The new year has gotten off to a cold and snowy start with the polar vortex affecting much of the United States along with the first coast-to-coast storm of 2025. […]
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)
The best NOAA 2024 satellite imagery as selected by…
NOAA asked you to help choose the most compelling images from NOAA satellites in 2024—the 20 contenders—10 from NOAA’s GOES satellites and 10 from NOAA’s JPSS Program satellites—provided captivating, and occasionally sobering, […]
L3Harris’ 5th CrIS complete + ready for NOAA Weather Satellite integration
L3Harris recently reached a significant milestone when it shipped its fifth Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), a critical component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Joint Polar Satellite System […]
NASA awards launch services contract for NOAA’s JPSS-4 mission
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) to provide launch services for NOAA’s JPSS-4 mission. The spacecraft is part […]
L3Harris completes critical test of Advanced Sounder for NOAA’s 4th JPSS weather satellite
L3Harris recently completed electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing on the company’s Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), a mission-critical weather observation instrument that will be used on the next spacecraft in NOAA’s Joint […]
NOAA using new cloud-based system + business model to supply data from older environmental satellite fleet
When NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite Series (JPSS), which features next-generation technology, including a sophisticated ground system, became the new primary mission from the low Earth orbit, the older satellites — […]
EUMETSAT Polar System satellites are now involved in testing + integration with Airbus D&S
Metop Second Generation A1 and B1 (Metop-SGA1 and Metop-SGB1) are the first pair of a total of six satellites in the EUMETSAT Polar System – Second Generation (EPS-SG) system. These […]
KBR JV awarded million$$$ NASA contract
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has received a NASA award to the Space & Technology Solutions team, a KBR joint venture (JV) with Intuitive Machines (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW). This contract will provide […]
NOAA satellites monitoring severe weather + smoke
As catastrophic flooding impacts the Northeast, skies across the region and particularly along the central and eastern U.S. have also been affected by heavy smoke from wildfires burning across Canada […]
NOAA awards JPSS EO ground station services contract
NOAA has awarded the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Sustainment Services (LGSS) contract to Peraton, Inc. based in Herndon, Virginia. The value of the contract, which includes a base period […]