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UPDATE #5 THE OMPS NADIR PROFILER (NP) SDR AND EDR (V8PRO NETCDF & BUFR
FILES) AND THE OMPS LIMB PROFILE (LP) SDR (LEVEL 1B NETCDF FILES) AND EDR
(V2LIMB LEVEL 2 OZONE NETCDF & BUFR FILES) PRODUCTS ARE APPROVED FOR
OPERATIONS AND PDA OPS SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THESE PRODUCTS WERE ENABLED AT
17:30Z, JUNE 12, 2026. DIRECT BROADCAST (DB) USERS CAN USE THE EQUIVALENT
S-NPP OMPS NADIR PROFILER (NP) AND OMPS LIMB PROFILER (LP) COMMUNITY
SATELLITE PROCESSING PACKAGE (CSPP) LEO PRODUCTS FOR OPERATIONS.


THIS CONCLUDES THE S-NPP ANOMALY RESPONSE.

UPDATE #4: ENGINEERING COMPLETED S-NPP SPACECRAFT RECOVERY EFFORTS ON
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2026. THE S-NPP SPACECRAFT WAS RETURNED TO NOMINAL
MISSION POINT AS OF 16:27 UTC ON JUNE 01, 2026. ATMS WAS PLACED ON
OPERATIONAL MODE ON JUNE 01, 2026 AT 17:28:19 UTC. CERES WAS PLACED IN
OPERATIONAL MODE ON JUNE 01, 2026 AT 17:29:35 UTC. OMPS WAS PLACED IN
OPERATIONAL MODE ON JUNE 01, 2026 AT 18:09:56 UTC. VIIRS WAS PLACED IN
OPERATIONAL MODE ON JUNE 02, 2026 AT 15:05:23 UTC.

CAL/VAL TEAMS HAVE FOCUSED THEIR ANALYSIS ON OBSERVED DATA FOLLOWING THIS
TIMELINE. PDA OPS REQUESTS FOR ALL S-NPP SCIENCE PRODUCTS WERE DISABLED AT
14:29 UTC ON JUNE 01, 2026 UNTIL THE RECOVERY EFFORTS AND THE ANALYSIS WERE
COMPLETED. SCIENCE DATA HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE CAL/VAL TEAMS THROUGH THE
NCCF UAT (USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING) ENVIRONMENT AND CLASS TO PERFORM THEIR
FULL ANALYSIS.

AS OF THURSDAY JUNE 04, 2026, ALL S-NPP ATMS, VIIRS, OMPS NADIR MAPPER
(NM) (TOTAL
COLUMN OZONE V8TOZ NETCDF & BUFR & V8TOS NETCDF FILES) SCIENCE PRODUCTS ARE
APPROVED FOR OPERATIONAL USE AND PDA OPS SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THESE PRODUCTS
WILL BE ENABLED AT 20:30 UTC, JUNE 04, 2026. THE HIGH RATE DATA (HRD) WILL
BE ENABLED AT 21:18 UTC, JUNE 04, 2026. DIRECT BROADCAST (DB) USERS CAN USE
THE EQUIVALENT S-NPP ATMS, VIIRS, OMPS NADIR MAPPER (NM) COMMUNITY
SATELLITE PROCESSING PACKAGE (CSPP) LEO PRODUCTS FOR OPERATIONS.

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 INTO OPERATIONS.
WHILE ALL OMPS PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR DIRECT BROADCAST (DB) USERS,
PLEASE TAKE CAUTION THAT OMPS NADIR PROFILER (NP) AND LIMB PROFILER (LP)
PRODUCTS ARE NOT YET APPROVED FOR OPERATIONAL USE. AN UPDATE NOTICE WILL BE
POSTED ONCE THESE OMPS PRODUCTS ARE READY FOR OPERATIONAL USE.

UPDATE #3: DIRECT BROADCAST / HIGH-RATE DATA (HRD) FOR S-NPP WAS TURNED OFF
ON JUNE 02, 2026 AT 15:02:16 UTC. OSPO ENGINEERING ANTICIPATES OPERATIONAL
INSTRUMENT RECOVERY COMPLETION BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS JUNE 02, 2026. OSPO
ENGINEERING PLANS TO TURN RECOVERY EFFORTS OVER TO DATA
CALIBRATION/VALIDATION (CAL/VAL) SCIENTISTS ON JUNE 03, 2026.

*UPDATE #2:* WHILE SOME DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED, SCIENCE
DATA GENERATION
REMAINS SUSPENDED. ENGINEERING TEAMS CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE.

*UPDATE #1:* STATUS ON S-NPP DATA UNCHANGED. ENGINEERS STILL INVESTIGATING
ANOMALY.

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

*DATE/TIME ISSUED*: JUNE 12, 2026 1733Z
*PRODUCT(S) OR DATA IMPACTED*: S-NPP DATA PRODUCTS


*DATE/TIME OF INITIAL IMPACT*: JUNE 01, 2026 0144Z


*DATE/TIME OF EXPECTED END*: TBD

*LENGTH OF OUTAGE*:  TBD

*DETAILS/SPECIFICS: *S-NPP SPACECRAFT ENTERED ANOMALY MODE AT 0145Z. AS A
RESULT, STORED MISSION DATA (SMD) FOR REV 75615 WAS NOT RECEIVED, AND NO
PRODUCTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING GENERATED. SMD DATA WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ENGINEERING TEAMS ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE
SITUATION.


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