NOAAs Satellite and Information Service

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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
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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

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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.

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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)

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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

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Historical NOAA Budget Trends
( in Billions)
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NOAA Budget By Strategic Goal( in Millions)
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NOAA Budget by Line Office( in Millions)
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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

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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

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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.
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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.

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NOAA observations and data are essential for
Health
Water
Weather
Energy Management
Ecosystems
Disasters
Oceans
Climate
Agriculture
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An End-to-End Responsibility
Launch
Requirements Planning
Command Control
Acquisition
Real-Time Product Development Distribution
Assessments, Status Trends
Data Archive Access
User Services
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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
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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

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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

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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

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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)

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FY 2006 Budget Overview By Account
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NOAA Satellite and Information Service FY 2006
Budget Request963.9M
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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

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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

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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

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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.
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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

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NOAA Satellite and Information ServiceSystems
Acquisition
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Polar Satellite Funding Profile
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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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

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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

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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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