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  • Lockheed Relocates NOAA Geostationary Weather Satellite to Florida Space Operations Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Relocates NOAA Geostationary Weather Satellite to Florida Space Operations Facility

    Lockheed Martin has transported the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary weather satellite aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy cargo transport plane to the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Florida. Lockheed said Tuesday the first of four Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series weather satellites are designed to help forecasters collect and analyze data on weather conditions across North America. “Our […] More

  • Harris Integrates Ground Segment IT Hardware for NOAA Satellite; Romy Olaisen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Integrates Ground Segment IT Hardware for NOAA Satellite; Romy Olaisen Comments

    Harris Corp. has fully installed and integrated the computer hardware for the ground segment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R series. The company said Wednesday the hardware makes up the ground segment’s operational system, which works to help GOES-R satellites perform their weather detection and tracking mission. “System testing can be completed now that the hardware is […] More

  • Greg Mandt: NOAA Completes Installation of 6 Key Instruments Onboard GOES-R - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Greg Mandt: NOAA Completes Installation of 6 Key Instruments Onboard GOES-R

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration moved closer to its March 2016 launch date for the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series with the completed integration of all instruments aboard the weather forecasting platform. The GOES-R now carries an advanced baseline imager, a geostationary lightning mapper, the Space Environment In-Situ Suite, Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray […] More

  • Russell Katz: Lockheed's Lightning Mapper Sensor to Support NOAA Weather Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Russell Katz: Lockheed’s Lightning Mapper Sensor to Support NOAA Weather Services

    Lockheed Martin has completed the Geostationary Lightning Mapper for the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite that will support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s weather services and meteorological research work. The company said Wednesday the GLM sensor works as an early-warning instrument for severe storm such as tornadoes and will fly on the GOES-R spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch early in 2016. Russell Katz, […] More

  • Japan Preps Launch for Satellite with Exelis Weather Imager; Eric Webster Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Japan Preps Launch for Satellite with Exelis Weather Imager; Eric Webster Comments

    The Japan Meteorological Agency has set a Tuesday launch for the Himawari-8 weather satellite outfitted with an Exelis ABI-class imager. Exelis said Monday that it modified the advanced baseline imager technology it developed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to create the advanced Himawari imager. The AHI meteorological imaging instrument is designed to provide JMA […] More

  • Lockheed Joins GOES-R Weather Satellite Modules, Harris Installs Product Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Joins GOES-R Weather Satellite Modules, Harris Installs Product Apps

    A Lockheed Martin team has completed its work to couple the large system and propulsion modules for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series. The A2100-based satellite’s system module comprises the command and data handling, communication and electrical power subsystems, Lockheed said Thursday. Harris Corp. has also installed the initial weather product applications into GOES-R’s ground segment hardware, […] More

  • Exelis Completes Testing on No. 2 GOES-R Imager Payload; Eric Webster Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Completes Testing on No. 2 GOES-R Imager Payload; Eric Webster Comments

    Exelis has completed environment testing for the second of four advanced baseline imagers for the government’s next-generation weather satellite. The imager payload will be attached to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R scheduled for a 2016 launch, Exelis said Thursday. According to the company, the trials on the second ABI, which […] More

  • Lockheed Deploys Solar Array for NOAA Weather Satellite; Pam Sullivan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Deploys Solar Array for NOAA Weather Satellite; Pam Sullivan Comments

    The solar panels built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R series have been tested, approved and sent to Lockheed Martin‘s facility in Denver to be incorporated onto the spacecraft. NASA said Tuesday that the solar array, which contains five sections that come together to resemble a black wing, was deployed […] More

  • Lockheed NASA-Commercial Engineering Team Includes Intuitive Machines, Deep Space Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed NASA-Commercial Engineering Team Includes Intuitive Machines, Deep Space Systems

    Lockheed Martin’s space systems company has awarded a potential five-year, $50 million contract to Deep Space Systems for technical services in support of Lockheed’s work for commercial and NASA programs. Deep Space Systems will serve as prime contractor to Lockheed and Intuitive Machines is a teammate of DSS for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Intuitive Machines said Wednesday. Intuitive Machines will take in […] More

  • Romy Olaisen: Harris to Start NOAA Satellite Part Deliveries This Year - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Romy Olaisen: Harris to Start NOAA Satellite Part Deliveries This Year

    Harris Corp. has started to deliver hardware and software systems for installation in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite network after the equipment passed a pre-shipment review. Those systems will be used to build the ground segment for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R series program, Harris said Thursday. “We have worked closely with NOAA […] More