The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a U.S. government agency focused on science-based services and environmental intelligence. Within the space industry, NOAA plays a vital role in monitoring and forecasting space weather through its Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). NOAA operates a network of satellites, including the GOES and DSCOVR, to track solar activity and its potential impacts on Earth, providing alerts and warnings to various sectors like satellite operations, power grids, and communication systems. NOAA collaborates with NASA and commercial partners on space weather programs like the Space Weather Next program, ensuring continuous space-based observations.
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NOAA’s next-generation C-130J aircraft are scheduled to enter operational service by 2030 and replace legacy platforms.
The modular antenna baseplate architecture on the NOAA C-130J aircraft is intended to support additional frequency bands and multiple satellite constellations in the future.
The NOAA agreement carries a total obligation of $7.5 million.
NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter fleet includes the Lockheed Martin WP-3D aircraft known as Kermit and Miss Piggy.
The NOAA C-130J program is the first formal line-fit integration of Viasat’s Hybrid SATCOM Approach technology onto the C-130J platform.
Under the NOAA contract, SD Government will provide an L-band satellite communications service, associated ground infrastructure, and cybersecurity services through Gogo’s data center in Melbourne, Florida.
The NOAA contract also includes Gogo’s FlightDeck Freedom cockpit datalink software suite.
The NOAA C-130J configuration integrates an ARINC 791/792-compliant antenna baseplate with Viasat’s Ku/Ka broadband antenna system.
The Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission was jointly developed by ESA, EUMETSAT, NASA, and NOAA.
Spire Global has an $11.2 million NOAA contract for global GNSS-RO data.
Under United States space law and NOAA regulatory frameworks, the federal government can enforce shutter control on domestic commercial remote sensing licensees during periods of heightened national security risk or foreign policy crises.
Spire Global’s NOAA contract supports weather forecasting, space weather modeling, and climate research.
NOAA awarded Spire Global a separate $9.4 million contract in January 2024 to provide radio occultation data.
The Office of Space Commerce expects to draw expertise for the mission-authorization initiative from NASA, NOAA, the State Department, and the Department of War.
The House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee's bill provides $5.9 billion for NOAA.
VIIRS aboard NOAA-20 captured a nighttime image of concentric gravity waves from Super Typhoon Sinlaku in the mesosphere.
NOAA issued a final rule in July 2020 after reviewing its remote sensing regulations.
Glenn Tallia is NOAA’s chief legal counsel.
NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs office changed its remote sensing licensing approach in 2020.
NOAA was directed in 2018 to rescind or revise its regulations governing private remote sensing activity.