Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Guam 1 & 2 LEO Ground Stations Offline, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_qhCAYejIqyXQhokRD0/Cwg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *//* *Topic:* SARSAT Guam 1 & 2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Stations Offline *Date/Time Issued: * December 5, 2015 0705Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* December 5, 2015 0540Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * TBD *Length of Outage: * TBD *Details/Specifics of Change: *Guam 1 and 2 LEO ground stations have lost communications contact with the USMCC. Our communications network support provider is reporting a high level communications outage in the region which is affecting this circuit. This outage is currently being addressed by the provider. *Impact: *Significant- Western Pacific US AOR Distress 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_qhCAYejIqyXQhokRD0/Cwg) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Topic:  SARSAT Guam 1 & 2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Stations Offline

Date/Time Issued:  December 5, 2015 0705Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  December 5, 2015 0540Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

Length of Outage:  TBD

Details/Specifics of Change:  Guam 1 and 2 LEO ground stations have lost communications contact with the USMCC. Our communications network support provider is reporting a high level communications outage in the region which is affecting this circuit. This outage is currently being addressed by the provider.

Impact: Significant- Western Pacific US AOR Distress 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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