The GGSS contract is a follow-on to the GOES-R core ground system contract awarded in 2009 and the GOES-R antenna system contract awarded in 2010.
In 2010 L3Harris Technologies won a $130,000,000 NOAA contract to develop the GOES-R ground segment antenna.
L3Harris Technologies has been the prime contractor and systems integrator for the GOES-R ground segment since 2009 when the company won a 10-year, $736,000,000 NOAA contract.
In 2019 NOAA awarded L3Harris Technologies a $284,000,000 contract to modernize the GOES-R ground infrastructure.
The Himawari-10 imager will use a similar technical platform as L3Harris’ Advanced Baseline Imager on NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R).
NOAA requested $276,000,000 for the GOES-R program in fiscal year 2024 as GOES-U is prepared for launch in April 2024.
NOAA received $301,000,000 for the ongoing GOES-R series of geostationary weather satellites in 2023.
GOES-U, the final satellite in the GOES-R series of advanced geostationary weather sensors, is slated to launch in 2024 and features L3Harris’ fourth ABI.
NOAA is preparing to launch the final satellite in the GOES-R series in 2024.
NOAA launched the third of three GOES-R series satellites in March 2022.
GeoXO satellites will improve upon GOES-R’s visible and infrared imagery and lightning mapping capabilities while also providing nighttime imagery, hyperspectral sounding, and extensive information on ocean and atmospheric conditions.
GOES-R is the current GOES East satellite and was launched in 2016.
The GOES-R Series Program includes GOES-R (GOES-16, launched in 2016), GOES-S (GOES-17, launched in 2018), GOES-T (GOES-18), and GOES-U which is scheduled to launch in 2024.
The GOES-R Series Program is a collaborative effort between NOAA and NASA in which NASA builds and launches the satellites and NOAA operates them and distributes their data worldwide.
The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) on NOAA’s GOES-R series detects about 1 million lightning flashes every day across the western hemisphere.
NOAA seeks improved imagery from the GeoXO constellation compared with the GOES-R Series.
Lockheed Martin builds the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and the Solar Ultraviolet Imager on the current GOES-R Series geostationary weather satellites.
Lockheed Martin will apply predictive analytics to help interpret GeoXO lightning data and build on software used to interpret data from NOAA’s GOES-R series.
Lockheed Martin produced the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and the Solar Ultraviolet Imager instruments on NOAA’s GOES-R weather satellites.
The GeoXO mission will continue and expand observations provided by the GOES-R series of satellites.