G16 and G18 Lunar Trending 03/13 - 03/16
Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scan scheduled from March 13 to March 16
Date/Time Issued: March 6, 2025, 2020Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 and GOES-18 ABI MESO-2 outages
Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 13, 2025 (DOY 72), 16:09 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: March 16, 2025 (DOY 75), 23:01 UTC
Length of Outage: Approximately 2 minutes for each event. See the schedule below.
Details/Specifics of Change:
Several, very short, GOES-16 and GOES-18 routine calibration scans for lunar trending will be performed between March 13 - March 16, 2025, resulting in an outage of ABI MESO-2 products for about 2 minutes for each event. ABI MESO-1 will still be available during this time. The schedules are below:
Impacts:
GOES-16:
GOES-18:
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