Subject: SARSAT Outage/Anomaly: Alaska 1 LEO Ground Station Offline, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_oP7Q3csWiGqzW6Q5YW5gPA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT ** *Topic:* SARSAT Alaska 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Station Offline * * *Date/Time Issued: * April 28, 2018 0258Z * * *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* SARSAT alert data * * *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* April 28, 2018 0136Z * * *Date/Time of Expected End: * TBD * * *Length of Outage: * TBD * * *Details/Specifics of Change: *AK1 LEO Ground Station is not operational. The problem is under investigation by the maintenance vendor following two consecutive missed passes. *Impact:* Minor-Dual satellite tracking capability lost for northernmost Ground Station. Distress alert detection/reporting may be delayed. *Contact Information for Further Information: *USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 301-817-4576 * * *Web Site(s) for applicable information:* N/A --Boundary_(ID_oP7Q3csWiGqzW6Q5YW5gPA) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

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

   April 28, 2018 0136Z

AK1 LEO Ground Station is not operational.  The problem is under investigation by the maintenance vendor following two consecutive missed passes.

 

Impact: Minor-Dual satellite tracking capability lost for northernmost Ground Station. Distress alert detection/reporting may be delayed.

 

usmcc@noaa.gov at 
301-817-4576


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