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National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)

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NOAA’s SWFO-L1 satellite is scheduled to launch in 2024 as a rideshare on the NASA Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralApr 15, 2020Southwest Research Institute wins NOAA space weather contract

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.

Mentioned as: NOAAOrg RelationshipApr 15, 2020Southwest Research Institute wins NOAA space weather contract

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.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Org RelationshipApr 15, 2020Southwest Research Institute wins NOAA space weather contract

GeoOptics delivers radio occultation data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the Commercial Weather Data Pilot.

Mentioned as: National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2020GeoOptics unveils updated radio occultation data processing

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded eight contracts with a combined total of nearly $4,500,000 to companies developing mission concepts, spacecraft, and instruments for a future Earth observation constellation on 2020-04-09.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Org RelationshipApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

NOAA awarded nearly $850,000 to Leidos for a study contract.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative FinancialApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

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.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationTechnical ProductApr 9, 2020General Atomics opens satellite factory in Colorado

NOAA awarded $60,000 to Brandywine Photonics for a study contract.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative FinancialApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

NOAA awarded $575,000 to GeoMetWatch for a study contract.

Mentioned as: NOAATechnical ProductApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

The Orbital Test Bed mission carrying the CNES sensor for NOAA is scheduled to launch in 2021.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralApr 9, 2020General Atomics opens satellite factory in Colorado

NOAA awarded nearly $370,000 to York Space Systems for a study contract.

Mentioned as: noaaOrg RelationshipApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

L3Harris received two of the eight NOAA study contracts for a total of nearly $1,250,000.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative FinancialApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

NOAA awarded $376,000 to BAE Systems for a study contract.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative FinancialApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

NOAA is focused on continuing to capture detailed imagery of the continental United States every 30 seconds in its future geostationary fleet, similar to the capability provided by the L3Harris Advanced Baseline Imager.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

Maxar won the largest individual NOAA study contract worth nearly $1,000,000.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative FinancialApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

NOAA is exploring options for launching a small satellite equipped with a microwave sounder, an infrared sounder, and possibly a radio occultation sounder as early as 2025.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

NOAA forecasters use satellite data at the Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado.

Mentioned as: NOAATechnical ProductMar 25, 2020U.S. government aims for better coordination in space weather campaign

SWFO is scheduled for launch in 2024 and is designed to carry on the work of SOHO and NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory launched in 2015.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Org RelationshipMar 25, 2020U.S. government aims for better coordination in space weather campaign

NOAA plans to send a second Compact Coronagraph into orbit in 2025 on Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralMar 25, 2020U.S. government aims for better coordination in space weather campaign

NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) will carry a Compact Coronagraph when it launches in 2025.

Mentioned as: National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)Narrative GeneralMar 25, 2020U.S. government aims for better coordination in space weather campaign
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