L3Harris Technologies Inc. has been selected by NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to develop the imager for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. […]
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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 […]
First global image from NOAA-21’s CrIS Instrument
Three months after the NOAA-21 satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, an instrument onboard that provides valuable weather forecasting measurements to global weather models sent back its first science […]
Xplore multi-sensor satellites to offer space data products under NOAA imagery license
Xplore, Inc.,’s multi-sensor XCRAFT is the first in a constellation to serve Earth Observation (EO), space domain awareness (SDA) and astronomy customers. Xplore Inc., a space company providing space data […]
General Atomics GAzelle satellite completes post launch acceptance review
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) recently launched GAzelle satellite that is hosting NOAA‘s Argos-4 and RadMon payloads has successfully completed its on-orbit, Post Launch Acceptance Review (PLAR). All components are […]
NOAA satellites helped to save 397 lives in 2022
NOAA satellites, which are crucial in weather and climate forecasts, helped to rescue 397 people from potentially life-threatening situations throughout the U.S. and its surrounding waters in 2022. NOAA’s polar-orbiting […]
Orbit Logic awarded NOAA JPSS planning software contract
Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT) has a awarded Orbit Logic a subcontract in support of its Operations and Maintenance Support (OMS) Prime Contract with the NOAA to enhance and improve […]
KSAT goes deep to support NOAA’s Deep Space Solar Observatory
KBR has selected KSAT to provide all Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) SWFO Antenna Network (SAN) services. The KBR and KSAT team are developing a blended network including U.S. […]
NOAA’s GOES-18 now GOES West and fully operational with L3Harris’ Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) aboard
NOAA has declared the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-18 fully operational as GOES West, marking a significant milestone for severe weather detection in the Western Hemisphere. Launched on March 1, […]
U.S. Department awards contracts for space traffic coordination pilot project
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s NOAA took a step forward in the agency’s plans to provide space traffic coordination services to commercial and civil satellite operators operating in the increasingly […]