New ESX+Lefthand storage dedicated for production (Virtualization of Argos processing servers) - F5 BigIP for Local traffic management Firewall and Switch upgrade. – GTS processing chain refactoring Argos space segments Operational status During beginning 2013 - 2014, Operational Argos Services where opened for two Argos-3 payload (Metop-B, SARAL) and two Argos-2 payload was decommissioned (NOAA-17, NM and NOAA-16, NL). Argos instruments are onboard 6 POES’s spacecrafts. The current status information on each spacecraft and its Argos various subsystems is described as follow: Launch Real time Stored data Data Satellites Status date data (HRPT) (STIP) AVHRR SARAL (SR) 25-Feb-13 N/A Ok Inuvik, Kiruna N/A METOP-B Svalbard, 17-Sep-12 AM Primary Ok Ok (MB) McMurdo METOP-A 19-Oct-06 AM Backup Ok/Nok* Svalbard Ok (MA) Prime Services Mission Gilmore, (ADCS,SARSAT) NOAA-19 (NP) 06-Feb-09 Ok Wallops, Ok PM Primary is now Svalbard for other products Gilmore, 20-May-05 PM Secondary Ok Ok NOAA-18 (NN) Wallops DECOMMISSIONED on 10 NOAA-17 (NM) 24-Jun-02 April, 2013 DECOMMISSIONED on 9 NOAA-16 (NL) 21-Sep-00 June, 2014 Gilmore, NOAA-15 (NK) 13-May-98 AM Secondary Ok Ok Wallops Figure 1 Argos Constellation * Scheduled activities are defined on Orbit Switch ON and Switch OFF (see below for more details).
New ESX+Lefthand storage dedicated for production (Virtualization of Argos processing servers) - F5 BigIP for Local traffic management – Firewall and Switch upgrade. GTS processing chain refactoring Argos space segments Operational status During beginning 2013 - 2014, Operational Argos Services where opened for two Argos-3 payload (Metop-B, SARAL) and two Argos-2 payload was decommissioned (NOAA-17, NM and NOAA-16, NL). Argos instruments are onboard 6 POES’s spacecrafts. The current status information on each spacecraft and its Argos various subsystems is described as follow: Satellites Launch date Status Real time data (HRPT) Stored data (STIP) Data AVHRR SARAL (SR) 25-Feb-13 N/A Ok Inuvik, Kiruna N/A METOP-B (MB) 17-Sep-12 AM Primary Ok Svalbard, McMurdo Ok METOP-A (MA) 19-Oct-06 AM Backup Ok/Nok* Svalbard Ok NOAA-19 (NP) 06-Feb-09 Prime Services Mission (ADCS,SARSAT) PM Primary is now for other products Ok Gilmore, Wallops, Svalbard Ok NOAA-18 (NN) 20-May-05 PM Secondary Ok Gilmore, Wallops Ok NOAA-17 (NM) 24-Jun-02 DECOMMISSIONED on 10 April, 2013 NOAA-16 (NL) 21-Sep-00 DECOMMISSIONED on 9 June, 2014 NOAA-15 (NK) 13-May-98 AM Secondary Ok Gilmore, Wallops Ok Figure 1 Argos Constellation * Scheduled activities are defined on Orbit Switch ON and Switch OFF (see below for more details).