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The GOES-R Series Program
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GOES-R Satellite Program Undergoes Successful Review

The GOES-R Series Program, which is leading the effort to replace and upgrade NOAA's existing fleet of geostationary satellites that track severe weather across the United States, received a favorable appraisal conducted by an external team of aerospace experts of its preparations to launch the new series, beginning in late 2015.
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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
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A satellite that won't be launched into orbit until 2015 is already paying dividends for an advanced weather research project.
Scientists from UW-Madisons Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) are participating in a project designed to bridge the gap between current satellite capabilities and the advanced technology that will be part of the next generation of geostationary satellites.
Previously, satellite data could not be utilised until the spacecraft was actually in orbit. Once the craft was in place, scientists had to play "catch-up," hurrying to learn what they could do with the new technology and how best to do it. This delay wasted valuable satellite "life-time" and resulted in a lag in delivering useful products to weather forecasters and other users.
With the upcoming Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, the GOES-R, things will be different.

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RE: GOES-R Satellites
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Denver to build their next generation of weather and environment monitoring satellites. When the GOES-R satellites are launched in 2015, they will provide unprecedented capability to NOAA, the National Weather Service and all weather forecasters through the use of advanced technology.

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GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper
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The Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (NYSE:LMT) has been awarded a $96.7 million contract by NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre to provide the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument that will fly on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-R Series environmental satellites. GLM's ability to monitor lightning on a global scale will provide new insight into the formation, distribution, morphology and evolution of storms.  Data from GLM will help protect communities by increasing severe storm and tornado warning times.  GLM also enables investigations into the mechanisms at the core of the global water and energy cycle

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NOAA To Take Greater Control Of GOES-R
Mindful of the tough lessons learned on the troubled NPOESS program, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has restructured its acquisition strategy for the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) system to give the government more direct oversight of the effort.
The previous plan had been for the GOES-R prime contractor, which has yet to be named, to serve as systems integrator for the ground segment and manage subcontractors. Now the prime contract has been split into multiple ground and space segment contracts that will be managed by NOAA and NASA.

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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has decided to drop plans for the development of a new instrument package for the next generation of geostationary weather satellites, telling prospective contractors the agency is not confident a brand new sensor suite can be developed on time and on budget, according to NOAA and industry officials.

The Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES), formerly known as the Advanced Baseline Sounder, would have taken detailed atmospheric measurements of temperature, pressure and humidity. U.S. weather forecasters had wanted the ability to feed this new data into computer models of the atmosphere to improve their ability to predict severe weather events, especially hurricanes. HES might also have included a coastal water imager to spot algae blooms that threaten commercial fisheries.

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Currently, the GOES-R Project is in the formulation phase. These satellites will be comprised of improved spacecraft and instrument technologies, which will result in more timely and accurate weather forecasts, and improve support for the detection and observations of meteorological phenomena that directly affect public safety, protection of property, and ultimately, economic health and development.
The major instruments of the GOES-R System are: the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI); the Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES); the Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS), which includes a Magnetospheric Particle Sensor (MPS), an Energetic Heavy Ion Sensor (EHIS), and a Solar and Galactic Proton Sensor (SGPS); the Solar Imaging Suite (SIS), which includes the Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI), the Solar X-Ray Sensor (SXS), and the Extreme Ultraviolet Sensor (EUVS); the GEO Lightning Mapper (GLM); and the Magnetometer. Additionally, NOAA has a list of Pre-Planned Product Improvements which includes a GeoMicrowave Sounder and a Solar Coronograph. The following is a brief description of these instruments.

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