Eric Webster, vice president of business development at Harris‘ environmental solutions business, has said the U.S. Air Force looks to demonstrate a sensor technology for two weather satellite programs, SpaceNews reported Thursday. SpaceNews quoted Webster as saying the company aims to help the service branch address theater weather imagery and …
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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 …
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Japan’s meteorological agency has unveiled a detailed picture of clouds taken by a Harris-developed imager technology onboard the country’s newest weather satellite over Japan and the Pacific Ocean. Harris said Monday it designed the Advanced Himawari Imager to increase the accuracy, speed and accuracy of information the Mitsubishi Electric-built Himawari-9 satellite delivers to Japanese meteorologists with the aid of the …
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NASA has moved from Nov. 4 to Nov. 16 the launch of the first of the four National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s geostationary weather satellites. The space agency said Tuesday the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R system will be called GOES-16 once it reaches the geostationary orbit and will work to …
Read More » Harris Corp. will hand over the fourth Advanced Baseline Imager for integration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite after the company completed a pre-ship assessment of ABI with NASA and NOAA. Harris said Tuesday the ABI instrument is scheduled to fly aboard the GOES-U spacecraft in …
Read More » Lockheed Martin has handed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the second Geostationary Lightning Mapper for integration with NOAA’s second Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. The GLM sensor will fly onboard the GOES-S spacecraft and will work to monitor lightning from geostationary orbit in order to detect and provide warnings on …
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Lockheed Martin has begun the environmental testing phase for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series following completion of assembly work on the spacecraft. The environmental testing aims to assess the capability of GOES-R to withstand launch and extreme environmental conditions in space, the company said …
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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 …
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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 …
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A Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman team has delivered a weather satellite to the U.S. Air Force, which plans to launch the satellite in March 2014. The 19th Defense Meteorological Satellite Program block 5D3 satellite will lift off a United Launch Alliance Atlas V aircraft, Lockheed said Friday. Sue Stretch, …
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Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. discussed its manufacturing investments and business insights with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker as part of her nationwide listening tour . Pritzker toured the company’s facilities in Boulder, Colo., and led discussions between government officials and industry leaders, Ball Aerospace Chief Operating Officer Rob Strain writes …
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ITT Exelis will develop satellite receivers the U.S. Air Force will use to forecast extreme weather conditions under a $3.2 million contract the company signed with Ball Aerospace &Technologies Corp.. Exelis aims to upgrade instruments that aim to calculate wind waves on the surface of oceans and devices that work …
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