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Condition: the international earth rotation and reference systems service (iers) has announced the…

HYDROLANT 2240/08

issued
2008-12-24 14:52Z
status
cancelled 2009-01-01 09:36Z (archive)
authority
COGARD NAVCEN 24 DEC 08.
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CONDITION: THE INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND
   REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) HAS ANNOUNCED THE
   INTRODUCTION OF A LEAP SECOND TO OCCUR AT THE END OF DEC 08.
2. COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) WILL SEQUENCE AS FOLLOWS:
   31 DEC 08 23 HOURS 59 MINUTES 59 SECONDS.
   31 DEC 08 23 HOURS 59 MINUTES 60 SECONDS.
   01 JAN 09 00 HOURS 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS.
3. FOR GPS, AS WITH PREVIOUS LEAP SECOND UPDATES, THE UTC DATA
   IN THE NAVIGATION MESSAGE WILL CHANGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
   IS-GPS-200. BEFORE THE LEAP SECOND GPS-UTC IS 14 (GPS IS
   AHEAD OF UTC BY 14 SECONDS) AFTER THE LEAP SECOND GPS-UTC
   WILL BE 15 (GPS WILL BE AHEAD OF UTC BY 15 SECONDS).
4. POC: CIVILIAN - NAVCEN AT 703-313-5900, HTTP:WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV 
   MILITARY - GPS OPERATIONS CENTER AT HTTP://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL/GPSOC, 
   DSN 560-2541, COMM 719-567-2493, [email protected], 
   HTTP://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL/GPS MILITARY ALTERNATE - JOINT SPACE 
   OPERATIONS CENTER, DSN 276- 9994.COMM 805-606-9994.
   [email protected].

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