RE: [STORMREPORTS] GOES-EAST Dish Struck by Lightning
Here is the report on the sat data outage
Subject: Data Outage
Topic: MET-7, G-12 and Polar Satellite Data Outage
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Chedk here for further updates
>
> Rumor has it that the GOES EAST satellite dish at the
> receiving center in
> Wallops Island, VA, was hit by lightning today at 2:45 pm.
> As a result,
> satellite images from the eastern U.S. have disappeared off of all
> commercial and government web servers.
>
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From: Bud Younke (byounke{at}clntraining.com)
Date: Fri Jul 15 2005 - 19:08:23 EDT
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Message Issued: 07/15/2005, 2150 UTC
Satellites Impacted: MET7, G-12 and Polar
Products Impacted: MET-7, G-12 and Polar images, products, etc...
Date/Time of Initial Impact: 07/15/2005, 1915 UTC
Details:
We are presently experiencing a MET7, G-12 and Polar data outage.
Wallops had antenna hit, as information becomes available we will send
update..
Reason: Wallops antenna hits.
Length of outage: Unknown.
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