GOES%20Program%20Review

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GOES Program Review
Satellite Direct Readout Conference for the
Americas Miami, Florida December 9, 2002

Gerald Dittberner Advanced Systems Planning
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OUTLINE

• Program Mission
• Program Status
• Launch Planning
• GOES-R Series

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GOES MISSION

• GOES satisfies National Weather Service (NWS)
  requirements for 24 hour observation of weather
  and Earths environment to support storm-scale
  weather forecasting by forecasters and numerical
  models
• To meet requirements, GOES continuously maintains
  operational satellites at two locations (75
  degrees West and 135 degrees West), with and
  on-orbit spare ready in case of failure

• Data are provided to users routinely from the
  Imager every 15 minutes and
• from the Sounder every hour throughout the
  day from each satellite. More rapid
• repetition is used when needed for severe
  weather events.

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GOES On-Orbit Status

• GOES-8 continues to function as the GOES-East
  operational satellite
• Functioning on several redundant systems
• Depletes all fuel reserves by April 2003
• Has exceeded operational life by 3 years
• GOES-9 removed from operational service in July
  1998
• Being made available to the Japanese to provide
  emergency coverage, if necessary
• GOES-10 has functioned as the GOES-West
  operational satellite for the last 41/2 years
• Difficult to quantify remaining mission life due
  to Solar Array anomaly
• GOES -11 and GOES 12 are in on-orbit storage
  mode, ready to replace either GOES-East or West
• Transition plan being developed to move GOES-12
  to GOES-East

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GOES-N Series Development/Production Status

• GOES-N Series Spacecraft (Boeing Satellite
  Systems (BSS), Inc.)
• Government provided instruments delivered to
  Spacecraft contractor and successfully integrated
  on GOES-N Spacecraft
• GOES-N Spacecraft system level testing underway
• GOES-N Series Spacecraft Support Ground System
  (SSGS) delivered to NOAAs SOCC
• Successfully completed two command/TLM/Data
  End-to-End testing between Spacecraft and NOAAs
  SOCC
• GOES-N Spacecraft on schedule to support January
  2004 launch readiness
• The GOES-O Bus and Payload Modules Completed

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GOES-N - Anechoic Chamber
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GOES-N Series Instruments Status

• GOES-N Series Imagers and Sounders (ITT)
• The GOES-N (S/N08) Imager and Sounder
  mechanically/electrically integrated onto the
  GOES-N bus
• The GOES-O (S/N09) Imager and Sounder
  mechanically integrated on to the GOES-O bus
• GOES-P (S/N10) Imager and Sounder are in
  temporary storage at ITT.
• Preliminary integration of S/N 11 Imager and
  Sounder started, leading to the ship dates of
  June 14, 2003 for the Imager and July 31, 2003
  for the Sounder.

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GOES-N Spacecraft Instrument Testing

• Spacecraft in the Z over west panel down
  configuration
• Sounder radiant cooler door open in preparation
  for ITT to perform the door hinge friction test
• Picture taken 3/26/02

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GOES-N Series Instruments Status (Continued)

• NOAA GOES-N Series FM1 and FM2 Solar X-Ray
  Imagers (SXI)
• The FM1 SXI delivered to BSS November 2001
• Successfully integrated on GOES-N
• The FM2 SXI delivered to BSS September 2002
• Successfully integrated on GOES-O for ground
  testing, but may not fly on GOES-O
• GOES-N Series Space Environment Monitor (SEM)
• GOES-N SEM - Successfully delivered and
  integrated on GOES-N
• Delivery of the GOES-O SEM - December 2002

(Lockheed Martin)
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GOES Launch Planning

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GOES-R Series

• GOES-R series will be designed to satisfy Users
  needs in the 2012 to 2025 time frame
• Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
• Advanced Imaging
• Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES)
• Advanced Sounding and Imaging
• SXI
• Solar imaging
• SEM
• Space environment monitoring
• Other Advanced Instruments
• GOES Auxiliary Services
• DCS, LRIT, EMWIN, SARSAT

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