Date/Time Issued: February 26, 2015 1600 UTC

Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 2, 2015 0300 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: March 8, 2015 0730 UTC

Length of Outage/Impacts:� See detailed data impact schedules below.

Details/Specifics of Scheduled Activities (From JMA/MSC):

MTSAT-2 Sun Interference Operation from March 2 to March 10, 2015

MTSAT-2 sun interference operation is scheduled to take place from March 2 to March 10, 2015.
As a result, the following observations will be cancelled or subject to scan line errors/halting:

• March 4-8, 2015
• F03: observations cancelled
• March 2-3 and March 9-10, 2015
• F03: possible scan line errors/halting

Inhibition of North-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 from March 4 to March 5, 2015

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 2217 UTC on March 4 to 0417 UTC March 5, 2015 to avoid lunar intrusion.
As a result, positional gaps may appear in all images of MTSAT-2 observations made during the following period, and image quality may be adversely affected:

• 2300 UTC on March 4 - 0400 UTC on March 5, 2015
  

Interruption of HRIT/LRIT Data Distribution on March 5, 2015

Maintenance of the MTSAT-2 system is scheduled to take place from 2029 UTC on March 5, 2015.
As a result, the following data dissemination will be cancelled:

• March 5, 2015
• HRIT: F21
• LRIT: PS-F21, D0-F21, D1-F21

Inhibition of North-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 from March 5 to March 6, 2015

Inhibited north-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 2217 UTC on March 5 to 0217 UTC on March 6, 2015 to avoid lunar intrusion.
As a result, positional gaps may appear in all images of MTSAT-2 observations made during the following period, and image quality may be adversely affected:

• 2300 UTC on March 5 - 0200 UTC on March 6, 2015

Inhibition of South-Earth-Sensor-Scan Operation for MTSAT-2 on March 8, 2015

Inhibited south-earth-sensor-scan operation for MTSAT-2 is scheduled to take place from 0217 UTC to 0717 UTC on March 8, 2015 to avoid lunar intrusion.
As a result, positional gaps may appear in all images of MTSAT-2 observations made during the following period, and image quality may be adversely affected:

• 0300-0700 UTC on March 8, 2015

Point of Contact for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880

Web Site(s) for applicable information: http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/operation/bulletin_list.htm
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