NOAA Satellite Update COAST Meeting June 27, 2006 Seaside, California John Pereira Office of Systems Development NOAA Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS) GOES-N Launch May 24, 2006

Topics NPOESS POES GOES GOES-N/13 GOES-R NSOF

Restructured NPOESS F17 F19 F18 F20 F16 F13 M N N’ NPP Metop A Metop B Metop C C1 C2 C3 AM mid-AM PM AQUA Metop D C4 CALENDAR YEAR June 5, 2006

Restructured NPOESS Program Description Sensor Configuration NPOESS bus sized to carry full sensor configuration Constellation of 2 EMD and 2 Production satellites Terminate CMIS Compete new Microwave Imager/Sounder starting with C2 NOAA/NASA forecasting models and selected climate continuity preserved Restructuring of NGST contract required All secondary sensor integration planned and budgeted Dependent on MetOp for mid-morning orbit Contractor and government management continuity preserved Core Sensors AM: VIIRS, Microwave Image/Sounder, SARSAT PM: VIIRS, Microwave Imager/Sounder (C3), SARSAT, CrIS, ATMS, ADCS, CERES (C1), OMPS-Nadir, SEM, ADCS GFE Sensors APS, TSIS, OMPS-Limb, ERBS, Full SESS, SUSS

Preserves Weather Forecasting Capability Improvements Afternoon orbit contains advanced imager and advanced sounder to enhance weather forecasting Reliance upon METOP in mid-morning orbit –AVHRR vs VIIRS: preserves imagery resolution –METOP scatterometer and advanced atmospheric sounder enhance operational weather forecasting capability in mid morning orbit Reduced microwave imager/sounder: no impact on civil weather mission–wind speed and direction requirements preserved No microwave imager/sounder on C1 –METOP scatterometer for ocean winds and waves becomes primary instrument until new imager/sounder is available on C2 Continue reliance on DMSP for ocean wind speed

Maximizing longevity of NOAA constellation NOAA N-Prime satellite launched delayed to 2009 to replace NOAA-18 Continue to rely on NOAA/EUMETSAT partnership on MetOp in mid-AM orbit NPP satellite launched in 2009 provides imaging, sounding, and ozone backup for operational NOAA mission Use of still functioning instruments of older NOAA satellites

NOAA Impacts & Mitigation Strategy CMIS: Ocean wind speed and direction –Mitigation: Rely on MetOp and DMSP SESS: Space Environment Monitor –Mitigation: Fly POES operational SEM instrument –No loss from present capability on POES APS: Aerosol data for air quality forecasts and role of aerosols in climate; –Mitigation: NASA still to fly first APS in this decade ALT: Characterization of sea surface heights; –Mitigation: Navy developing mitigation plan for altimetry ERBS: provides ability to understand changes in the Earth’s radiation budget –Mitigation: Fly NASA CERES research instrument on C1 –Not flown on NOAA polar satellites today TSIS: ability to understand changes in solar irradiance –Not flown on NOAA satellites

POES Status On Orbit Status –Primary: NOAA-17 (AM)NOAA-18 (PM) –Secondary: NOAA 15 (AM)NOAA-16 (PM) –Standby: NOAA-14 (AM) NOAA-12 (AM) POES-N Prime: to be Launched 2009 Metop- A to be launched July 17, 2006 from Baikanour, Kazakhstan

GOES-N/13 Status Completed –May 24Launched –June 4In Geo Orbit, renamed GOES-13 –June 5 Solar Array Deployed –June 7 Magnetometers Boom Deployed –June 9Activate LRIT, DCPI, EMWIN –June 9Activate Imager & Sounder –June 10Begin Post Launch Testing (PLT) –June 22First Visible Image Planned (as of June 28) –July 11First IR Image –Nov 17 – 23NOAA Science testing –Dec 6Place into storage –Dec 7Operational handover to NOAA

GOES-13 First Image

GOES-N/13 Features New Features on GOES-N –Battery: More power to take data through eclipse –Platform: More stable based on optical bench mountings and star trackers rather than IR horizon earth sensor Improved ground knowledge of warning locations –Space and Solar Environment: Expanded measurements –Communications Services: Digital LRIT replaces analog WEFAX Dedicated EMWIN transmitter

Current GOES Constellation Constellation adjustments planned for this year –GOES-11 to become GOES West (end of June) –GOES-10 to be moved to 60 W (October), supporting The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) WMO Space Program Launch Schedule GOES-OApril 2008 GOES-POctober, 2009 GOES-RApril 2014

GOES-10 at 60W More frequent (and uninterrupted) imager and sounder coverage of SH to More frequent (and uninterrupted) imager and sounder coverage of Caribbean and tropical Atlantic Ocean to: Support to space weather –Provides unique information about energetic particles near the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) where Earth’s weaker field affects energetic particle precipitation into the ionosphere. –Calibrates magnetometer and energetic particle instruments as GOES-10 passes by GOES -11, -12, and -13 on its way to 60W.

GOES Constellation Adjustments Recent configuration Planned GOES E Backup GOES W GOES West GOES W Standby Drifting GOES W GOES East GOES-N/13 90 W GOES E Comm Only GOES W EOPA GOES W GOES West GOES W GOES East GOES-N 105 W Spare December Moving 1 deg/day at 120 W (6/12) October End of June

GOES-R Status NOAA-led team formed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Program in Program Definition and Risk Reduction (PDRR) Phase, with three vendors competing to become the system prime contractor –October 2005: PDRR contracts ($10M each) awarded to Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman –Contractors completing numerous studies to develop system design and architecture Long lead time instrument procurements underway

HES Status NASA awarded three 2-year, $20-million Risk reduction contracts in June 2004 –BAE, Ball, and ITT Each company studied the minimum HES operational performance (threshold) tasks, as well as goal performance requirements and tasks NOAA and NASA are currently reviewing contractor studies

Ocean Color Channel Comparisons

GOES-R Instruments Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) –Monitors and tracks severe weather –Images clouds to support forecasts –Better resolution, faster coverage and more coverage simultaneously Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) –Provides atmospheric moisture and temperature profiles to support forecasts and climate monitoring –Monitors coastal regions for ecosystem health, water quality, coastal erosion, harmful algal blooms –Better resolution, faster coverage, adds coastal water imagery Solar Imaging Suite (SIS) and Space Environmental In-Situ Suite (SEISS) –Images the sun and measures solar output to monitor solar storms (SIS) Better Imager (UV over X-Ray) –Measures magnetic fields and charged particles (SEISS) Better Heavy Ion detection, adds low energy electrons and protons –Enables early warnings for satellite and power grid operations, telecom services, astronauts, and airlines Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) –Detects lightning strikes as an indicator of severe storms –Previous capability only existed on polar satellites

New NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) New NSOF established on Suitland, Maryland campus Move from old Federal Building 4 (FB4) to new NSOF –Offices moves complete –Control center is next