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Integrated Systems Solutions to Help Review NOAA’s Earth Observation Requirements

Virginia-based consultative services provider Integrated Systems Solutions has received a four-year, $7.5 million task order to evaluate and analyze Earth observation requirements at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company said Thursday it will provide professional and technical support to NOAA portfolio analysts and help the agency develop an Earth Observation Requirements Evaluation System […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman June 21, 2022, 12:10 pm
in News, Space

NASA, Northrop Put JPSS-2 Satellite Through Vacuum Thermal Test

Northrop Grumman and NASA have tested the next Joint Polar Satellite System inside a thermal vacuum chamber to assess whether the spacecraft could work in simulated extreme temperatures. Engineers had to modify the testing environment for JPSS-2, which will support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s weather-forecasting mission, after they discovered thermal deformation due to an […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman June 20, 2022, 11:49 am
in News, Space

Ball Aerospace Wraps Up Critical Design Review for NOAA Space Weather Satellite

Ball Aerospace has passed the critical design review for a space weather monitoring satellite it is developing to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s mission objectives. The company said Tuesday completing the CDR for NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 spacecraft meant it can now move to production, integration and test phases. SWFO-L1 is […] More

by Christine Thropp June 16, 2022, 11:24 am
in Contract Awards, News

ECS to Support NOAA’s Fleet Recapitalization Effort Under Recompete BPA; John Heneghan Quoted

ECS will help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration develop and execute its aviation and marine fleet recapitalization plans under a recompete blanket purchase agreement that has an initial value of $61.3 million. The company said Wednesday the BPA includes integrated logistics and specialty services, strategic planning for technology programs, concept development and requirements analysis, […] More

by Jane Edwards June 16, 2022, 11:22 am
in News, Space

NASA Selects Ball, Raytheon for NOAA Ocean Color Instrument Study

NASA has tapped Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business to study the ocean color instrument for a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth observation satellite system. Each was awarded an approximately $5.2 million contract that covers the twenty-month Phase A Study under the Geostationary Extended Observations Program of NOAA, the space […] More

by Christine Thropp May 31, 2022, 11:58 am
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Ball, Raytheon to Study Atmospheric Composition Instrument for NOAA Earth Observation Satellite

Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Technologies will conduct a twenty-month study of an atmospheric composition instrument for a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite system for Earth observations. NASA said Wednesday Ball Aerospace & Technologies and Raytheon Intelligence & Space were chosen for the Geostationary Extended Observations ACX instrument Phase A Study that will inform the […] More

by Christine Thropp May 23, 2022, 11:56 am
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Netcentric Technology to Operate Satellite Data Acquisition Facility Under NOAA Contract

Netcentric Technology has received a potential five-year, $44.1 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to operate and maintain a data acquisition facility for NOAA’s polar-orbiting environmental satellites. The company will provide information technology administration and security, supervision and property management support for NOAA’s Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station in Alaska under […] More

by Jane Edwards May 18, 2022, 11:57 am
in News, Space

L3Harris Instrument Onboard NOAA’s GOES-18 Spacecraft Marks 1st Image Capture Milestone

L3Harris Technologies has announced that its high-resolution imaging technology made its first image capture two months after it launched onboard the newest weather satellite of NOAA, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-18. The Advanced Baseline Imager produced the GOES-18 full disk GeoColor image from space using data from the instrument’s multiple channels, the company said Wednesday. GOES-18 […] More

by Christine Thropp May 12, 2022, 12:00 pm
in News, Space

Northrop Looks to Address Satellite Order Backlog With Arizona Campus Expansion

Northrop Grumman has completed a 120,000 square-foot expansion project that almost doubles the satellite manufacturing space of the company’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona. The defense and aerospace company said Thursday the expansion work enables the production of various spacecraft, from mission-unique large units to mass-produced small satellites, to meet a growing order backlog. The facility, […] More

by Angeline Leishman April 25, 2022, 11:58 am
in News, Space

ULA, NASA Lift GOES-T Weather Satellite to Space

NASA and United Launch Alliance have launched the third satellite of a constellation designed to gather weather data for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The GOES-T unit, part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series, lifted off on Tuesday aboard ULA’s Atlas V rocket from the Florida-based Canaveral Space Force Station, NASA said Wednesday. […] More

by Nichols Martin March 2, 2022, 11:51 am
in News, Technology

Xplore Announces Venture Funding, Completes Milestones on Government Contracts

Xplore has secured $16.2 million in venture financing and completed milestones on contracts with federal customers, including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday its investors include Alumni Ventures, Starbridge Venture Capital, KittyHawk Ventures, Brightstone Venture Capital, Private Shares Fund, Lombard Street, Gaingels, Helios Capital, […] More

by Jane Edwards February 28, 2022, 11:49 am
in Industry News, News

NOAA’s Weather Observation Satellite With L3Harris Video Imager to Launch March 1

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite that carries L3Harris Technologies’ high-resolution weather observation technology is set to launch on March 1. Once in space, the orbiting NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T with the L3Harris-made Advanced Baseline Imager will support environmental monitoring and severe weather detection efforts of the U.S., the aerospace and defense company […] More

by Angeline Leishman February 24, 2022, 11:53 am

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