Joint Polar Satellite System

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Northrop Secures Contract Modification to Overhaul NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite Instrument

Northrop Grumman will refurbish a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Joint Polar Satellite System to allow for its use on another agency program. JPSS Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Engineering Development Unit refurbishment work is under a sole source contract modification from NASA worth $13.3 million, raising the total contract value to $579.8 […] More

by Regina Garcia December 19, 2022, 11:45 am
in Contract Awards, News

UltiSat Receives NOAA Satcom Services Contract

Speedcast subsidiary UltiSat has booked a multiyear contract to provide communications support for the Antarctic operations of a polar-orbiting environmental satellite constellation managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. UltiSat said Thursday it intends to use teleport facilities and a global interconnect network to deliver fiber optic terrestrial connectivity to the Joint Polar Satellite […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman September 9, 2022, 11:43 am
in Government Technology, News

Raytheon-Made Imaging Technology Supports Wildfire Detection

Raytheon offers a technology designed to provide data that helps firefighters and governments detect smoke and resulting fires.

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by Nichols Martin August 23, 2019, 8:59 am
in Government Technology, News

BEI Precision Ships Motor Assembly for Raytheon Infrared Radiometer Payload

BEI Precision Systems and Space Company has delivered an encoder/motor assembly for an infrared imaging radiometer payload developed by Raytheon.

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by Nichols Martin July 17, 2019, 9:27 am
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Raytheon Gets $59M NASA Contract Modification for JPSS Ground System Upgrades

Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services business has received a $59.2 million modification from NASA to address additional requirements under a previously awarded contract for weather satellite ground system support. NASA said Friday the modification increases the potential value of Raytheon’s Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System contract to $1.9 billion and covers a new technical baseline for […] More

by Joanna Crews June 1, 2018, 9:16 am
in Government Technology, News

NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System Reaches Operational Status

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Joint Polar Satellite System, designed to support weather forecasting, has achieved operational status after completing a series of tests. Known as JPSS-1 before it reached orbit, the NOAA-20 satellite features multiple instruments built to gather data on Earth’s atmosphere, land and waters, the agency said Wednesday. The Ball Aerospace-built satellite was launched in […] More

by Nichols Martin May 31, 2018, 8:27 am
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Wallis Laughrey: Raytheon Aims to Address DoD“™s Weather Monitoring Needs With VIIRS Sensor

Raytheon has expressed interest to help the Defense Department meet its weather monitoring needs with its sensor system, SpaceNews reported Monday. Wallis Laughrey, vice president of Raytheon“™s space systems segment, told the publication at the Space Symposium that the company is in talks with the U.S. Air Force and DoD about the capability of its […] More

by Jane Edwards April 17, 2018, 4:36 am
in C4ISR News, News

Ball Aerospace turns over NOAA-20 weather satellite to NASA

Ball Aerospace has handed over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s first Joint Polar Satellite System to NASA after the completion of a satellite acceptance review. The company said Thursday the acceptance review showed that the JPSS-1 weather satellite, which now operates as NOAA-20, satisfied on-orbit requirements. Ball Aerospace-built NOAA-20 launched in November 2017 aboard United […] More

by Jane Edwards April 13, 2018, 4:17 am
in Industry News, News

Orbital ATK Completes JPSS-2 Weather Satellite Design Review

Orbital ATK has wrapped up a critical design review of the second Joint Polar Satellite System. The company said Friday it partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA to carry out the review to assess whether the JPSS-2 spacecraft program meets schedule and system requirements. The CDR phase also sought to evaluate […] More

by Jane Edwards December 4, 2017, 4:30 am
in Industry News, News

Orbital ATK Backs Delta II Rocket Launch With Solid Rocket Motors, Payload Fairing

Orbital ATK supplied a composite fairing component and nine graphite epoxy motors ““ GEM 40 ““ for a United Launch Alliance-built Delta II rocket that took off Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The first Joint Polar Satellite System that NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration developed through a collaborative effort launched aboard the Delta […] More

by Jane Edwards November 21, 2017, 5:28 am
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Engines Help Send NOAA Weather Satellite Into Orbit

Two Aerojet Rocketdyne-built engines helped power United Launch Alliance‘s Delta II rocket that launched a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite into space. The RS-27A engine generated 237,000 pounds of thrust to lift the rocket carrying NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 and the AJ10-118K upper-stage engine produced 10,000 pounds of thrust to insert the payload into orbit, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Saturday. […] More

by Nichols Martin November 20, 2017, 12:27 pm
in Industry News, News

Raytheon-Built Ground System, Space Sensor Tech to Aid JPSS-1 Weather Satellite Mission

Raytheon provided a common ground system and a space sensor technology to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s next-generation polar satellite that NASA launched Saturday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The company said Saturday its common ground system for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor will function […] More

by Scott Nicholas November 20, 2017, 9:07 am

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