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 awarded the HIRIS study contract to Raytheon on 2020-05-12 with a contract value of nearly $295,000.
For the low Earth orbit architecture study, Maxar is exploring integrating NOAA weather sensors on Legion-class satellite buses under a $350,000 NOAA contract awarded 2020-05-25.
As of 2020-06-02, NOAA had awarded 26 contracts for analyses of instrument and mission concepts.
Maxar won an additional NOAA study contract related to geostationary orbit.
Under the geostationary study award, Maxar will flesh out supplying NOAA with Maxar’s commercial geostationary satellite bus, integrating the payload, arranging the launch, and handling payload operations.
Maxar would own and operate the satellite constellation and leverage much of the same ground infrastructure used for its WorldView Legion remote sensing constellation to supply NOAA with weather data.
Raytheon Intelligence & Space received a $413,088 NOAA contract in April to spend six months assessing an approach called step-and-stare imaging.
As of 2020-06-02, NOAA had awarded 26 contracts for analyses of instrument and mission concepts.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $7,500,000 contract to the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley to design, build, and test an ion sensor for the Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange-1 mission.
The Space Weather Follow-On mission is intended to carry on work performed by NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory launched in 2015.
Congress provided NOAA funding in the 2020 budget for the Space Weather Follow-On mission.
NOAA awarded a $12,900,000 contract in April to the Southwest Research Institute to design and build the Space Weather Follow-On magnetometer.
NOAA’s Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite data show a decline in nitrogen dioxide pollution in New York City between 2020-03-01 and 2020-03-20.
NOAA’s SWFO-L1 satellite is scheduled to launch in 2024 as a rideshare on the NASA Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe.
Under the contract, the Southwest Research Institute will support launch and on-orbit checkout of the instrument, supply and maintain the instrument ground support equipment, and support the mission operations center through mission hand-over to NOAA.
SWFO-L1 is designed to carry on the work of the NASA-European Space Agency Solar and Heliophysics Observatory launched in 1995 and NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory launched in 2015.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $12,900,000 contract to the Southwest Research Institute to design and build the Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange-1 Magnetometer.
GeoOptics delivers radio occultation data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the Commercial Weather Data Pilot.
The Space and Missile Systems Center selected a 110-kilogram Orbital Test Bed to carry a sensor from the French space agency CNES on behalf of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NOAA awarded $376,000 to BAE Systems for a study contract.