Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Update #1: Alaska 1 LEO Ground This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_PV0EjArh2nwkxYrExnUxyQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *//* ***************DISREGARD THIS NOTIFICATION**************** * *Update #1: *Alaska 1 & 2 LEO Ground Stations returned to normal operations at 2023Z, December 10, 2015. *Topic:* Alaska 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * December 10, 2015 2249Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* December 10, 2015 1807Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * Decenber 10, 2015 2023Z *Length of Outage: * 2 hours 16 minutes *Details/Specifics of Change: *Alaska 1 LEO Ground Station in Fairbanks, AK is offline due to a hardware failure. The LUT vendor has been contacted. *Impact: *None. 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_PV0EjArh2nwkxYrExnUxyQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

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Update #1: Alaska 1 & 2 LEO Ground Stations returned to normal operations at 2023Z, December 10, 2015.

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

Date/Time Issued: December 10, 2015 2249Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 10, 2015 1807Z

Date/Time of Expected End: Decenber 10, 2015 2023Z

Length of Outage: 2 hours 16 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change: Alaska 1 LEO Ground Station in Fairbanks, AK is offline due to a hardware failure. The LUT vendor has been contacted.

Impact: None. 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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