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Argos: Where we are – Where we’re going. by Debbie Shaw Service Argos, Inc. Where we are: Reliable as ever 3 satellites carrying Argos-2 2 satellites carrying Argos-1 First 2-way no longer operating 40 real-time LUTs 20% usage increase in 2004 New customer web interface.
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Argos: Where we are – Where we’re going by Debbie Shaw Service Argos, Inc.
Where we are: • Reliable as ever • 3 satellites carrying Argos-2 • 2 satellites carrying Argos-1 • First 2-way no longer operating • 40 real-time LUTs • 20% usage increase in 2004 • New customer web interface
Where we’re going: • NOAA-N (NOAA-18) to be launched Feb. 2005 carrying Argos-2 instrument • Late 2005 – Metop-1 with Argos-3 and downlink • NOAA-N’ will most likely be refurbished and launched in 2008 with an Argos-3 instrument • NPOESS – 1st one to be launched 2008 or 2009 • Iridium data processing
Argos Space Segment NOAA 14 NOAA 15 NOAA 16 NOAA 17 Argos 1 Argos 2 Argos 2 Argos 2 NOAA 12 ADEOS II Argos 1 Argos 2+ NOAA 11 NOAA N (18) Argos 2 Argos 1 February 2005
Argos Ground Segment: 2004 • 2 global centers (CLS - France and SAI - USA) and 4 regional centers (Australia, Peru, Japan, Indonesia) • 40 receiving antennas • 5 satellites: NOAA 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 • Daily average active platforms: 5920 • Over 1000 platforms delivered on the GTS
Argos Processing Centers TOULOUSE TOKYO LARGO JAKARTA LIMA MELBOURNE
NOAA-N NOAA-N to be launched in February 2005 with an Argos-2 instrument.
Third Generation Argos System (Available on METOP end of 2005) 400 & 4800 bits per second 12 processing units -137 dBm 110 kHz receiver bandwidth 2- way communication ARGOS 3
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 0530 C6 C3 NPOESS (A4) (A3) ? 0930 C4 NPOESS C1 NPOESS M1 M2 M3 NOAA METOP Local Equatorial Crossing Time (A3) ? (A3) (A3) (ADEOS 2) 17 1330 (A3) (A3) C5 NPOESS NOAA N 16 C2 N’ POES METOP NPOESS Launch Schedule
Iridium Data Processing • Currently receiving Iridium data from some users • Working to process the data into GTS messages • Will eventually release data on the GTS network ARGOS GTS