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Effective 2022/02/11
Topic: GOES-14/15/16/17 Spring 2022 Solar RFI predicted times are now available
Date/Time Issued: February 11, 2022 2100 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-14/15/16/17 Imager and Sounder Data plus Ancillary Services (GVAR, SAR, LRIT, EMWIN, DCS, GRB, etc.)
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 22, 2022 1704 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: March 9, 2022 2152 UTC
Length of Outage: See table in details.
Details/Specifics of Change: The potential for solar radio frequency interference (RFI) with a satellite downlink circuit will occur whenever the Sun passes into the beam of the ground station receiving antenna.
We received the following information from our Mission Operations Division concerning the potential for outages of the GOES data stream including GVAR (GOES Variable) Imager and Sounder, SAR (Search and Rescue), High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT), Sensor Data (SD), Telemetry and Command (T&C), Weather Facsimile (WEFAX), Data Collection Platform Report (DCPR), Multi-use data link (MDL), Raw Data Link (RDL), etc.
The Wallops and Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAs) and Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) receiving antennas may experience periods of Solar RFI as predicted below. Solar RFI can cause loss of telemetry lock and command capability, as well as degradation or loss in the GVAR data.
SOLAR RFI PREDICTED TIMES FOR SPRING 2022
| SPACECRAFT | DATE |
TIME | STATION | OPERATIONAL IMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOES-14 | 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1920 - 1932Z | WALLOPS | T&C |
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1920 - 1932Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1918 - 1929Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| GOES-15 | 2 MAR - 9 MAR | 2101 - 2112Z | WALLOPS | GVAR, T&C, SD |
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 2100 - 2111Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 22 FEB - 2 MAR | 2034 - 2045Z | FAIRBANK | ||
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 2059 - 2110Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| GOES-16 | 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1706 - 1717Z | WALLOPS | RDL, GRB, T&C, HRIT, DCPC, SAR |
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1705 - 1716Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1704 - 1715Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| GOES-17 | 2 MAR - 9 MAR | 2141 - 2153Z | WALLOPS | RDL, GRB, T&C, HRIT, DCPC, SAR |
| 2 MAR - 9 MAR | 2141 - 2152Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 2 MAR - 8 MAR | 2140 - 2152Z | FAIRMONT |
Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880
Web Site(s) for applicable information:
See https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/
See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/
See http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/ for Direct Services Branch (DSB) information.
Effective 2021/09/28
September 28, 2021 1815 UTC
Topic: GOES-13/14/15/16/17 Fall 2021 Solar RFI predicted times are now available
Date/Time Issued: September 28, 2021 1815 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-14/15/16/17 Imager and Sounder Data plus Ancillary Services (GVAR, SAR, HRIT, GRB, RDL, etc.)
Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 4, 2021 2119 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: October 18, 2021 2101 UTC
Length of Outage: See table in details.
Details/Specifics of Change: The potential for solar radio frequency interference (RFI) with a satellite downlink circuit will occur whenever the Sun passes into the beam of the ground station receiving antenna.
We received the following information from our Mission Operations Division concerning the potential for outages of the GOES data stream including GVAR (GOES Variable) Imager and Sounder, SAR (Search and Rescue), High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT), Sensor Data (SD), Telemetry and Command (T&C), Weather Facsimile (WEFAX), Data Collection Platform Report (DCPR), Multi-use data link (MDL), Raw Data Link (RDL), etc.
The Wallops and Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAs) and Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) receiving antennas may experience periods of Solar RFI as predicted below. Solar RFI can cause loss of telemetry lock and command capability, as well as degradation or loss in the GVAR data.
