Subject: Administrative: Metop-A Out of Plane Maneuver, Issued: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030708040504000105040001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic:*Metop-A Out of Plane Maneuver *Date/Time Issued: ***October 09, 2015 1400 UTC *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GOME-2, GRAS, ISAI, MHS, SEM, AVHRR GDS Level1 products and AVHRR *Date/Time of Initial Impact:***October 14, 2015 08:06:49 UTC *Date/Time of Expected End:***October 14, 2015 14:49:45 UTC *Length of Outage: *7 Hours *Details/Specifics of Change: *A Metop-a Out of Plane Maneuver will be performed October 14, 2015 //(JDAY287) with preparations starting at 08:06:49 UTC. All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GOME-2, GRAS, ISAI, MHS, and SEM, in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service and Regional Data Service, will not be available. The AVHRR GDS Level1 products and AVHRR regional data from Metop-A will be temporarily degraded. For this maneuver some instruments will not be producing data. The data outage times are listed below. Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed. The TED and MEDPED calibrations for the SEM instrument will be preformed on the following Svalbard pass around 1614 UTC and 1615 UTC respectively. INSTRUMENT: DEACTIVATION TIME: NORMAL TIME: AMSU-A1 08:08:54 13:56:36 AMSU-A2 08:07:34 13:58:06 GOME 11:25:57 14:49:45 HIRS 08:08:34 13:45:36 IASI 08:06:49 14:00:36 SEM 08:08:14 13:55:36 Also a touch up in-Plane maneuver may be performed the following day. Should this maneuver be required, an updated notification will be released. *Contact Information for Further Information:*ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 and/or DDS_Administrator@noaa.gov .** * Web Site(s) for applicable information: *Seehttp://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.htmlfor this and other satellite related messages. Seehttp://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.htmlfor more information on MetOp satellites This message was sent from ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov . You have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880 . Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --------------030708040504000105040001 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic: Metop-A Out of Plane Maneuver

Date/Time Issued: October 09, 2015 1400 UTCProduct(s) or Data Impacted: AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GOME-2, GRAS, ISAI, MHS, SEM, AVHRR GDS Level1 products and AVHRR

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 14, 2015 08:06:49 UTCDate/Time of Expected End: October 14, 2015 14:49:45 UTCLength of Outage: 7 Hours

Details/Specifics of Change: A Metop-a Out of Plane Maneuver will be performed October 14, 2015 //(JDAY287) with preparations starting at 08:06:49 UTC. All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GOME-2, GRAS, ISAI, MHS, and SEM, in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service and Regional Data Service, will not be available. The AVHRR GDS Level1 products and AVHRR regional data from Metop-A will be temporarily degraded.

For this maneuver some instruments will not be producing data. The data outage times are listed below. Data from the outage period will not be recovered nor distributed.

The TED and MEDPED calibrations for the SEM instrument will be preformed on the following Svalbard pass around 1614 UTC and 1615 UTC respectively.

INSTRUMENT: DEACTIVATION TIME: NORMAL TIME:

AMSU-A1    08:08:54    13:56:36
AMSU-A2    08:07:34    13:58:06
GOME 11:25:57    14:49:45
HIRS      08:08:34    13:45:36
IASI      08:06:49    14:00:36
SEM 08:08:14    13:55:36

Also a touch up in-Plane maneuver may be performed the following day. Should this maneuver be required, an updated notification will be released.

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 and/or DDS_Administrator@noaa.gov.

Web Site(s) for applicable information: See http:/ class="apple-converted-space"> for this and other satellite related messages.
See http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSate class="apple-converted-space"> for more information on MetOp satellites

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