Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: SARSAT Guam 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_ob6swXE7ANqnyuzBGB/hMA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *//* **Update #1:* *Guam 1 LEO Ground Station returned to Normal Operations at 1100 UTC, November 28, 2015*. *Guam 1 LEO ground station is back fully operational. The anomaly is believed to have been due to a temporary, self correcting antenna hardware failure. *Topic:* SARSAT Guam 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * November 28, 2015 1137 UTC *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT Alert Data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* November 28, 2015 0516 UTC *Date/Time of Expected End: *November 28, 2015 1100 UTC *Length of Outage: * 5.75 Hours *Details/Specifics of Change: *Guam 1 LEO Ground Station has been configured down after two consecutive missed passes. The cause of the anomaly is under investigation. *Impact: *Medium- 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_ob6swXE7ANqnyuzBGB/hMA) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Update #1: Guam 1 LEO Ground Station returned to Normal Operations at 1100 UTC, November 28, 2015.  Guam 1 LEO ground station is back fully operational. The anomaly is believed to have been due to a temporary, self correcting antenna hardware failure.

Topic:  SARSAT Guam 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  November 28, 2015 1137 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT Alert Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  November 28, 2015 0516 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: November 28, 2015 1100 UTC

Length of Outage:  5.75 Hours

Details/Specifics of Change:  Guam 1 LEO Ground Station has been configured down after two consecutive missed passes. The cause of the anomaly is under investigation.  Impact: Medium- 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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