WAAS Intelsat GEO (CRW) Outage Impacts.ppt

WAAS Intelsat GEO (CRW) Outage Impacts Issue WAAS Currently Leases Two GEOs Intelsat (CRW) at 133 W Telesat (CRE) at 107.3 W Intelsat (CRW) TTC Has Failed Provider Lost Ability to Control the GEO’s Position on April 3rd GEO Will Drift Out of Useable Orbit Over Next 2-4 Weeks Loss of WAAS Service in NW Alaska is Imminent No Impact to LPV Service at the 16 Affected Airports No LPV approaches published at these airports LNAV Service Available Using GPS Only Enroute/Terminal Service Including Q-Routes Available with Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) Users Will Need to Plan Around RAIM Availability Requires a pre-flight RAIM prediction Alaska Airport Impacts NAS Impacts Users Outside the Affected Area Will Continue to Have LPV service Due to Lack of Redundant GEO Coverage, WAAS Users May Experience Temporary Service Interruptions If WAAS GEO Uplink Station (GUS) Switchovers Occur Potential to Occur 3-5 Times per Year Up to 5 Minutes May be Required to Restore LPV Service Single Point Failure Situation Exists Until Redundancy Restored WAAS Team Integrating Gap Filler GEO (AMR) at this Time Planned for December 2010 Mitigations Investigate Integration of Inmarsat-III Pacific Ocean Region GEO Formerly used by WAAS Prior to Switching to Intelsat (CRW) Lockheed Martin Working this with AJW-431 Accelerate Procurement of 5th GEO Will Replan Resources Saved from Loss of CRW Publish Advisory NOTAM - Complete Publish Final NOTAM Prior to Loss of GEO Format and Content Being Coordinated with AFS Investigate Accelerating Gap Filler GEO Integration Potential to Implement as Emergency Release Inmarsat POR Alternative Next Steps Continue to Monitor GEO Performance Determine Date to Issue Final NOTAMs Continue Action Plans for Mitigations FAA Navigation Services, GNSS Group * Federal Aviation Administration June 2, 2010 Federal Aviation Administration June 2, 2010 Yes - ILS Yes - ILS Yes-ILS Part 139 800 - 1 N/A 07 Teller TER 500 - 1 N/A 05 Savoonga SVA 300 - 1 N/A 05