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UPDATE #6:  ENGINEERING COMPLETED S-NPP SPACECRAFT RECOVERY EFFORTS ON
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2026. THE S-NPP SPACECRAFT WAS RETURNED TO NOMINAL MISSION
POINT AS OF 19:59:31 UTC ON JULY 15, 2026. ATMS WAS PLACED IN OPERATIONAL
MODE ON JULY 16, 2026 AT 16:15:43 UTC. VIIRS WAS PLACED IN OPERATIONAL MODE
ON JULY 16, 2026 AT 19:39:45 UTC.  CERES WAS PLACED IN OPERATIONAL MODE ON
JULY 17, 2026 AT 14:22:00 UTC. OMPS WAS PLACED IN OPERATIONAL MODE ON JULY
17, 2026 AT 15:59:32 UTC.


AS OF MONDAY JULY 20, 2026, ALL S-NPP ATMS AND VIIRS SCIENCE PRODUCTS ARE
APPROVED FOR OPERATIONAL USE AND PDA OPS SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THESE PRODUCTS
WILL BE ENABLED AT 19:25 UTC, JULY 20, 2026. THE HIGH RATE DATA (HRD) WILL
BE ENABLED AT 20:14 UTC, JULY 20, 2026. DIRECT BROADCAST (DB) USERS CAN USE
THE EQUIVALENT S-NPP ATMS AND VIIRS COMMUNITY SATELLITE PROCESSING PACKAGE
(CSPP) LEO PRODUCTS FOR OPERATIONS.
THE OMPS NADIR MAPPER (NM) ARE EXPECTED TO BE APPROVED FOR OPERATIONS LATER
THIS WEEK WHILE THE OMPS NADIR PROFILER (NP) AND LIMB PROFILER (LP)
PRODUCTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE APPROVED NO EARLIER THAN LATE NEXT WEEK
FOLLOWING THE INGEST OF ADDITIONAL OMPS SDR LUTS. WHILE OMPS PRODUCTS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR DIRECT BROADCAST (DB) USERS, PLEASE TAKE CAUTION THAT OMPS
PRODUCTS ARE NOT YET APPROVED FOR OPERATIONAL USE. AN UPDATE NOTICE WILL BE
POSTED ONCE THESE OMPS PRODUCTS ARE READY FOR OPERATIONAL USE.
*UPDATE#5*  ENGINEERING IS CONTINUING S-NPP SPACECRAFT RECOVERY EFFORTS.
ALL INSTRUMENTS REMAIN IN A SAFE STATE AND SCIENCE DATA REMAINS
UNAVAILABLE.

UPDATE #4: THE S-NPP SPACECRAFT ENTERED A NON-NOMINAL STATE AT ~14:50 UTC
ON JULY 10, 2026. ALL SCIENCE DATA REMAINS UNAVAILABLE AND WILL NOT BE
RECOVERABLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE; HOWEVER, ALL INSTRUMENTS ARE IN A SAFE
STATE.

PDA OPS REQUESTS FOR ALL S-NPP SCIENCE PRODUCTS WERE DISABLED AT 01:30 UTC
ON JULY 11, 2026.

NOAA-21 REMAINS THE PRIMARY JPSS SERIES SPACECRAFT, AND KEY PERFORMANCE
PARAMETERS FROM ITS INSTRUMENTS CONTINUE TO BE DELIVERED. S-NPP IS A
TERTIARY SATELLITE WITH NO PERFORMANCE AND LATENCY REQUIREMENTS.

*UPDATE #3:* JPSS DID NOT RECEIVE SMD REV. 76180 AS WELL. DATA RECOVERY
WILL BE ATTEMPTED DURING THE NEXT SUCCESSFUL SUPPORT.

*UPDATE #2:* JPSS DID NOT RECEIVE SMD REV. 76179 AS WELL. DATA RECOVERY
WILL BE ATTEMPTED DURING THE NEXT SUCCESSFUL SUPPORT.

*UPDATE #1:* JPSS DID NOT RECEIVE SMD REV. 76178 AS WELL. DATA RECOVERY
WILL BE ATTEMPTED DURING THE NEXT SUCCESSFUL SUPPORT.


*T**OPIC*: S-NPP DATA DELAY

*DATE/TIME ISSUED*: JULY 20, 2026 1934Z
*PRODUCT(S) OR DATA IMPACTED*: S-NPP DATA PRODUCTS


*DATE/TIME OF INITIAL IMPACT*: JULY 10, 2026 1628Z


*DATE/TIME OF EXPECTED END*: TBD

*LENGTH OF OUTAGE*:  TBD

*DETAILS/SPECIFICS: *STORED MISSION DATA (SMD) FOR REV 76177 FROM FCDA WAS
NOT RECEIVED. ON-SITE GSE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE SITUATION. DATA
RECOVERY WILL BE ATTEMPTED DURING NEXT SUPPORT.


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