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Instrument Studies Awarded For The NOAA Goes-R Spacecraft
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 22, 2004 On behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA has selected two contractors to perform design and risk reduction for the Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) of instruments for NOAA's next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R Series of spacecraft. The SEISS is a suite of three particle sensor instruments: a magnetospheric particle sensor (MPS), a solar and galactic proton sensor (SGPS) and an energetic heavy ion sensor (EHIS). These instruments will provide data essential to NOAA's Space Weather Operations and to the long-term record of changing conditions in the space environment. The SEISS is one of 5 instruments planned for launch in 2012 on the first GOES-R series of spacecraft. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Advanced Technology Center (LMATC) will receive a firm-fixed contract in the amount of $2 million. They will perform the work at the LMATC facility in Palo Alto, Calif. And at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. Assurance Technology Corporation (ATC) will receive a firm-fixed price contract in the amount of $1,827,499. They will perform the work at the ATC facilities in Carlisle and Chelmsford, Mass., and at AMPTEK, Inc., in Bedford, Mass. Both contracts have a nine-month period of performance. Under the terms of the contracts, the firms will study the minimum SEISS operational performance (threshold) tasks, as well as goal performance requirements and tasks. GOES-R will be the follow-on system to the GOES-I-P. Operating as a single end-to-end program with new and enhanced capabilities, the GOES-R system will provide environmental information over a greater geographical location in less time and at higher resolutions. These satellites will provide critical atmospheric, oceanic, climatic, solar and space infrared and imaging data of the entire United States surface and atmosphere to support all of NOAA's mission goals in ecosystems, climate, weather and water, and commerce and transportation. The overall GOES Program is managed by NOAA, which establishes requirements, provides funding, and distributes environmental data for the United States. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., teams with NOAA to acquire and manage the study, design and development of each of the GOES satellites. Specific management roles and responsibilities for NOAA and NASA/GSFC are being finalized and will be detailed at a later time. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links NOAA Weather imagery and atmospheric sounding data GOES at NASA GOES at NOAA SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Earth Observation News - Suppiliers, Technology and Application
Weatherman's Monsoon Talk Says It All In Agriculture-Dependent India
Bangalore, India (AFP) Jun 05, 2005Prashant Goswami at this time of year has farmers, government officials, global investors, stock market players and economists hanging on his every word -- provided he's making monsoon talk. |
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