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Terra Satellite Enters Safe Mode

Resolved Outage
Issued
Feb. 18, 2016
Resolved
April 8, 2016

April 13, 2016

On April 8, 2016 processing resumed for Versions 5 and 6 of Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land data. Processing will begin with data acquired on Feb. 28, 2016. No data was acquired from Feb. 19 through Feb. 27 due to system Safe Hold.


Feb. 18, 2016

At 9:30 a.m. EST on Feb. 18, 2016, the Terra satellite was placed into safe mode. While in safe mode, all non-essential systems are shut down, and new data will not be collected. More information will be posted when it becomes available.

For additional information, contact the Land Processing Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) User Services team.

Details

Last Updated

June 12, 2025

Published

April 13, 2016

Data Center/Project

Land Processes DAAC (LP DAAC)