Update #1 Final Update: The LUT Vendor replaced faulty equipment and restored operations. The LUT vendor will continue to investigate the underlying cause.  

Topic:  SARSAT Hawaii 3 and 4 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Stations Offline

Date/Time Issued:  June 09, 2025 1235Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial Impact:   May 27, 2025 0511Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  June 09, 2025 1200Z

Length of Outage:  13 Days, 6 hours, and 49 minutes.

Details/Specifics of Change:  Hawaii 3 and 4  LEO Ground Stations in Wahiawa, HI is not sending pass solution data. The maintenance vendor is investigating this issue.

Impact: Medium- Distress alert detection/reporting may be delayed. LEOSAR distress alert detection/reporting may be delayed. GEOSAR and MEOSAR are operating nominally.

Contact Information for Further Information: USMCC Operations usmcc@noaa.gov at 
301-817-4576

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

Pause all operational changes. Request Regional or Center management approval prior to moving forward with any operational change. Managers should consider the critical resources outlined in the NWS IT Playbooks prior to authorizing any operational system, data, or application changes. Please visit the CWD status page for more information:

https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/status/cwd/

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