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Title: NOAAs Satellite and Information Service


1
NOAAs Satellite and Information Service
The Nations Civil Operational Environmental
Satellite Agency
FY 2006 Constituent Budget Brief March 3, 2005
Gregory W. Withee Assistant Administrator for
Satellite and Information Services
2
Agenda
  • NOAA Budget Highlights
  • FY 2004 Accomplishments
  • FY 2005 Highlights
  • FY 2006 Budget Overview
  • Environmental Satellite Services
  • Data and Information Services
  • Satellite Systems
  • Other Systems and Construction Projects

3
NOAAs Mission
  • To describe and predict changes in the Earths
    environment.
  • To conserve and manage the Nations coastal and
    marine resources to ensure sustainable economic
    opportunities.

4
FY 2004 Service Accomplishments
  • Provided Outstanding Service for Hurricane Season
  • Issued Operational Air Quality Forecasts in New
    England
  • Issued New Operational Climate Forecast Model
  • Rebuilt 4 Fisheries Stocks
  • Restored 5,562 Acres of Coastal Habitat and
    Wetlands.
  • Charted Over 2,070 Square Miles of Ocean
  • 220 American lives saved with Satellite Rescue
    System (SARSAT)

5
FY 2004 Management Accomplishments
  • Issued Strategic Plan for an Global Earth
    Observing System
  • Began Critical Fisheries Survey Vessel
    Modernization
  • Issued 5 Year Research Plan and 20-Year Research
    Vision for NOAA
  • Realigned Administrative Support Services
  • Began Grants On-Line. Improved Timely Grant
    Issuance by 12
  • Earned Unqualified Audit Opinion for 6th Year in
    a Row
  • Updated NOAA Strategic Plan and Improved Internal
    Planning

6
Historical NOAA Budget Trends
( in Billions)
7
NOAA Budget By Strategic Goal( in Millions)
8
NOAA Budget by Line Office( in Millions)
9
NOAA Budget Priorities ( in Millions)
  • Support People and Infrastructure
  • Contribute to a Global Earth Observing System
  • Invest in Ecosystems Management
  • Expand Climate Services Observations
  • Improve Weather Forecasts and Warnings
  • Facilitate Intermodal Transportation
  • Support Facilities Maintenance Construction

10
Expand Tsunami Warning Network ( in Millions)
  • U.S. contribution to a Global Tsunami Warning
    Network
  • Commits additional 24M over next 2 years
  • Provide 35 additional DART buoys by mid
    2007
  • 7 in the Atlantic and Caribbean
  • 25 in the Pacific
  • 3 additional spare systems in Alaska
  • Upgrades and adds 38 tide and water level
    stations
  • Expands community preparation programs,
    inundation mapping, and 24/7 tsunami warning
    coverage

11
NOAA Satellite and Information Mission
To provide timely access to global environmental
data and information services from satellites and
other sources in support of the larger NOAA
mission.
12
NOAAs Operational Environmental Satellites
  • NOAA provides an OPERATIONAL remote sensing
    capability for acquiring and disseminating GLOBAL
    and regional imagery and measurements of the
    environment, including METEOROLOGICAL, CLIMATIC,
    OCEANOGRAPHIC, SOLAR-GEOPHYSICAL, and HAZARDS
    data in support of the NOAA mission and the
    benefit of the Nation.

13
NOAA observations and data are essential for
Health
Water
Weather
Energy Management
Ecosystems
Disasters
Oceans
Climate
Agriculture
14
An End-to-End Responsibility
Launch
Requirements Planning
Command Control
Acquisition
Real-Time Product Development Distribution
Assessments, Status Trends
Data Archive Access
User Services
15
Continuity of Operational Satellite Programs
NOAA Satellite Launches Scheduled to Maintain
Continuity
2009
2010
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2011
2012
2013
2014
2016
2015
2017
2018
2019
2020
GOES 10
GOES West
GOES 11 (stored in orbit)
GOES East
GOES 12
GOES N
GOES O
GOES P
GOES R
NOAA 16 (PM)
GOES S
NOAA 17 (AM)
NOAA N (PM)

