Looking Back; Looking Forward

NOAA Satellite and Information Service 2010 Highlights

Mary E. Kicza

Assistant Administrator for Satellites and Information Services

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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NESDIS FY 2010 Activities

• NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System

o NOAA/NASA Program Office formed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

o JPSS 1: NPP clone; JPSS 2: Competitively bid

o JPSS core satellite for VIIRS, CrIS , ATMS, OMPS and CERES/ERBS and direct readout

o AMSR data from GCOM under negotiation with JAXA

o Accommodations for SARSAT, ACDS, TSIS via free flyer or rideshare

o Shared Ground system

• Department of Defense – Defense Weather Satellite System

o Two satellites, first launch 2018

o VIIRS, SEM and a microwave imager/sounder of at least legacy capability

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NESDIS FY 2010 Activities

• GOES-P Launched on March 8, 2010

o Passed 5 months on-orbit testing and now in storage

• Repositioned GOES-12 in May 2010 as the GOES South America Satellite

o Moved to 60° West to cover all of South America

• Agreement signed for COSMIC-2 in May of 2010

• Signed MOU in June 2010 with EUMETSAT, CNES, and NASA to extend

Jason series satellite ocean altimetry measurements

o Jason-3 launch expected in 2013

• Embarked on program to expand GEONETCast Americas to Costa Rica, El

Salvador, and Mexico.

o 15 new stations will be installed

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NESDIS FY 2010 Activities

• Contributed to a new U.S. National Space Policy: Two of the primary goals of the

policy are expanding international cooperation and improving space-based Earth and

Solar observation capabilities.

o Directs U.S. agencies to promote increased data sharing among nations and

adopting policies internationally that facilitate full, open, and timely access to

government environmental data.

o Makes NOAA responsible for civil operational environmental satellites in support

of weather forecasting, climate monitoring, ocean and coastal observations, and

space weather forecasting. NOAA will do this in coordination with NASA and

other appropriate agencies.

o Calls NOAA to transition mature research and development capabilities to long-

term operations.

o Calls upon NOAA to use international partnerships to advance its mission.

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*Climate and User Services

LEGEND DMSP: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program MetOp: Meteorological Operational satellite for EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) PEPS: Post EUMETSAT Polar System Terra & Aqua: NASA’S Earth Observing Satellites NOAA-19: NOAA’s Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite NPP: NPOESS Preparatory Project JPSS: Joint Polar Satellite System * Details to be defined during the transition period

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GOES Launch Schedule