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 IMAP mission also includes NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1, which will also head to the Earth-Sun L1 point.
The satellites launched include NASA's IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA's SWFO-L1.
NOAA's SWFO-L1 will operate at Lagrange point 1 (L1) as an early warning system for space weather from the Sun.
SpaceX launched three science and weather satellites for NASA and NOAA on a Falcon 9 rocket.
In 2019, scientists discovered that data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Lightning Mapper could detect bolides.
The contract awarded to PlanetiQ is NOAA's single largest commercial satellite weather data purchase.
Program testing will be conducted in collaboration with NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System Program at ThinKom's headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
The IMAP mission also carries NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1.
NOAA has selected PlanetiQ to receive a $24.3 million contract from the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS).
COSMIC-2, launched in 2019 by Taiwan and NOAA, consists of six satellites dedicated to atmospheric profiling.
SWFO-L1 will deliver real-time data to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.
The SWFO program is operated by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission is a collaboration between NASA, ESA, the European Union, EUMETSAT, and NOAA.
IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) will launch with two rideshare missions, NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1).
SWFO-L1 is the first NOAA observatory designed specifically for and fully dedicated to continuous, operational space weather observations.
NOAA’s SWFO-L1 spacecraft will monitor space weather and detect solar storms in advance to serve as an early warning beacon for potentially disruptive space weather.
NOAA requested $10 million for the Office of Space Commerce in its fiscal year 2026 budget request.
NOAA attributed delays in developing TraCSS to the prior administration and stated that private industry has proven capability to provide civil operators with SSA data and STM services using the releasable portion of the DoD catalog.
NOAA requested $10 million for the Office of Space Commerce in its fiscal year 2026 budget request, an amount sufficient for other OSC work but not for TraCSS.
NOAA provided the Office of Space Commerce $65 million in 2024 and requested about $75 million in 2025.