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 2020 remote sensing rule allows government restrictions on unique capabilities for up to three years to allow time to develop mitigations.
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory plans the spring 2026 operational debut of CCOR-2 aboard NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 observatory.
Spire Global and SBQuantum will provide MagQuest data to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for assessment.
Under NOAA licensing, U.S. remote sensing operators agree to shutter control provisions that allow the Secretary of Commerce to limit or suspend operations for national security or foreign policy reasons.
The Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 requires U.S. companies that operate private remote sensing systems to obtain a license from NOAA.
NOAA eased resolution restrictions on imagery of Israel in 2020 after international competitors were proven to be selling higher-resolution data.
AMSU-A on MetOp-C and ATMS on NOAA 20 and NOAA 21 detected the development of Jolina’s warm core.
Spire Global and SBQuantum will provide MagQuest data to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for evaluation.
Taylor Jordan is the director of the U.S. Office of Space Commerce and the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction at NOAA.
The solar sail in the study was jointly developed by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Spire Global’s fourth-quarter 2025 revenue growth was driven in part by higher sales of radio-occultation and ocean-winds data under NOAA contracts and by higher space-services revenue.
Advanced Navigation has partnerships with Anduril, NOAA, Hanwha Systems, BHP, Rheinmetall, and Intuitive Machines.
NOAA-21 carried the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument used to observe nighttime Arctic imagery during the 3 March 2026 lunar eclipse.
The mid-latitude placement of the Tafuna site provides near real-time telemetry and data-collection services for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellites and the U.S. Military for polar and sun-synchronous orbiting satellites.
In 2024, HEO USA became the first company to receive NOAA approval to fly its Holmes cameras as hosted payloads on U.S.-flagged spacecraft.
WB-57F aircraft supported NASA Apollo spacecraft recoveries and NOAA cyclone monitoring operations.
Slingshot Aerospace works with the U.S. Space Force, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and NASA to provide a unified operational picture by linking tracking data, advanced AI, and secure data-sharing frameworks.
The Department of Commerce refined its playbooks for buying commercial space-derived data as a service through NOAA’s Commercial Data Program.
The Department of Commerce and NOAA are building a systematic approach to buying commercial environmental observations and other data products under Federal Acquisition Regulation-based contracts.
Kelli Furrer is Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Slingshot Aerospace and has supported NOAA’s TraCSS program and Space Force efforts to detect and respond to GPS interference.