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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

ULA’s Atlas V Rocket to Send NOAA’s GOES-T Weather Satellite to Space on March 1

A United Launch Alliance rocket is in its final preparation phase for the launch of the third weather observation spacecraft under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series. The Atlas V rocket will lift off on Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and send the GOES-T satellite to […] More

by Angeline Leishman February 28, 2022, 11:51 am
in News, Space News

Raytheon Subsidiary Awarded $67M Space Force OTA for Weather Satellite Prototyping, Demo Efforts

A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary will prototype an electro-optical infrared weather system and demonstrate its operational data delivery ability under a $67 million contract from the U.S. Space Force. Raytheon Intelligence & Space will build a satellite prototype in an effort to help Space Systems Command deliver cloud characterization and weather imagery observations to warfighters, the […] More

by Christine Thropp December 17, 2021, 11:32 am
in Contract Awards, News

Air Force Backs Tomorrow.io’s Satellite Network Deployment to Gain Global Weather Intell

Weather intelligence company Tomorrow.io will deploy radar-equipped weather satellites under a $19.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. A constellation of 32 small satellites will be launched to provide 3D data on precipitation and other weather and ocean observations from across the globe, Tomorrow.io said Thursday. The company will deliver spaceborne radar data-as-a-service for […] More

by Nichols Martin October 4, 2021, 11:54 am
in News, Products & Service

Eric Webster: Harris Seeks to Address USAF Weather Imagery Requirements With Updated Sensor Tech

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 cloud characterization missions with an […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 20, 2018, 3:59 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

Harris-Built Imager Onboard Japanese Weather Satellite Captures First Images

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 satellite’s 11 additional spectral bands […] More

by Scott Nicholas February 7, 2017, 4:10 am
in C4ISR News, News

NASA Reschedules NOAA GOES-R Satellite Launch to Nov. 16

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 capture images of weather patterns […] More

by Jane Edwards November 1, 2016, 8:49 am
in C4ISR News, News

Harris Completes 4th Baseline Imaging Tool for NOAA GOES-U Weather Satellite; Eric Webster Comments

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 2024 and will work to […] More

by Jane Edwards September 28, 2016, 7:50 am
in C4ISR News, News

NOAA Receives 2nd Lockheed-Built Lightning Mapper for GOES-S Weather Satellite

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 tornadoes, storms and other severe […] More

by Jane Edwards January 13, 2016, 7:27 am
in C4ISR News, News

Lockheed Commences Environmental Tests on GOES-R Weather Satellite; Tim Gasparrini Comments

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 Wednesday. Lockheed said it will […] More

by Jane Edwards June 4, 2015, 8:37 am
in News, Products & Service

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

by Anna Forrester February 26, 2015, 10:38 am

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