 September 2014 06:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC Power outage in Lannion - Meteo France GOES-13, GOES-15 and MTSAT-2 Image data will be unavailable. INFORMATION: For further information, please contact the EUMETSAT User Services Helpdesk Tel: +49 6151 807 366 Fax: +49 6151 807 379 Email:ops@eumetsat.int www.eumetsat.int --------------090806050400080805080805 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic:  Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  September 04, 2014  1455 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  September 04, 2014  13:13:49 UTC  (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)

Date/Time of Expected End:  See table in detail for on and off switch time  

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:

Weekly Operations Schedule

Issued on 04/09/14 at 13:13:49

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 37/2014:

GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
14 August- 31 December 2014
The EUMETCast-Europe DVB-S2 Basic Service is operational. A parallel
operational phase with DVB-S is provided till December 2014.
Further information is available: http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2305543.html

Meteosat Straylight.
During eclipse seasons, stray light affects the way the spacecraft
instrument is commanded. There are periods where the black body
calibration is performed after the instrument retrace instead of prior
to it. This delays files for the time of the calibration approximately
three minutes) which then affects the data timeliness in the same
way. This nominal calibration activity during eclipse season will
therefore cause periods of noticeable delays to reception of data
by Users.
Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2014 are available
on EUMETSAT Website:
www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en
(See section "Straylight Predictions (XML)")


DVB-S2
09 September 2014 09:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC
Ground Segment Maintenance.
Short interruptions of multicast and delay of data reception up to
5 min can be expected.
No data loss is expected.


METEOSAT IODC
01 August - 30 September
Meteosat-7 Autumn 2014 eclipse season.
Slot 37 to 43 may not be available

11 September 2014 - 23 September 2014
Meteosat-7 Sun Co-linearity
Slot 16 and 17 may be interrupted or unavailable.


METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
GOME-2
Two new AVHRR derived cloud parameters contained in GOME-2 L1b
processor Version 6 (released on 17 June 2014) were declared
operational on 29 August 2014.
For full details, please see: www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2320663.html

08 September - 30 September
Metop A and Metop B - ASCAT Extensive Calibration Outages of the ASCAT
GDS Level 1 soil moisture and global and regional winds products can
be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey, during these periods.

08 September 2014 14:43 UTC orbit 40929
Metop-A - ASCAT Gain Compression
A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected.

08 September 2014 08:12 UTC - 12 September 2014 12:00 UTC
Metop-A - IASI Decontamination
IASI GDS Level 1C and Level 2 products will not be available.

09 September 2014 08:40 - 08:53 UTC
Metop-B - MHS Machine Error Counter Reset A short outage of all MHS
products can be expected.

12 September 2014 05:12 - 09:12 UTC
Metop-B - IASI External Calibration
IASI GDS Level 1C and Level 2 products will not be available.

12 September 2014 16:30 UTC - 13 September 2014 12:46 UTC (Metop-A)
12 September 2014 17:23 UTC - 13 September 2014 13:39 UTC (Metop-B)
IASI External Calibration (Moon Intrusion) Short interruptions
can be expected to IASI GDS Level 1C, atmospheric temperature and
water vapour, cloud parameters, ozone and trace gases and emissivity
products.

18 September 2014
AVHRR Global Winds (derived from Metop-A and Metop-B) available on
EUMETCast Europe.
For full details, please see: www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2320672.html


REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
09 September 2014  06:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC
Power outage in Lannion - Meteo France
Transmissions of EARS files from Lannion and Saint Denis La Reunion
will be interrupted.


METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT
09 September 2014 09:06 - 09:13 UTC (Metop-A)
09 September 2014 08:18 - 08:28 UTC (Metop-B) SEM MPED in flight
calibration A short outage of all SEM products can be expected at
these times.


THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
18 August 2014 - 17 October 2014
FY-2D Eclipse Season
17:00 UTC to 18:30 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

19 August 2014 - 18 October 2014
FY-2E Eclipse Season
16:00 UTC to 19:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

21 August 2014 - 12 October 2014
MTSAT-2 Eclipse Season
15:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

09 September 2014  06:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC
Power outage in Lannion - Meteo France
GOES-13, GOES-15 and MTSAT-2 Image data will be unavailable.



INFORMATION:
For further information, please contact the EUMETSAT User Services
Helpdesk
Tel: +49 6151 807 366
Fax: +49 6151 807 379
Email: ops@eumetsat.int
www.eumetsat.int


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