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A Note from Greg Mandt, GOES-R System Program Director We had another successful quarter for the GOES-R Series Program, with the achievement of several criti- cal milestones as you’ll read below. Looking forward, we are nearing completion of the remaining instru- ments while continuing to make steady progress with the spacecraft and development of our ground segment. I thank you for your dedication and commitment to work aggressively to meet our goals. As always, we want to hear from you. If you have questions, feedback or additional ideas, email us at nesdis. [email protected]. Page 1 November 22, 2013 Engineers at Exelis prepare the completed ABI PFM for transport to its Rochester facility where it will be stored until shipment to LMSSC for integration onto the GOES-R space- craft. Credit: Exelis GOES-R’s primary instrument, the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), successfully completed the ProtoFlight Model (PFM) Pre-Shipment Review (PSR) on September 26. The three day review culminated with concurrence from the Integrated Independent Review Team that the ABI PFM can proceed toward shipment. In ear- ly 2014, the ABI PFM will be shipped from its developer, Exelis, to the spacecraft developer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. (LMSSC), to be installed onto the first GOES-R space- craft. NOAA issued a press release on October 31 to announce the milestone. In addition, a new video and fact sheet featuring ABI were released, highlighting the many improvements that the instrument will bring to weather fore- casting and issuing warnings. NASA issued a web feature and created a Flickr gallery of ABI images in support of the accomplishment. Quarterly Newsletter July - September 2013 Issue 3 Highlights Highlights …that the GOES-R Ground Segment will process approximately 40 times more data than is possible today?
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A Note from Greg Mandt, GOES-R System Program DirectorWehadanothersuccessfulquarterfortheGOES-RSeriesProgram,withtheachievementofseveralcriti-calmilestonesasyou’llreadbelow.Lookingforward,wearenearingcompletionoftheremaininginstru-mentswhilecontinuingtomakesteadyprogresswiththespacecraftanddevelopmentofourgroundsegment.Ithankyouforyourdedicationandcommitmenttoworkaggressivelytomeetourgoals.Asalways,wewanttohearfromyou.Ifyouhavequestions,feedbackoradditionalideas,[email protected].
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Engineers at Exelis prepare the completed ABI PFM for transport to its Rochester facility where it will be stored until shipment to LMSSC for integration onto the GOES-R space-craft. Credit: Exelis
GOES-R’s primary instrument, the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI),successfullycompletedtheProtoFlightModel(PFM)Pre-ShipmentReview(PSR)onSeptember26.ThethreedayreviewculminatedwithconcurrencefromtheIntegratedIndependentReviewTeamthattheABIPFMcanproceedtowardshipment.Inear-ly2014,theABIPFMwillbeshippedfromitsdeveloper,Exelis,tothespacecraftdeveloper,LockheedMartinSpaceSystemsCo.(LMSSC),tobeinstalledontothefirstGOES-Rspace-craft.NOAAissuedapressreleaseonOctober31toannouncethemilestone.Inaddition,anewvideoandfactsheetfeaturingABIwerereleased,highlightingthemanyimprovementsthattheinstrumentwillbringtoweatherfore-castingandissuingwarnings.NASAissuedawebfeatureandcreatedaFlickrgalleryofABIimagesinsupportoftheaccomplishment.
QuarterlyNewsletterJuly-September2013
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…thattheGOES-RGroundSegmentwillprocessapproximately40timesmoredatathanispossibletoday?
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The Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) FM1com-pletedsuite-levelthermalvacuumcyclingandaCom-prehensivePerformanceTestatambienttempera-tureandpressureinJuly.TheSEISSMagnetosphericParticleSensor—LowEnergyRange(MPS-LO)completedin-vacuumElec-tromagneticInterference/ElectromagneticCompati-bilitytestinginAugust.ThistestwasthefirstofitskindonaGOES-Rinstrument.
On the GOES-R Antenna System,theNSOF9.1meterantennaupgradecomponents(feedandelectronics)passedPSRonAugust27.HarrisbeganupgradingallfourexistingNSOF9.1meterantennasinSeptember.AttheRemoteBackupUnitinFairmont,W.Va.,antennastructureassemblyiscomplete.
