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NOAA to take first step toward a small satellite constellation
SpaceNews · 7 Jul 2021
It’s a good thing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has plenty of time to prepare for its next generation of polar-orbiting weather satellites — because the changes the agency is contemplating are drama...
NOAA to replace GOES-17 satellite ahead of schedule
SpaceNews · 25 Jun 2021
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced plans June 25 to move its geostationary weather satellite scheduled to launch in December into an operational role “as soon as possible” after launch.
NOAA’s next constellation could reveal more than weather
SpaceNews · 3 Jun 2021
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to do more than improve forecasts with its next generation of geostationary weather satellites.
NOAA adopts portfolio approach to Earth-observation mission
SpaceNews · 25 May 2021
At the direction of the Biden Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) is adopting a portfolio approach.
NOAA tracks and analyzes the changing climate
SpaceNews · 8 May 2021
Many different organizations within NOAA monitor climate change with data and imagery captured by ground-based, airborne, maritime and satellite sensors. NOAA officials then gauge the accuracy of the information, analyze...
White House nominates NOAA administrator, NASA CFO
SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2021
The White House announced April 22 its intent to nominate an ocean scientist to be the next administrator of NOAA, and a Defense Department official to be NASA’s next CFO.
L3Harris and Raytheon win contracts to define future geostationary imagers
SpaceNews · 12 Apr 2021
L3Harris Technologies and Raytheon Intelligence & Space won NASA contracts to carry forward studies of next-generation imagers for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geostationary and Extended Orb...
Decommissioned NOAA weather satellite breaks up
SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2021
A polar-orbiting weather satellite decommissioned nearly eight years ago has broken up, adding to the growing debris population in a key orbit.
Astra, Rocket Lab win launch contracts
SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2021
Astra has won a NASA contract to launch a small constellation of Earth science cubesats, while General Atomics selected Rocket Lab for the launch of a small satellite with a NOAA hosted payload.
NOAA expands purchase of commercial radio occultation data for weather models
SpaceNews · 19 Feb 2021
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced plans Feb. 19 to dramatically expand the number of daily radio occultation soundings it acquires from commercial satellites operated by GeoOptics and Spire Gl...
NASA, NOAA to Announce 2020 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions
NASA · 12 Jan 2021
Climate researchers from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release their annual assessment of global temperatures and discuss the major climate trends of 2020 during a media telecon...
GeoOptics and Spire Global win NOAA weather data contracts
SpaceNews · 23 Nov 2020
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded its first contracts Nov. 20 to purchase radio occultation data from commercial satellite operators to GeoOptics and Spire Global.
SpaceX, NASA, ESA launch Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich mission
NASASpaceflight · 21 Nov 2020
Fresh off their second crewed launch for NASA, SpaceX temporarily shifted focus on launches to the U.S. West Coast, where a Falcon 9 rocket launched the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich oceanography satellite in cooperation w...