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Update #1 - Final Update – A task running on the Location Processor became hung. After rebooting the software Alaska 1 LEO Ground Station returned to Normal Operations at 1647Z , August 23, 2016

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

Date/Time Issued: August 23, 2016 1810Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 23, 2016 1520Z

Date/Time of Expected End: TBD

Length of Outage: TBD

Details/Specifics of Change: Alaska 1 LEO Ground Station in Fairbanks, AK is not sending data for unknown reasons. The maintenance contractor is currently investigating the issue.

Impact: Significant-Missed pass vulnerability to other Ground Station sites being down significantly increased. Distress alert detection/reporting timeliness affected.

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