NOAA N (PM)
1st METOP (AM)
European Coordination
2nd METOP
3rd METOP
NPOESS C1 (mid-AM)
NPOESS C2 (PM)
NPOESS C3 (AM)
NPOESS C4 (mid-AM)
NPOESS C5 (PM)
NPOESS C6 (AM)
Actual launch dates are determined by the
failure of on-orbit assets
Satellite is operational beyond design life
Assumes METOP will provide the morning orbit
and NOAA-N will provide afternoon orbit
instruments
On-orbit GOES storage
GOES R-Series may be single or suite of
satellites (distributed constellation)
Extended operation
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Selected FY 2004 Accomplishments
  • NESDIS Provided Critical Hurricane Support
  • 99.9 delivery rate for images during Hurricane
    Frances and 100 delivery rate for images during
    Hurricane Charlie
  • Provided 12 months of nearly flawless operation
    of three satellite constellations with a 99.5
    success rate for providing mission critical data
  • NOAA provided international leadership in Earth
    observations
  • Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation
    Satellites
  • Played an active role in June 2004, U.S.-India
    Conference on Space Science

Hurricane Frances
17
Selected FY 2004 Accomplishments (cont.)
  • COSPAS-SARSAT System Aided 252 Rescues during
    2004
  • The system has helped save more than 17,000 lives
    worldwide since it became operational in 1982
  • New Environmental Data Products
  • NOAAs National Data Centers developed or
    improved over 100 climate, oceanic and
    geophysical data products
  • Experimental Satellite Products Transitioned from
    Research to Operations
  • 14 experimental products were transitioned to
    operations including surface vector winds from
    NASAs QuickSCAT satellite

18
Selected FY 2004 Accomplishments (cont.)
  • Maintained Requirements for Continuity of
    Satellite Data
  • Plan Presented for Integrated Earth Observation
    and Data Management System
  • 12 GOES-R Architecture Studies Completed

19
FY 2005 Highlights
  • Launch NOAA-N
  • Launch GOES-N
  • Complete construction of the NOAA Satellite
    Operations Facility (NSOF) in Suitland, MD
  • Issue GOES-R Request for Proposal

20
FY 2006 Budget Overview
  • Requests 963.9 million, which represents a
    72.3M or 8.1 requested increase over the FY
    2006 current program
  • Maintains environmental satellite and information
    services budget
  • Supports NOAA strategy of integrated global
    observations and data management
  • Includes continued development of GOES-R, the
    National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental
    Satellite System (NPOESS), and the CLASS data
    archive and access system
  • Provides for NOAA operations of the Jason 2/OSTM
    mission
  • Funds first year operations of the new NOAA
    Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF)

21
FY 2006 Budget Overview By Account
22
NOAA Satellite and Information Service FY 2006
Budget Request963.9M
23
Environmental Satellite Observing Services
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Environmental Satellite Observing Services100.3M
  • Satellite Command and Control44.6M
  • Command, control, communicate, and acquire data
    from GOES, POES, DMSP on-orbit satellites, with
    an estimated value of 4.5 billion, on a 24 hours
    per day, 365 days per year basis.
  • Operates command center in Suitland, Maryland,
    and Command and Data Acquisition facilities in
    Wallops, Virginia and Fairbanks, Alaska
  • Functions include
  • Data Acquisition
  • Spacecraft Navigation
  • Commanding GOES to perform special image
    acquisition (RAPID IMAGE SCAN OPERATIONS)
  • Orbit Determination
  • Onboard Tape Recorder Scheduling
  • NSOF Operations and Maintenance

25
FY 2006 Environmental Satellite Observing
Services100.3M (contd)
Product Processing and Distribution27.6M
24-hour, 365 day operational support for severe
weather and environmental forecasting
  • Collect, process, and distribute GOES, POES, DMSP
    satellite products and services
  • Provide interpretation of non-NOAA satellite data
    into operational products and services
  • Mission critical support to NWS, DoD, FAA, Dept.
    of Homeland Security
  • Support satellite-derived search and rescue
  • NWS and wildland fire community
  • Data collection platforms
  • National Ice Center operations
  • Support Shared Data Processing Facility

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FY 2006 Environmental Satellite Observing
Services100.3M(contd)
Product Development, Readiness, and
Application26.2M
  • Ensures development of pre-operational
    satellite products to support land, oceanic, and
    atmospheric applications
  • Algorithm development in partnership with NASA
    and DoD at the Joint Center for Satellite Data
    Assimilation
  • Pre-operational development of ocean remote
    sensing products
  • Development of products to monitor harmful algal
    blooms.
  • Development of satellite-derived land
    applications products
  • Support mission critical research at Cooperative
    Institutes
  • Global Winds Demonstration project using Wind
    LIDAR

