Bill Mazur

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NOAA Polar Program Status and Future Plans

• Bill Mazur
• Polar Satellite Acquisition Manager
• U.S. Department of Commerce - NOAA
• Polar Max 2006 Review
• October 24, 2005

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Topics

• POES Program Overview
• Constellation Plans and Status
• Initial Joint Polar-Orbiting Operational
  Satellite System (IJPS)
• Metop-A to become Operational
• JASON-2

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POES Mission

• TO PROVIDE UNINTERRUPTED FLOW OF GLOBAL
  ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF
  OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
• Global Soundings
• Global Imagery
• Global and Regional Surface Hydrological Obs
• Direct Readout, Data Collection, Search and
  Rescue
• Space Environment and Ozone Observations
• TO ESTABLISH LONG-TERM CONTINUOUS DATA SETS FOR
• Climate monitoring and change predictions
• This requires two satellites for continuous
  coverage placed in orbits selected to optimize
  support for both weather services and climate
  requirements.

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NOAA Polar-orbiting Satellite System 2006
Fairbanks, AK
Polar Orbits
Suitland, MD and Camp Springs, MD
Wallops Is, VA
200 P.M.
Sun-Synchronous Incl. 98.74 Period 101
min. Apogee 530/518 miles Scan width 2700
km Circle Earth 14 times per day
1000/930 A.M.
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12 Z Orbit Coverage for 0900Z 1500Z
10am
Noon
2pm
2 P.M. Orbit
10 A.M. Orbit
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00 Z Orbit Coverage for 2100Z 0300Z
10pm
Midnight
2am
2 P.M. Orbit
10 A.M. Orbit
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POES CORE MISSION REQUIREMENTS SENSORS
Failure of these instruments is basis for launch
call-up.
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Major Customers

• Direct Readout Users
• High-resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT) Users
• Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) Users
• Search and Rescue
• Data Collection System
• Numerical Weather Prediction Centers
• National Weather Service Field Offices
• NOAA Coast Watch and Ocean Watch
• Hazard community (US Forest Service)
• Other U.S. Federal Agencies
• Dept of Defense
• Dept. of Agriculture
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• International community
• Global climate community

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International Partners

• EUMETSAT
• MetOp - (Initial Joint Polar System)
• Canada - DND
• Search and Rescue - (SARR)
• France - CNES
• Search and Rescue - (SARP)
• Service ARGOS - (DCS A-DCS)

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Current Constellation Orbital Configuration
NOAA-18
2218 (drift-0.8min/mo)
NOAA-16
2134 (drift 2.9 min/mo)
NOAA-12
NOAA-15
1735 (drift-1.9min/mo)
1709 (drift1.3min/mo)
NOAA-14
1529 (drift3.4min/mo)
1200
Local noon
1342 (drift-.8min/mo)
NOAA-17
Sun
Updated October 2006
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POES Constellation Status
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Continuity of Polar Operational Satellite
Programs Based on 45 month predicted life of
NOAA-N and N-Prime
2009
2010
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

European Coordination
Projected launch mission life
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NOAA-N Prime Development Status

• S/C now fully integrated
• Completed full-up Electrical Performance Test
• Remaining Milestones
• Vibe/Acoustics Apr. 2007
• Thermal Vac. Oct. 2007
• EMC Dec 2007
• Storage Dec 2007 to July 2008
• Ship to launch site Nov 2008
• Launch Feb 2009

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IJPS NOAA EUMETSAT
METOP-A Launch October 17, 2006
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Initial Joint Polar-orbiting System (IJPS) -
2006/7
Svalbard, Norway
Fairbanks, AK
Darmstadt,Germany
Polar Orbits
Suitland, MD and Camp Springs, MD
Wallops Is, VA
NOAA
200 P.M.
Sun-Synchronous Incl. 98.7/98.9 Period 101
min. Apogee 530/518 miles Scan width 2700
km Circle Earth 14 times per day
930 A.M.
Metop
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IJPS Shared Partnering
NOAA 18 N
METOP 1 2

• 1400 Orbit -Ascending Node
• Direct broadcast with existing HRPT and analog
  APT links
• Contingency Support
• Data Exchange
• Instruments
• NOAA Provided
• AVHRR/3
• HIRS/4
• AMSU-A
• SEM
• SARSAT
• EUMETSAT Provided
• MHS
• Argos (Data Collection Sys)
• NOAA Unique
• SBUV/2

• 0930 Orbit - Descending Node
• Direct broadcast with
• A-HRPT and digital LRPT links
• Contingency Support
• Data Exchange
• Instruments
• NOAA Provided
• AVHRR/3
• HIRS/4
• AMSU-A
• SEM
• SARSAT
• EUMETSAT Provided
• MHS
• Argos (Data Collection Sys)
• EUMETSAT Unique
• IASI
• ASCAT
• GOME-2

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Low Data Rate Direct Readout Users

• NOAA Automatic Picture Transmission (APT)
• Analog signal
• 2 imagery channels at 4km
• Frequency change for NOAA-18 N -- reduce
  interference
• 137.1 and 137.9125 MHz
• On afternoon NOAA satellites until 2012
• On NOAA 15 and 17 until no longer operational
• Metop Low Rate Picture Transmission (LRPT)
• Digital signal
• 3 imagery channels at 1km all other instrument
  data
• Date compressed and can be encrypted
• Flown on Metop morning orbits starting in 2006
  through 2015

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High Data Rate Direct Readout Users

• NOAA High-resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT)
• Realtime data at 667kbs rate
• NOAA-18/N instrument changes MHS HIRS/4
• On afternoon NOAA satellite until 2012
• On mid-morning satellite (NOAA-17) until no
  longer operational
• Metop Advanced High-resolution Picture
  Transmission (A-HRPT)
• Realtime data at 3.5mbs rate
• Flown on Metop morning orbits from 2006-2015
• All instrument data including European sensors
  (IASI, ASCAT, etc.)
• Can be encrypted

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Mission Overview

• OSTM/Jason-2 is a satellite radar altimeter
  mission that provides precise sea surface heights
  for determining
• Global sea-level rise
• Ocean currents
• Upper ocean heat content
• Wind Speed
• Wave Height
• Mission
• Launch 15 June 2008
• Launch Vehicle Delta II 7320
• Spacecraft Bus Proteus
• Mission Life 3 years (goal of 5 years)
• Orbit 1335 Km
• Inclination 66 degree

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Jason-2 Instruments
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Jason-2 Core Mission Measurements
Legend
Bathymetry Depth below sea level
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Mission and Partnership Overview
NASA Elements NOAA Elements EUMETSAT
Elements CNES Elements
Dedicated Delta II Launch Vehicle
Jason 2
NOAA - Wallops/ Fairbanks - USA
EUMETSAT Usingen, Germany

Operational product processing Distribution
S/C Operations (Suitland, MD)
EUMETSAT
Operational product processing and Science Data
archive Distribution
S/C Operations (Toulouse, France)
Science data processing, archive Distribution
CNES
NASA Instrument Ops
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NOAA Role for OSTM

• Command and Control Jason-2 Satellite
• Monitor Jason-2 Satellite
• Collect Telemetry (TM)
• Provide NOAA Data Communications Network (DCN)
• Produce and Distribute Near Real Time (NRT)
  Products
• Archive raw data and core products and make them
  available to the user community

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