11, January 2021
These temporary outages in the service are used to exercise the Meteosat SEVIRI instrument mechanics in Full Earth Scan (FES) mode*, which is required to keep the mechanism in good repair.
The baseline operational period for the RSS is 26 days of continuous rapid scanning, followed by two days of full earth disc scanning, over 11 months per year.
On 27 March 2018 Meteosat-9 stopped RSS, after Meteosat-10 became prime RSS spacecraft. Meteosat-9 now provides gap filling for Meteosat-10.
RSS monthly Meteosat-10 mission interruptions
| Start date | End date | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 02 Feb 2021 | 02 March 2021 | One month RSS break. No RSS service provided. No Met-9 gap filling |
| 30 March 2021 | 01 April 2021 | 48 hrs (Met-9 will provide gap filling) |
| 27 April 2021 | 29 April 2021 | 48 hrs (Met-9 will provide gap filling) |
| 25 May 2021 | 27 May 2021 | 48 hrs (Met-9 will provide gap filling) |
| 22 June 2021 | 24 June 2021 | 48 hrs (Met-9 will provide gap filling) |
| 20 July 2021 | 22 July 2021 | 48 hrs (Met-9 will provide gap filling) |
| 17 Aug 2021 | 19 Aug 2021 | 48 hrs (Met-9 will provide gap filling) |
| 14 Sept 2021 | 16 Sept 2021 | 48 hrs (Met-9 will provide gap filling) |
| 12 Oct 2021 | 14 Oct 2021 | 48 hrs (Met-9 will provide gap filling) |
| 09 Nov 2021 | 11 Nov 2021 | 48 hrs (Met-9 will provide gap filling) |
| 07 Dec 2021 | 09 Dec 2021 | 48 hrs (Met-9 will provide gap filling) |
Notes:
During Met-10 FES mode, Met-10 image data and meteorological products are not disseminated. Met-9 RSS image data rectified to 9.5°E is disseminated in lieu (but Met-9 RSS meteorological products are not disseminated). Met-10 FES always starts and ends at 9:00 UTC.
These dates are tentative. Exact dates will be confirmed in the User Notification Service (UNS).
Unscheduled outages can occur at any time. Notifications of these are provided via the UNS.