Update #1: Correction to subject line. Issued date is April 25, 2025

Topic:  Suspension of POES data to Users after June 16, 2025

Date/Time Issued: April 25, 2025 1905 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  All POES data products

Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 16, 2025 18:00 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: NA

Length of Outage:  See Details.

Details/Specifics of Change:  NOAA will end delivery of all data from the POES constellation (NOAA-15, NOAA-18, and NOAA-19) on June 16, 2025 at 18:00 UTC.  

AMSU-A1/A2/B - data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC

APT/LRPT - service will be left enabled, but do not use this service for operational use

HRPT - service will be left enabled for diagnostic flight use only (no operational use)

AVHRR -   data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC

DCS/ADCS (Argos) - service will be left enabled as best effort only

HIRS - data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC

SARR (SARSAT) -  service will be left enabled as best effort only

SEM - data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC

MHS - data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC

SBUV - data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC

In the interim, all users should make plans to discontinue use of POES data from NOAA-15, NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 as these data and services will no longer be made available after Jun 16, 2025 1800 UTC. 

Further updates regarding POES will be provided as the June 16, 2025 date approaches.   

Contact Information for Further Information: Please email User Services at spsd.userservices@noaa.gov 

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