Topic: McMurdo Orbitography Beacon Offline
Date/Time Issued: May 13, 2021 1247Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: SARSAT alert data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 13, 2021 0120Z
Date/Time of Expected End: TBD
Length of Outage: TBD
Details/Specifics of Change:
The McMurdo Orbitography Beacon at McMurdo Station, Antarctica is
offline. McMurdo Station has been contacted and is dispatching a
technician to investigate.
Impact: Medium - McMurdo
Orbitography beacon not available to monitor Doppler location accuracy.
Impact is minimized by the use of other available beacons.
Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operations
usmcc@noaa.gov at 301-817-4576
Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A
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