The Core Ground Segment Mission Management System was delivered to the NOAA Satellite Operations Facil-ity (NSOF) by Harris Corporation in September.ThenewMissionManagementSystemconsistsofhardware,softwareandagraphicaluserinterfacethatwillenableNOAAsatelliteoperatorstoprepareground-basedcommandandcontroloperationsandprocessesaheadoftheGOES-Rlaunch.HarrisissuedapressreleaseonSeptember30.
The GOES-R spacecraft system module was powered on for the first time on September 26,atLMSSC’sNew-town,Pa.facility.Power-onofthespacecraft’savionicsandmajorelectronicsubsystemsisakeymilestonetode-liveryofthefirstsatelliteintheGOES-Rseries.ThesystemmodulewillbeshippedtoLMSSC’sWatertonfacilitynearDenverinearly2014tobeintegratedwiththepropulsionmodule.ApressreleasewasissuedbyLMSSConOctober2.
The Solar Ultra Violet Imager (SUVI) Flight Model 1 (FM1) successfullycompletedelectrical,mechanicalandthermalenvironmentaltestinginJuly.LockheedMartinAdvancedTechnologyCenter(LMATC)subsequentlyissuedapressreleasehighlightingthesuccessfulcomple-tionofallenvironmentaltestingforSUVIFM1.SUVIsuc-cessfullycompletedaPSRdryruninSeptemberandispre-paringforitsPSR,currentlyscheduledformid-December.
Power-on of the spacecraft’s avionics and major electronic subsystems. Credit: LMSSC
SUVI FM1 undergoes thermal vacuum testing in July. Credit: LMATC
NSOF 9.1 meter antenna upgraded for GOES-R. Credit: Harris Coporation
GOES-R Mission Management System at NSOF in Suitland, Md. Credit: Harris Corporation
SEISS MPS-LO Radiated Emissions test. Credit: Assurance Technology Corporation
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The GOES-R Series Program, in conjunction with NOAA’s Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) Program,introducedanewmobilegame,Rescue406,inSeptember.Usersrespondtoadistresscall,coordinateanddirectarescueusinginformationfromNOAA’sgeostationaryandpolar-orbitingsatellites.Rescue406isavailableintheAppleiTunesstoreforiOSdevices.
The GOES-R Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP)thrusterswereshippedtoNASA’sStennisSpaceCenterforintegra-tionwiththeGOES-RspacecraftinAugust.TheSEP(orArject)thrustersusetheelectricpowergeneratedbythespacecraft’ssolararraystogenerateandsustainan
electricarcinsideahydrazinerocketengine,boostingtheperformanceoftheenginebyafactorofthree.ThearcjetthrusterswillenabletheGOES-RsatellitetobelaunchedonanAtlasV541,resultinginsubstantialcostsavingsoveranall-chemicalpropulsionapproach.ApressreleasewasissuedbyAerojetRocketdyneonAugust13.The GOES-R Series Program and System Program Director Greg Mandt were featured in the July edition of SatMagazine. Thecoverfeatureprovidedanin-depthlookatGOES-R,includingmissioncomponents,logisticsandtheimportantbenefitsthesatelliteserieswillpro-videthenation.ThepiecealsooutlinedGOES-R’splansforpreparingtheusercommunityforthenewdataandproductsthatwillbeavailablewiththesatelliteseries.
The Mission Specific Requirements ReviewfortheGOES-RLaunchVehicle(LV)wassuccessfullyheldatLVcontractorUnitedLaunchAlliance(ULA)onAugust21.ApprovalwasgivenbyajointULA/KennedySpaceCenterEngineeringReviewBoardtoproceedtotheMissionSpecificPreliminaryDesignReview.
Proving Ground and Program ScienceThe GOES-R Proving Ground Aviation Weather Test-bed (AWT) 2013 Summer ExperimentwasconductedAugust12–23attheAviationWeatherCenterinKansasCity,Mo.Theexperimentincludeddemonstrationsofsim-ulatedsatelliteimagery,nearcasting,convectiveinitiation,cloudtopcooling,overshootingtopsandcloudproper-tiesproducts,aswellasanumberoflightningdatasetsincludingthePseudoGeostationaryLightningMapper.DetailsoftheexperimentcanbefoundontheAWTblog.
