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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The Polar Weather Satellites program received $183,500,000 in 2023 after NOAA requested $350,200,000 for that year.
GeoXO is NOAA’s largest satellite program ever with an estimated total lifecycle cost of $19,600,000,000 covering development of six satellites and operations through the middle of the century.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration requested $417,400,000 in its fiscal year 2024 budget proposal for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) program.
NOAA received $301,000,000 for the ongoing GOES-R series of geostationary weather satellites in 2023.
NOAA requested $225,000,000 for the Space Weather Next program in 2024, an increase of $73,400,000 from $151,600,000 in 2023.
NOAA requested 2024 funding that would allow it to award contracts for the remaining GeoXO instruments and the spacecraft themselves.
NOAA plans to award a contract for a GeoXO sounder instrument later in 2024.
NOAA requested $88,000,000 for the Office of Space Commerce in 2024 to continue development of TraCSS with a goal of achieving initial operating capability by late 2024.
NOAA approved a modification to Maxar’s remote-sensing license allowing Maxar to use its Earth imaging satellites to image objects in space and sell those images commercially.
NOAA first began using commercial RO data in its operational weather forecasts on 2021-05-20.
Spire Global will provide NOAA with ionospheric measurements as part of its radio occultation data deliverables.
Spire Global was awarded a total of four NOAA contracts in fiscal year 2022 valued at $23,600,000.
Spire Global was awarded an IDIQ contract by NOAA to compete for orders under a $59,000,000 ceiling as part of NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Program Radio Occultation Data Buy II.
NOAA’s Commercial Data Program implements the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-25) by obtaining commercial weather data from private sector providers following pilot assessments.
NOAA awarded Space Sciences and Engineering LLC dba PlanetiQ (Golden, Colorado) and Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. (Vienna, Virginia) Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB-2) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with a total, maximum value of $59,312,954 million shared between the IDIQ vendors.
Spire Global has provided data to NOAA since 2016.
Spire has provided data to NOAA since 2016.
Spire Global, Inc. was awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to compete for orders under a $59,000,000 ceiling.
Spire was awarded a total of four NOAA contracts in fiscal year 2022 valued at $23,600,000.
The GeoXO mission is slated to begin launching in 2032 and will provide the mainstay of NOAA’s geostationary observation through 2055.