Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Florida 2 LEO Ground Station Offline, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_/ibkq4iBzGv3/LopR5zwXA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *//* *Topic:* SARSAT Florida 2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * February 17, 2016 1440Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact: * February 17, 2016 1303Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * TBD *Length of Outage: * TBD *Details/Specifics of Change: ***Florida 2 LEO Ground Station in Miami, FL is down. The cause of the outage is unknown at this time. The contracted vendor is currently working to restore service. *Impact: * Minor-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_/ibkq4iBzGv3/LopR5zwXA) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Topic:  SARSAT Florida 2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  February 17, 2016 1440Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  February 17, 2016 1303Z 

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

Length of Outage:  TBD

Details/Specifics of Change:  Florida 2 LEO Ground Station in Miami, FL is down.  The cause of the outage is unknown at this time.  The contracted vendor is currently working to restore service.

Impact:  Minor-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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