Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: LSE LEO Ground Station Offline, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_i5iW8mh+r/xs3O0yg0Rl5A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic:* SARSAT LSE Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * April 29, 2016 0750Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* April 29, 2016 0344Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * TBD *Length of Outage: * TBD *Details/Specifics of Change: *The LSE had an ACU hardware fault and communication with LSE has been lost. LEO Ground Station maintenance contractor is working to resolve the issue. I*mpact: *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_i5iW8mh+r/xs3O0yg0Rl5A) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

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

Date/Time Issued:  April 29, 2016 0750Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  April 29, 2016 0344Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  TBD

Length of Outage:  TBD

Details/Specifics of Change:  The LSE had an ACU hardware fault and communication with LSE has been lost.  LEO Ground Station maintenance contractor is working to resolve 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_i5iW8mh+r/xs3O0yg0Rl5A)--