27
FY 2006 Environmental Satellite Observing
Services100.3M(contd)
Commercial Remote Sensing Licensing and
Enforcement1.2M
On behalf of the Secretary of Commerce, NOAA's
Satellite and Information Service grants licenses
to the commercial remote sensing industry
pursuant to April 25, 2003, U.S. Commercial
Remote Sensing Space Policy
Credit Space Imaging
  • Coordinate review of license applications with
    Departments of State, Defense, and the
    Intelligence community
  • Protect critical US requirements during licensing
    process.
  • Support US based remote sensing imagery and
    services

Credit Digital Globe
Credit Digital Globe
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FY 2006 Environmental Satellite Observing
Services100.3M(contd)
Space Commercialization0.6M
Beginning in FY 2006, the NOAA Budget Request
includes funding for the Office of Space
Commercialization. These activities were
previously performed by the Technology
Administration. Activities include
  • policy development, market analysis, and
    outreach/education with commercial space industry
    sectors
  • satellite navigation, satellite imaging, national
    space policy and other space-related issues

Credit Digital Globe
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Environmental Satellite Observing Services
Program Changes3.5M
  • Jason 2/OSTM 1.6M
  • Preparation for operations of the Jason 2/OSTM
    satellite altimetry mission following launch, we
    will operate Jason 2, and retrieve, and deliver
    its data
  • NOAAs 24x7 operations of Jason 2 would leverage
    national and international partnerships for the
    mission
  • Jason 2 observations support performance of
    NOAAs mission goals, especially Weather and
    Climate
  • Improved hurricane intensity forecasts
  • Advanced warning of El Nino/La Nina events
  • Improved measurements and prediction of global
    sea level changes
  • Supports Ocean Commission recommendations
    transitions capabilities from research to
    operations
  • Increase contained in Satellite Command and
    Control (0.8M), Product Processing and
    Distribution (0.4M), and Product Development,
    Readiness and Application (0.4M)

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Environmental Satellite Observing Services
Program Changes3.5M (contd)
  • NSOF Operations 0.6M
  • (Satellite Command and Control)
  • Provides for the first full fiscal year of rent,
    operations and maintenance costs for the new NOAA
    Satellite Operation Facility (NSOF) in Suitland,
    MD
  • Joint Center for Satellite Data
    Assimilation1.1M
  • Supports acceleration of the application of vast
    new amounts of satellite data in operational
    forecast models
  • Coral Reef Monitoring 0.04M
  • As part of NOAAs overall corals effort, provides
    funding for use of satellite technology in coral
    reef observation
  • Commercial Remote Sensing Licensing and
    Enforcement0.12M
  • Provides for the full implementation of the
    Department of Commerces responsibilities for
    licensing and compliance of commercial systems

31
NOAAs Data Centers and Information Services
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Archive, Access, and Assessment33.6M
NOAA operates the National Data Centers,
including 7 World Data Centers, that provide
long-term preservation, management and ready
accessibility of environmental data.
32
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Archive, Access, and Assessment Program
Change0.9M
Supports archive, access, and assessment
activities at NOAAs National Data Centers
Climatic Data at National Climatic Data
Center Geophysical and Solar-terrestrial Data at
National Geophysical Data Center Oceanographic
Data at National Oceanographic Data Center NOAA
Library system Nationwide
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FY 2006Other Data and Information Activities
  • 6.1M Climate Database Modernization
  • Rescues at-risk data from loss due to
    deteriorating media
  • 9.4M Environmental Data Systems Modernization
  • Provides essential ongoing maintenance of systems
    modernization efforts
  • Supports Scientific Data Stewardship activities
  • 4.6M Coastal Data Development
  • Improves on-line access of data to the Nations
    coastal user community and GIS applications

35
NOAA Satellite and Information ServiceSystems
Acquisition
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Polar Satellite Funding Profile
37
NOAA Satellite and Information Service Polar
Orbiting Systems
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FY 2006 Polar Orbiting Satellites434.7M
  • 102.7M NOAA K-N Prime
  • Continue support for NOAA K-N Prime and Metop
  • Supports N rebuild for December 2007 launch
  • 321.0M NPOESS (DOC/NOAA portion)
  • Continue contract with Northrop Grumann for
    NPOESS spacecraft, instruments, and ground
    systems
  • Continue activities to support NPP launch
  • 11.0M LANDSAT
  • Provide for integration of LANDSAT sensor on
    first NPOESS satellite

