Topic:  Himawari-9 Weekly Special Satellite Operations Schedule (through March 14, 2025)

Date/Time Issued:  March 6, 2025 1530 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  Himawari-9 AHI Imagery

Date of Initial Impact (start date of first scheduled event):  March 7, 2025

Date of Expected End (end date of last scheduled event):  March 14, 2025

Length of Outage:  See detailed information below for specific Himawari-9 AHI data periods affected.

From JMA/MSC:

Calibration of the visible bands of the AHI on March 7, 2025.
A calibration of the visible bands of the AHI is scheduled from 21:00 UTC on March 7, 2025.
As a result, the following observation will be canceled:
21:10 UTC(P127) on March 7, 2025.

Maintenance of Himawari-9 satellite on March 10, 2025.
Maintenance of Himawari-9 satellite is scheduled from 15:00 UTC to 16:20 UTC on March 10, 2025.
As a result, the following observation will be canceled:
15:10 - 16:20 UTC(P091- P098) on March 10, 2025.

North-south station keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 on March 10, 2025.
An east-west station keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 is scheduled from 21:30 UTC on March 10, 2025.
As a result, the following observation will be canceled:
21:40 UTC(P130) on March 10, 2025.

East-west station keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 on March 13, 2025.
An east-west station keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 is scheduled from 19:40 UTC on March 13, 2025.
As a result, the following observation will be canceled:
19:50 UTC(P119) on March 13, 2025.

East-west station keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 on March 14, 2025.
An east-west station keeping maneuver for Himawari-9 is scheduled from 07:40 UTC on March 14, 2025.
As a result, the following observation will be canceled:
07:50 UTC(P047) on March 14, 2025.

Contact Information:  ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880

Web Site(s) for applicable information:  https://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/oper/bulletin_list_H9.html