Update#2: Service resumed at 10:30 UTC. After the dissemination resumption, the FCI L1c and L2 data might have a transitory degraded quality (such as slight striping and slightly degraded radiometric accuracy in the IR12.3 and IR13.3 channels) that will be mitigated in the upcoming hours.

Update #1: 

Meteosat-12 FCI recovery activities are ongoing. It is planned to return the FCI instrument to observation mode tomorrow morning. At around 10.00 UTC, 24 July 2025, we should be able to indicate when dissemination of data is set to resume.

Topic: Met-12 Instrument Anomaly


Date/Time Issued: July 24, 2025 1052Z


Product or Data Impacted: Met-12 FCI Level 1C Image data, Level 2 data, MTG Africa Data Service


Date/Time of Initial Impact: July 22, 2025 15:30:00 Z


Date/Time of Expected End: July 24, 2025 1030Z


Length of the Outage/Event: 29 hours


Details/Specifics: See Below:

Message number:13393
Message creation:Wed Jul 23 16:37:28 UTC 2025

Type:Service Alert
Ann Nr:12374
Rev:1
Start Time:2025-07-22 15:30:00.0
Satellites:MET-12
Subject:Instrument-anomaly
Impact:data-unavailable
Detail:Meteosat-12 FCI recovery activities are ongoing. It is planned to return the FCI instrument to observation mode tomorrow morning. At around 10.00 UTC, 24 July 2025, we should be able to indicate when dissemination of data is set to resume.
Revision History:[Original] Investigation is ongoing.
Status:ongoing
Issue Time:2025-07-23 16:35:20.0
Services:0° FCI Level 1c Image Data
0° FCI Level 2 Data
MTG Africa Data Service

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