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Polar-orbiting Satellites NOAA K-N Prime
  • Polar-orbiting satellites provide continuous
    global environmental observations in support of
    operation requirements for
  • Weather Forecasting and Space Environment
  • Detection of significant environmental events
    (e.g., fires, oil spills, volcanic eruptions)
  • Measurement of climate variables (e.g.,
    atmospheric ozone)
  • Ocean observations (e.g., sea surface
    temperature)
  • Collection of data from surface platforms (e.g.,
    buoys)
  • Search and rescue

40
NOAA K-N Prime Program Overview
  • Provides a continuous flow of global
    environmental information in support of national
    operational environmental requirements
  • Requires two satellites on-orbit (one in an
    afternoon orbit and one in a morning orbit) to
    ensure continuous coverage
  • NOAA-N planned for launch in May 2005 (date under
    review)
  • NOAA-N Prime contract with Lockheed Martin
    finalized to rebuild satellite and launch by
    December 2007

41
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellite System (NPOESS)
  • Provide a national, operational, polar-orbiting
    remote-sensing capability
  • Merge POES and DMSP to single polar program and
    achieve savings through convergence
  • Incorporate new technologies from NASA
  • Encourage international cooperation

42
NPOESS Benefits the Nation
  • Accurate forecasts are critical to the protection
    of life, safety, and property
  • NPOESS data will improve forecasts and warnings
  • Improved forecasts will
  • Reduce loss of life and property
  • Benefit US industry through increased productivity
  • Weather permeates all aspects of military
    operations
  • Improved climate data for long-term forecasting
    and climate record

43
NPOESS Program Change16.1M
  • Continues development of NPP and NPOESS toward
    2007 and 2010 launch dates, respectively
  • Provides funding for instruments, spacecraft,
    ground systems and program costs
  • NPP will provide critical risk reduction
    activities for NPOESS
  • NPOESS will meet the nations civil and military
    environmental information needs
  • Transitions select NASA sensors to operations

44
Polar Program Estimates FY 2007-2010
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LANDSAT Program Change11.0 M
  • Provides for integration of LANDSAT sensors on
    NPOESS spacecraft
  • Planned for NPOESS C1 and C4
  • Part of a partnership with NASA and USGS
  • NASA will develop the sensors for NPOESS C1 and
    C4 spacecraft
  • USGS will process the data
  • Implements government plan for the continuity of
    the LANDSAT mission

46
NOAA Satellite and Information Service
Geostationary Systems
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GOES Funding Profile
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FY2006 GOES Budget Request358.1M
  • 0.6M GOES I-M
  • complete support of post-launch requirements for
    GOES 8-12
  • 117.0M GOES-N series
  • continue procurement of satellites, instruments,
    ground systems and systems support
  • 240.5M GOES-R
  • continue development of GOES-R series satellites,
    instruments, ground systems and systems support

49
FY 2006 GOES N Series Request117.0M
  • Consists of 3 satellites (N, O, P)
  • Planned Launch Dates
  • GOES-N May 2005
  • GOES-O April 2007
  • GOES-P October 2008
  • Instruments Imager, Sounder, and Solar X-Ray
    imager

50
Geostationary SatellitesSupport NOAAs Mission
Goals
  • Ecosystems
  • Determine environmental impacts of chaotic
    processes, i.e. diurnal ocean color as a function
    of tides
  • Climate
  • Provide diurnal signature for weather and climate
    prediction and analysis
  • Weather and Water
  • Real time weather data to accurately track and
    analyze severe weather events
  • Commerce and Transportation
  • Uninterrupted hemispheric observations and
    products for safe and efficient transportation
    and commerce systems

51
FY 2006 GOES-R Request 240.5M
  • Continue development of the next generation
    Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
    (GOES-R)
  • Responds to national operational environmental
    requirements for higher spatial resolution,
    enhanced spectral information, improved coverage,
    and more rapid updates leading to better
    predictions
  • Responds to NOAAs Strategic Plan for ecosystems
    management, climate variability, severe weather
    information, and safe transportation
  • Program is based on 2012 launch readiness
    requirement

