Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station Offline, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_SYAy5P+9jc99PQo4J5GdUQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic:* SARSAT Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station Offline *Date/Time Issued: * December 4, 2016 1920Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* December 4, 2016 0213Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * December 4, 2016 1752Z *Length of Outage: *15 hours 39 minutes *Details/Specifics of Change: * Maryland**1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped processing data around 0213Z. The Front Processor was replaced, the Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station returned to normal operations at 1752Z, December 4, 2016. *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_SYAy5P+9jc99PQo4J5GdUQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT
Topic:  SARSAT Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station Offline

Date/Time Issued:  December 4, 2016 1920Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  December 4, 2016 0213Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  December 4, 2016 1752Z

Length of Outage: 15 hours 39 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change:  Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station in Suitland, MD stopped processing data around 0213Z. The Front Processor was replaced, the  Maryland 1 GEO Ground Station returned to normal operations at 1752Z, December 4, 2016.

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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