Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: SARSAT Maryland 2 (GEO) Ground This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_MZjMHGSFCBAHy2VE7OTBdA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *//* *Topic:* SARSAT Maryland 2 (GEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * January**19, 2016 2210 Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact: * Jan 19, 2016 1730 Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * TBD *Length of Outage: * TBD *Details/Specifics of Change: ***Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, Md. suffered a data interruption due to an unidentified issue. The USMCC is currently working with the vendor to correct the issue. *Impact: * Minor-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_MZjMHGSFCBAHy2VE7OTBdA) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Topic:  SARSAT Maryland 2 (GEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  January 19,  2016  2210 Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  Jan 19,  2016  1730 Z 

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

Length of Outage:  TBD

Details/Specifics of Change:  Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, Md. suffered a data interruption due to an unidentified issue.  The USMCC is currently working with the vendor to correct the issue.

Impact:  Minor-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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