52
GOES-R Series Program Change82.9M
  • Continues GOES-R development activities
  • Provides design/risk reduction of spacecraft and
    ground system, and development/production of the
    instruments
  • Meets the nations requirements for environmental
    data and provides for continuity of coverage
  • Provides 2012 launch readiness needed to backup
    the activation of GOES-P for operations
  • Implements technologies to improve mission goal
    applications key enhancements will result in
    significant benefits to the Nation

53
GOES Launch Schedule
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GOES Program Estimates FY 2007-2010
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FY 2000FY 2010 Funding Trend
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NOAA Satellite and Information Service Other
Systems
57
CLASS and EOS Data Archive7.5M
  • CLASS6.5 M
  • Infrastructure to manage complex datasets
  • Robust, secure and timely access to NOAAs
    environmental data and information
  • Data accessibility to the world science community
    and other users in an efficient, secure,
    cost-effective manner
  • Must be ready to support NPP launch
  • EOS Enhancement to CLASS1.0 M
  • Incorporate NASA EOS data into NOAA data archives
    using CLASS architecture to meet research,
    business, and government needs.
  • Continue satellite-based observations for the
    climate record

58
Critical Single Point of Failure2.8M
  • To prevent a catastrophic black-out of essential
    satellite data products and services in the event
    of failure of NOAAs operational computer
    systems.
  • Establishes an off-site backup for the critical
    computing capabilities in Suitland Federal Center
    and Camp Springs facilities at Wallops CDA.
  • Back up capability would bring NOAA into
    compliance with Presidential Decision
    Directive-67, Enduring Government, Continuity of
    Government, and Continuity of Operations and
    PDD-63, Critical Infrastructure Protection.


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NPOESS/NPP Data ExploitationProgram Change4.5M
  • 4.5 M requested for NPP (NPOESS Preparatory
    Program) and NPOESS product development and
    related infrastructure
  • Makes use of the substantial investment in NPOESS
    by starting use of the NPP data stream
  • NPP products will contribute toward risk
    reduction efforts for NPOESS by early evaluation
    of NPP products from instruments to be flown on
    NPOESS
  • Transitions RD sensors into operational product
    development and dissemination
  • Will result in improvements in mission
    performance gale warning accuracy, tropical
    storm track, winter storm warning lead time

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NPOESS/NPP Data Exploitation Program Estimates FY
2007-2010
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NOAA Satellite and Information Service
Construction
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Facilities and Construction
Critical Facilities Command Data Acquisition
Stations2.3 M
  • Provides required infrastructure to support the
    24/7 mission at Fairbanks (sub-Arctic conditions)
    and Wallops (coastal, hurricane-prone
    environment)
  • Eliminates high risk of disruption or mission
    failures due to substandard electrical and fire
    systems
  • Implements Master Plans prepared for NOAA by the
    U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in FY 2004 (Wallops)
    and FY 1999 (Fairbanks), which was updated in FY
    2004.

Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station
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Other Facilities Projects
World Weather Building Replacement- National
Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP)
  • Member of the GSA and NOAA team seeking space
    suitable to support NESDIS and NWS operational
    requirements
  • FY 2006 request contained in the National Weather
    Service budget

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FY 2006 Budget Summary
  • Overall, the FY 2006 request for NOAA Satellites
    and Information of 963.9M is a 72.3M or 8.1
    increase over the current program
  • The request
  • Supports critical satellite operations and data
    and information services
  • Continues GOES-R and NPOESS systems development
    to meet future satellite requirements for
    observational coverage and capabilities
  • Continues data systems development for archive
    and access of observations data
  • Supports NOAAs mission goals and strategic
    directions for FY 2006 and beyond

65
Major Performance Measures
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Issues and Opportunities
  • Transition from Research and Development to
    Operations
  • NOAA and NASA will work together to plan an
    orderly transition from NASA research
    capabilities to NOAA operational capabilities
  • Expanding environmental mission for satellites
  • The next generation of environmental satellites
    will deliver new and improved capabilities for
    NOAA's ecosystems, climate, weather and water,
    and commerce and transportation mission goals
  • Working Earth observations between agencies
  • NOAA will participate in national and
    international efforts for an integrated global
    earth observing and data management system

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Additional Information
  • General NOAA Satellite and Information Service
  • http//www.nesdis.noaa.gov/
  • NOAAs FY 2006 Budget Request
  • http//www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/budget2006/
  • NESDIS FY 2006 Budget Request
  • http//www.nesdis.noaa.gov/About/fy06_budget/fy06_
    budget.html

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