Topic: GOES-18 and GOES-19 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scans scheduled from July 14th through July 16th

Date/Time Issued: July 08, 2025 2212Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-18 and GOES-19 ABI MESO-2 outages

Date/Time of Initial Impact: July 14, 2025 19:51:05Z (195)

Date/Time of Expected End: July 16, 2025 02:07:26Z (197)

Length of Outage: Approximately 2 minutes for each event. See the schedule below.

Details/Specifics of Change: Several, very short, GOES-18 and GOES-19 routine calibration scans for lunar trending will be performed between July 14 - July 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-18:

· 07/15/2025 (DOY 196) 00:02:51Z & 01:11:00Z

· 07/16/2025 (DOY 197) 00:37:37Z & 02:07:26Z

GOES-19:

· 07/14/2025 (DOY 195) 19:51:05Z & 20:51:04Z

· 07/15/2025 (DOY 196) 20:22:55Z & 21:51:02Z

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