Subject: Administrative: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule
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*Topic: *Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule
*Date/Time Issued**:*October 2, 2014 1345 UTC*
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*Product(s) or Data Impacted:*See list below.
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*Date/Time of Initial Impact:* **October 2, 2014 13:14:42 UTC (from
theEumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)
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*Date/Time of Expected End:***See table in detail for on and off switch
time******
*Length of Outage:*N/A*
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*Details/Specifics of Change:*
Weekly Operations Schedule
Issued on 02/10/14 at 13:14:42
Seq Nr: 1
Planned activities for week 41/2014:
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 31 December 2014,
at which date the DVB-S service will end.
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)")
Presentations from the EUMETCast User Forum which took place on
17/09/2014 are available at:
http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/TechnicalBulletins/EUMETCast/DAT_2266023.html
29 September 2014 - 15 October 2014
Sun interference may affect the EUMETCast broadcast satellites.
Users might experience lower signal margin or outages on EUMETCast.
The exact times and durations of the signal degradation or outages
depend on the reception location.
Please
see:http://www.satellite-calculations.com/Satellite/suninterference.php
Satellite information:
- EUMETCast Europe, DVB-S: EUTELSAT 9A
- EUMETCast Europe, DVB-S2: EUTELSAT 10A
- EUMETCast Africa: EUTELSAT 5 WEST A
- EUMETCast Americas: SES-6
METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
06 October 2014 - 16 October 2014
Sun Co-linearity
Repeat cycles 11:30 and 11:45 UTC may be interrupted or not available.
METEOSAT RSS
06 October 2014 - 16 October 2014
Sun Co-linearity
Repeat cycles 11:00 to 11:20 UTC may be interrupted or not available.
METEOSAT IODC
07 October 2014 - 13:58 UTC
Meteosat-7 Attitude Slew Manoeuvre
Users may observe degraded image quality for up to 6 hours following
the manoeuvre.
METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
06 October 2014 15:04 UTC
Metop-A - ASCAT Gain Compression
A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected.
11 October 2014 05:12 - 09:12 UTC
Metop-B - IASI External Calibration
IASI GDS Level 1C and Level 2 products will not be available.
METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
01 October - 01 December 2014
Metop-A - ASCAT Extensive Calibration
Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global
and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes
over Turkey.
08 October 2014 08:25 - 16:40 UTC
METOP-B - Out-of-plane manoeuvre
Burn time: 2014-10-08 13:17:23.176 duration 516.898 seconds,
All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GOME-2, IASI, HIRS, MHS,
SEM, in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service,
will not be available.
The AVHRR GDS Level 1 products and AVHRR regional data will be
temporarily degraded.
GRAS data will be degraded for up to 4 hours after the manoeuvre.
METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT
07 October 2014 09:27 - 09:33 UTC (Metop-A)
07 October 2014 08:38 - 08:44 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.
17 August 2014 - 23 October 2014
MTSAT-2 Eclipse Season
14:00 UTC and 15:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.
FUTURE EVENTS
METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
20 to 24 October 2014
Planned maintenance on the MSG Ground Segment involving migration to
a new hardware platform.
On 23 October, there will be an associated risk of interruption to
the Meteosat-10 products for up to 2 repeat cycles. Users may also
experience degraded production reporting during this period.
With this new hardware platform, the meteorological product generation
will be modified - it will only start after the reception of the
complete Meteosat image. There will be no changes to the products but
this will have a small impact on the dissemination: products may arrive
slightly earlier or later than presently expected. The difference in
dissemination times may, in some cases, be up to 2 minutes.
A set of meteorological products generated from the new hardware is
available at:
ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/test-data/Met-Products_MCIC_01-10-14/
METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
15 October 2014
Update of Global and Regional IASI Level 1C reduced spectral samples
distributed on EUMETCast and
on GTS, from 366 channels to 500 channels.
A list of the 500 selected channels as well as test data are available
at:ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/test-data/IASI-L1-500-Channels_Test-data_01-10-14/
15 October 2014
S-NPP - Inclination Adjustment Manoeuvre (IAM)
ATMS data will be unavailable during this period.
22 October 2014 09:00-16:00 UTC
METOP-B - Out-of-plane manoeuvre
All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GOME-2, IASI, HIRS, MHS,
SEM, in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service,
will not be available.
The AVHRR GDS Level 1 products and AVHRR regional data will be
temporarily degraded.
GRAS data will be degraded for up to 4 hours after the manoeuvre.
A touch-up in-plane manoeuvre may be performed the following day. This
will be confirmed in due time.
THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
16 October 2014
In the frame of the Copernicus Global Land service, two new products
from VITO will be available on EUMETCast Europe and Africa:
- Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (version
1), FAPAR, covering Africa
- Vegetation Condition Index (version 1), VCI, covering Africa
For full details,
seehttp://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2347839.html
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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Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule
Date/Time Issued: October
2, 2014 1345 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted:
See list below.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 2, 2014 13:14:42
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 02/10/14 at 13:14:42
Seq Nr: 1
Planned activities for week 41/2014:
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 31 December 2014,
at which date the DVB-S service will end.
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)")
Presentations from the EUMETCast User Forum which took place on
17/09/2014 are available at:
http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Techn
29 September 2014 - 15 October 2014
Sun interference may affect the EUMETCast broadcast satellites.
Users might experience lower signal margin or outages on EUMETCast.
The exact times and durations of the signal degradation or outages
depend on the reception location.
Please see: http://www.satellite-calculations.com/Satellite/suninterf
Satellite information:
- EUMETCast Europe, DVB-S: EUTELSAT 9A
- EUMETCast Europe, DVB-S2: EUTELSAT 10A
- EUMETCast Africa: EUTELSAT 5 WEST A
- EUMETCast Americas: SES-6
METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
06 October 2014 - 16 October 2014
Sun Co-linearity
Repeat cycles 11:30 and 11:45 UTC may be interrupted or not available.
METEOSAT RSS
06 October 2014 - 16 October 2014
Sun Co-linearity
Repeat cycles 11:00 to 11:20 UTC may be interrupted or not available.
METEOSAT IODC
07 October 2014 - 13:58 UTC
Meteosat-7 Attitude Slew Manoeuvre
Users may observe degraded image quality for up to 6 hours following
the manoeuvre.
METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
06 October 2014 15:04 UTC
Metop-A - ASCAT Gain Compression
A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected.
11 October 2014 05:12 - 09:12 UTC
Metop-B - IASI External Calibration
IASI GDS Level 1C and Level 2 products will not be available.
METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
01 October - 01 December 2014
Metop-A - ASCAT Extensive Calibration
Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global
and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes
over Turkey.
08 October 2014 08:25 - 16:40 UTC
METOP-B - Out-of-plane manoeuvre
Burn time: 2014-10-08 13:17:23.176 duration 516.898 seconds,
All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GOME-2, IASI, HIRS, MHS,
SEM, in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service,
will not be available.
The AVHRR GDS Level 1 products and AVHRR regional data will be
temporarily degraded.
GRAS data will be degraded for up to 4 hours after the manoeuvre.
METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT
07 October 2014 09:27 - 09:33 UTC (Metop-A)
07 October 2014 08:38 - 08:44 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.
17 August 2014 - 23 October 2014
MTSAT-2 Eclipse Season
14:00 UTC and 15:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.
FUTURE EVENTS
METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
20 to 24 October 2014
Planned maintenance on the MSG Ground Segment involving migration to
a new hardware platform.
On 23 October, there will be an associated risk of interruption to
the Meteosat-10 products for up to 2 repeat cycles. Users may also
experience degraded production reporting during this period.
With this new hardware platform, the meteorological product generation
will be modified - it will only start after the reception of the
complete Meteosat image. There will be no changes to the products but
this will have a small impact on the dissemination: products may arrive
slightly earlier or later than presently expected. The difference in
dissemination times may, in some cases, be up to 2 minutes.
A set of meteorological products generated from the new hardware is
available at:
ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/test-data/Met-Pro
METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
15 October 2014
Update of Global and Regional IASI Level 1C reduced spectral samples
distributed on EUMETCast and
on GTS, from 366 channels to 500 channels.
A list of the 500 selected channels as well as test
data are available at: ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/test
15 October 2014
S-NPP - Inclination Adjustment Manoeuvre (IAM)
ATMS data will be unavailable during this period.
22 October 2014 09:00-16:00 UTC
METOP-B - Out-of-plane manoeuvre
All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GOME-2, IASI, HIRS, MHS,
SEM, in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service,
will not be available.
The AVHRR GDS Level 1 products and AVHRR regional data will be
temporarily degraded.
GRAS data will be degraded for up to 4 hours after the manoeuvre.
A touch-up in-plane manoeuvre may be performed the following day. This
will be confirmed in due time.
THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
16 October 2014
In the frame of the Copernicus Global Land service, two new products
from VITO will be available on EUMETCast Europe and Africa:
- Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (version
1), FAPAR, covering Africa
- Vegetation Condition Index (version 1), VCI, covering Africa
For full details, see http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2347839.html
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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