NOAA-20 ATMS Planned Outage on February 26, 2020 - Issued: January 30, 2020 1400 UTC
Topic: NOAA-20 ATMS Planned Outage Due to electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) data write activity
Date/Time Issued: January 30, 2020 1400 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: ATMS products
Satellite(s) Involved: NOAA-20
Instrument (s) Involved: Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS)
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 26, 2020 1400 UTC
Impacts on Users and Significance: No data will be produced by ATMS.
Date/Time of Expected End: February 26, 2020 2000 UTC
Length of Outage: Approximately 6 hours
Details/Specifics of Change: All NOAA-20 ATMS data and its-derived products will not be available while the EEPROM activity is being executed. This planned outage is necessary as EEPROM is updated successfully over several contacts.