SOLAR RFI PREDICTED TIMES FOR FALL 2021
| SPACECRAFT | DATE |
TIME | STATION | OPERATIONAL IMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOES-14 | 5 OCT - 12 OCT | 1855 - 1906Z | WALLOPS | T&C |
| 5 OCT - 12 OCT | 1854 - 1905Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 5 OCT - 12 OCT | 1852 - 1903Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| GOES-15 | 4 OCT - 11 OCT | 2034 - 2046Z | WALLOPS | GVAR, PDR, T&C, SD, MDL |
| 5 OCT - 12 OCT | 2033 - 2045Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 5 OCT - 12 OCT | 2032 - 2044Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| 11 OCT - 18 OCT | 2003 - 2015Z | FAIRBANK | ||
| GOES-16 | 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 1644 - 1655Z | WALLOPS | RDL, GRB, T&C, HRIT, DCPC, |
| 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 1643 - 1654Z | SUITLAND | SAR | |
| 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 1641 - 1653Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| GOES-17 | 3 OCT – 10 OCT | 2118 - 2129Z | WALLOPS | RDL, GRB, T&C, HRIT, DCPC, |
| 3 OCT – 10 OCT | 2117 - 2128Z | SUITLAND | SAR | |
| 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 2117 - 2128Z | FAIRMONT | ||
Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations atESPCOperations@
Web Site(s) for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/
See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/
See http://www.osd.noaa.gov/
See http://www.noaasis.noaa.
Effective 2021/03/25
NOUS41 KWBC 252000
PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 21-18
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
400 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-Satellite Broadcast Network/NOAAPort
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Michelle Mainelli
Director, Office of Dissemination
Subject: Static Radar Image Files Return to EMWIN
Services March 24, 2021
The broadcast of static Radar Image files suspended on December 16, 2020, as announced in
Service Change Notice 20-117, have resumed over the Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite (GOES)-East and West High-Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) / Emergency Managers
Weather Information Network (EMWIN) satellite broadcast on virtual channel 21.
These files concurrently returned to the enterprise EMWIN File Transfer Protocol (FTP) image archive file server:
https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/OPS/
Further information on the Radar products is documented under
Title-03 through 12, in the updated EMWIN Image Catalog:
https://www.weather.gov/media/emwin/EMWIN_Image_and_Text_Data_Capture_Catalog_v1.3d.pdf
For more information, please contact NWS EMWIN Support at:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
National Public Information Statements are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2021/02/26
Re: 20-117 Update
NOUS41 KWBC 241200 AAA
PNSWSH
Service Change Notice 20-117 Update
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
800 AM EST Wed Feb 24 2021
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-Satellite Broadcast Network/NOAAPort
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Michelle Mainelli
Director, Office of Dissemination
Subject: Updated: Static Radar Image Files Temporarily Suspended
on EMWIN Services, Effective December 16, 2020
Updated to correct the date for the return of the Static Radar Image Files on the EMWIN services from February 26, 2021, to a
date to be determined.
On or about December 16, 2020, NWS temporarily suspended 10 static Radar Image files sent over the Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES)-East and West High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) / Emergency Managers Weather
Information Network (EMWIN) satellite broadcast on virtual channel 21. These products are published on the enterprise EMWIN
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) archive file server. The products will be suspended pending completion of the NWS migration to the
new Ridge 2 radar product generation services.
The suspended Radar products are listed/documented under Title-03 through 12, in the EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture
Catalog: https://www.weather.gov/media/emwin/EMWIN_Image_and_Text_Data_Capture_Catalog_v1.3b_r180817.pdf
The static Radar Image files should return to the EMWIN services by a date yet to be determined. A separate NWS Public
Information Statement (PNS) will be released when the suspended static Radar files have been reinstated on the EMWIN services.
In the interim and effective on or about December 16, 2020, Users may obtain Ridge 2 static radar image files for individual
radar sites at the following Ridge 2 services URL: https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/
Send questions on the information in this bulletin to:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
Questions on the Ridge 2 radar products may be address to:
- product comments and feedback: nwsradarfeedback@noaa.gov
- operational service issues: nco.ops@noaa.gov
- product support issues: idp-support@noaa.gov
National Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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