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1: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R- SeriesGOES-R Overview and Status Greg Mandt System Program Director 89th AMS Annual Meeting January 13, 2009 Joint Session 7: The Fifth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems - NPOESS and GOES-R and The 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

2: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 2 Stages of Program Management 1. Wild enthusiasm 2. Dissillusionment 3. Confusion 4. Panic 5. Search for the guilty 6. Punishment of the innocent 7. Reward the non-participants

3: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 3 GOES Constellation GOES mission requires two on-orbit operational satellites and one on-orbit spare GOES-West location in GOES-R series to be 137�W instead of current 135�W - eliminates conflicts with other satellite systems in X-band frequency at 135�W Note: Satellites are labeled with letters on the ground and changed to numbers on-orbit

4: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 4 Launch Schedule GOES R series is a follow-on to the existing line of NOAA�s geostationary weather satellites GOES I series [8-12]: Operational since 1994 GOES N series [13]: N launched May 24 2006, O planned launch April 2009, P planned launch late 2009 Based on an availability analysis of the current GOES I and N-series, a GOES-R launch is required in the 2015 timeframe to maintain mission data continuity

5: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 5 Why GOES-R? Continuation of NOAA capability required to observe, protect and manage the earth�s resources to promote environmental stewardship Enhance ability to predict and track storms; plan routes for airlines and ship traffic, identify demands for natural resources such as gas and water, and assess space weather impacts on sensitive electronics such as satellites and terrestrial communications Improve: Hurricane track & intensity forecast Thunderstorm & tornado warning lead time Aviation flight route planning Solar flare warnings for communications and navigation Power blackout forecasts due to solar flares Energetic particle forecasts

6: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 6 GOES-R Improvements GOES-R maintains continuity of the GOES mission GOES-R also provides significant increases in spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution of products

7: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 7

8: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 8 GOES-R Program Schedule

9: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 9 ABI: Improved Resolution

10: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 10 ABI Prototype Model (PTM) Critical path East/West scan mirror on delivered East/West scanner integration progressing on schedule PTM Focal Plane Modules progressing VNIR module delivered Telescope environmental testing complete Completed fit-checking the telescope structure in the PTM optical bench

11: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 11 ABI Prototype Model Integration Flow

12: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 12 GLM Detects total strikes: in cloud, cloud to cloud, and cloud to ground Complements today�s land based systems that only measures cloud to ground (about 15% of the total lightning) Increased coverage over oceans and land Currently no ocean coverage, and limited land coverage in dead zones Electron radiation can cause surface and deep charging in spacecraft leading to damaging discharges. Proton radiation causes single event upsets to microprocessors and noise on detectors. Heavy ion radiation is a health risk to astronauts and aviators flying at high altitudes or latitudes. Electron radiation can cause surface and deep charging in spacecraft leading to damaging discharges. Proton radiation causes single event upsets to microprocessors and noise on detectors. Heavy ion radiation is a health risk to astronauts and aviators flying at high altitudes or latitudes.

13: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 13 GLM Awarded subcontracts for detector and telescope Electronics architecture trades continuing PDR planned for March 2009

14: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 14 Space Weather Instruments Space Environment impacts Earth Instruments provide early warning Communications satellites / power grids Voice and data blackouts over poles Communications blackouts Aviation routing Astronaut safety Solar storms can expose astronauts to equivalent of 8 chest X-rays

15: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 15 SEISS Design updates continuing based upon breadboard telescope test results Successful PDR held in December 2008

16: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 16 SUVI Successful Preliminary Design Review completed October 2008 Successful Preliminary Design Review completed November 2008

17: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 17 Unique Payload Services (UPS) High Rate Information Transmission/Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (HRIT/EMWIN) Data Collection System (DCS) Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) service GOES-R Re-Broadcast (GRB) - follow on of L-Band GVAR High Rate Information Transmission/Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (HRIT/EMWIN) HRIT is a new high data rate (400 Kbps) Combination of today�s LRIT (Low Rate Information Transmission) and EMWIN services Delivers selected imagery, charts, other environmental data products, and text messages (NWS Watches and Warnings) to hemispheric users. Data Collection System (DCS) GOES-R spacecraft relay data transmissions for nearly 30,000 in-situ environmental data platforms from across the hemisphere. GOES-R will support 300 bps, 1200 bps, and CDMA platforms Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) service All GOES-R satellites support SARSAT by relaying distress signals from in-situ Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) and other transmitting devices GOES-R Re-Broadcast (GRB) GRB will contain the Level 1b data from each of the GOES-R instruments and is the GOES-R version of today�s GOES Variable Format (GVAR) High Rate Information Transmission/Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (HRIT/EMWIN) HRIT is a new high data rate (400 Kbps) Combination of today�s LRIT (Low Rate Information Transmission) and EMWIN services Delivers selected imagery, charts, other environmental data products, and text messages (NWS Watches and Warnings) to hemispheric users. Data Collection System (DCS) GOES-R spacecraft relay data transmissions for nearly 30,000 in-situ environmental data platforms from across the hemisphere. GOES-R will support 300 bps, 1200 bps, and CDMA platforms Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) service All GOES-R satellites support SARSAT by relaying distress signals from in-situ Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) and other transmitting devices GOES-R Re-Broadcast (GRB) GRB will contain the Level 1b data from each of the GOES-R instruments and is the GOES-R version of today�s GOES Variable Format (GVAR)

18: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 18 GOES-R End-to-End Architecture

19: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 19 Ground Segment Critical Milestones

20: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 20 GOES-R Proving Grounds

21: AMS GOES-R Program Overview - January 13, 2009 21 GOES-R Training Series "GOES-R: Benefits of Next-Generation Environmental Monitoring." This one-hour module introduces NOAA's next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) series, focusing on the value and anticipated benefits derived from an enhanced suite of instruments for improved monitoring of meteorological, environmental, climate, and space weather phenomena and related hazards. An extensive set of visualizations highlight GOES-R and its advanced observing capabilities for providing support in thirteen key environmental application areas including air quality and visibility, climate, cloud icing, fires, hurricanes, land cover, lightning, low clouds and fog, marine and the coastal environment, precipitation and flooding, severe storms and tornadoes, space weather, and volcanoes. The module includes an overview of the GOES-R space and ground infrastructure, highlighting key elements and services of the GOES-R program. In addition, the module reviews and contrasts basic concepts and capabilities applicable to geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites, exploring the complementary nature of the two systems. The module then concludes with a collection of resource materials, including imagery, animations, and tables extracted from the module for easy access and for use in development of presentations and other learning materials."GOES-R: Benefits of Next-Generation Environmental Monitoring." This one-hour module introduces NOAA's next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) series, focusing on the value and anticipated benefits derived from an enhanced suite of instruments for improved monitoring of meteorological, environmental, climate, and space weather phenomena and related hazards. An extensive set of visualizations highlight GOES-R and its advanced observing capabilities for providing support in thirteen key environmental application areas including air quality and visibility, climate, cloud icing, fires, hurricanes, land cover, lightning, low clouds and fog, marine and the coastal environment, precipitation and flooding, severe storms and tornadoes, space weather, and volcanoes. The module includes an overview of the GOES-R space and ground infrastructure, highlighting key elements and services of the GOES-R program. In addition, the module reviews and contrasts basic concepts and capabilities applicable to geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites, exploring the complementary nature of the two systems. The module then concludes with a collection of resource materials, including imagery, animations, and tables extracted from the module for easy access and for use in development of presentations and other learning materials.