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National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)

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Since 2020, NOAA has been purchasing radio occultation data from GeoOptics and Spire to improve terrestrial weather forecasts.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralJul 14, 2022GeoOptics, PlanetIQ and Spire to supply NOAA with space weather data

Congress prompted NOAA to establish a commercial space weather data pilot program in the PROSWIFT Act enacted in 2020.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralJul 14, 2022GeoOptics, PlanetIQ and Spire to supply NOAA with space weather data

NOAA began soliciting vendors in the first round of the Commercial Weather Data Pilot in 2016.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralJul 14, 2022GeoOptics, PlanetIQ and Spire to supply NOAA with space weather data

NOAA will evaluate data supplied by GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire over approximately 12 months.

Mentioned as: NOAATechnical ProductJul 14, 2022GeoOptics, PlanetIQ and Spire to supply NOAA with space weather data

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded contracts to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire Global to provide space weather data as part of a pilot program to test the value of commercial observations.

Mentioned as: National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationOrg RelationshipJul 14, 2022GeoOptics, PlanetIQ and Spire to supply NOAA with space weather data

ATLAS Space Operations will provide Ground Station as a Service capabilities to NOAA using ATLAS’ Freedom software and its Global Antenna Network.

Mentioned as: NOAATechnical ProductJul 13, 2022ATLAS Space Operations’ GSaaS services awarded a NOAA IDIQ contract

ATLAS Space Operations first contracted with NOAA for Freedom software and ground station services more than five years ago.

Mentioned as: NOAAOrg RelationshipJul 13, 2022ATLAS Space Operations’ GSaaS services awarded a NOAA IDIQ contract

ATLAS Space Operations has supported NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service missions since 2017.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralJul 13, 2022ATLAS Space Operations’ GSaaS services awarded a NOAA IDIQ contract

ATLAS Space Operations has completed 52,000 ground-station passes for NOAA with greater than 98% availability.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Org RelationshipJul 13, 2022ATLAS Space Operations’ GSaaS services awarded a NOAA IDIQ contract

Lockheed Martin produced the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and the Solar Ultraviolet Imager instruments on NOAA’s GOES-R weather satellites.

Mentioned as: NOAATechnical ProductJul 11, 2022Lockheed Martin-developed NIRCam within NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures a galaxy cluster as it appeared billions of years ago

Xplore Inc. completed a satellite testing initiative using Microsoft Azure Orbital to conduct satellite operations for NOAA’s NOAA-18 satellite.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralJun 27, 2022Xplore’s software delivers satellite operations testing for NOAA with Azure Orbital

In April, NOAA sought information from contractors interested in providing engineering and information-technology services and handling flight operations for polar-orbiting satellites NOAA-15, NOAA-18, and NOAA-19.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Org RelationshipJun 23, 2022Microsoft, Xplore and NOAA demonstrate cloud-based satellite operations

NOAA obtained data downlinked from the 17-year-old NOAA-18 satellite through an Azure Orbital ground station in Quincy, Washington to the Azure cloud during a proof-of-concept demonstration.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralJun 23, 2022Microsoft, Xplore and NOAA demonstrate cloud-based satellite operations

Momentus conducted months of work to implement a National Security Agreement overseen by the Department of Defense and the Department of the Treasury and worked with the FAA, FCC, and NOAA to obtain necessary government licenses, determinations, and approvals to conduct the Vigoride flight.

Mentioned as: NOAAOrg RelationshipJun 13, 2022A third update from Momentus regarding their first OTV demo mission…

The GLIDE spacecraft will launch with NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 spacecraft that was built by Ball Aerospace and is powered by Rocket Lab components.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative PlanJun 9, 2022Rocket Lab selected by Ball Aerospace for solar empowerment of NASA’s GLIDE spacecraft

On 2022-06-07, the United States, represented by NOAA, formally joined the Space Climate Observatory, a French-led effort to share satellite data to monitor climate change.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralJun 8, 2022France joins Artemis Accords

Niklas Nienass met with officials at NASA, NOAA, and the White House during his tour in Washington.

Mentioned as: NOAATechnical ProductJun 3, 2022European parliamentarian seeks to build up ties between U.S. and E.U. in space

NASA awarded contracts on 2022-05-26 to Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Intelligence & Space to begin developing ocean color sensors for NOAA’s next-generation geostationary weather satellites.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Org RelationshipMay 27, 2022Ball and Raytheon to develop NOAA ocean sensors

NOAA will establish requirements for the OCX instrument implementation contract based on the industry studies and plans to award the implementation contract in 2024.

Mentioned as: noaaTechnical ProductMay 27, 2022Ball and Raytheon to develop NOAA ocean sensors

NOAA plans to operate three GeoXO satellites beginning in the early 2030s, with two positioned over the Eastern and Western United States and a third over the central United States.

Mentioned as: NOAATechnical ProductMay 27, 2022Ball and Raytheon to develop NOAA ocean sensors
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