The Guardian posted the text of a government press release – Topic: Suspension of All Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Data by June 30, 2025
- Date/Time Issued: June 25, 2025 1735 UTC
- Product(s) or Data Impacted: All Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) data and products: FINE, SMOOTH and HOUSEKEEPING data from Operational Linescan System (OLS), Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS), and all Near-Earth Space Weather instruments
- Date/Time of Initial Impact: no later than June 30, 2025
- Date/Time of Expected End: NA Termination
- Length of Outage: See Details.
- Details/Specifics of Change:
- Due to recent service changes, the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) and Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) will discontinue ingest, processing and distribution of all DMSP data no later than June 30, 2025. ESPC interfaces will not receive DMSP data and all data products will be suspended. Users should expect all FINE, SMOOTH and HOUSEKEEPING data from Operational Linescan System (OLS), Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS), and all Near-Earth Space Weather instruments to be terminated. This service change and termination will be permanent.
- Contact Information: Please email User Services at [email protected]
- Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A
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