In an effort to promote more frequent communica-tion with the user communityaboutGOES-Rscienceanddemonstrationactivities,theGOES-RSeriesProgram
beganprovidingsemi-monthlyvirtualscienceseminarsinJuly.Theseminarsallowscientiststohighlighttheirrecentworktotherestofthecommunity.TheinauguralseminaronJuly26focusedonriskreductionandfeaturedtalksbyDanLindsayfromtheNOAACenterforSatelliteApplica-tionsandResearchandRebeccaCintineoandJasonOtkinfromtheCooperativeInstituteforMeteorologicalSatelliteStudies(CIMSS)attheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison.OnSeptember27,MikePavolonis,NOAA/NESDISPhysicalScientist,andPaulIniguez,SanJoaquinValleyWeatherForecastOfficeScienceandOperationsOfficer,spoke
aboutGOES-RFogandLowStratus(FLS)products.Pre-sentationsandaudiorecord-ingsfromtheseminarscanbefoundontheGOES-R.govwebsite.
Convective initiation product demonstration during the AWT 2013 Sum-mer Experiment. Credit: GOES-R Proving Ground
The GOES-R FLS products were developed to improve upon the traditional FLS products. The GOES-R products work day and night and provide information even when multiple cloud layers are present. Credit: Mike Pavolonis (NOAA/NESDIS)
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The GOES-R Program Senior Scientist remotely par-ticipated as an invited speaker at the World Meteoro-logical Organization Training WorkshoponNowcastingTechniques,whichwasheldAugust5–6inBuenosAires,Argentina.StevenGoodman,Ph.D.,providedanoverviewandstatusoftheGOES-Rmissionandhighlightedcapa-bilitiesoftheGOES-RABIandGeostationaryLightningMapper(GLM).
The GOES-R System Program Director represented NOAA at the 2013 European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMET-SAT) Meteorological Satellite ConferenceSeptember16–20inVienna,Austria.GregMandtpresentedastatusofcurrentNOAAsatelliteactivitiesandanupdateontheGOES-RProgram.The final report for the NOAA Satellite ConferencewasreleasedonAugust22.Thereportincludedsummariesfromeachpresentation,recommendationsanduserfeed-back,surveyresultsandmore.Thereportcanbedown-loadedfromtheGOES-R.govwebsite.
The GOES-R GLM Science Team Meeting was held Sep-tember 24–26attheUniversityofAlabamainHuntsville/NASAMarshallSpaceFlightCenterfacilityinHuntsville,Ala.AbroadrepresentationofresearchandoperationalscientistsfromNOAA/NESDIS,GOES-R,NationalWeatherService,OfficeofAtmosphericResearch,NASA,InstitutoNacionaldePesquisasEspaciais(InPEBrazil),EUMETSAT,universitiesandNWScommercialdataprovidersparticipat-ed.Sessionsandpresentationsaddressedlightningscienceandforecast/warningapplications,forecasteruseoftotallightningattheprovinggrounds,calibration/validationandproposedfieldcampaigns(nationalandinternational)andtraining.
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National Weather Service Warning Decision Training Branch GOES-R Lead Jim LaDue discusses warning decision-making and training at the GLM Science Team Meeting. Credit: Steve Goodman
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The GOES-14 imager completed a two-week Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO)experimentforGOES-RonAugust28.Aftertheexperiment,GOES-14wasre-turnedtoanormalstoragemodeconfigurationwiththeinstrumentsturnedoff.Manyuniqueone-minuteimag-erydatasetswereacquired,includingdevelopingseverestorms,fires(suchastheYosemiteRimFire),smokeandfog.ThesedatawereusedoperationallyatanumberofnationalcentersandwillhelpforecastersbetterprepareforthenewmesoscaleimagerycapabilitythatwillbeavailablefromtheABIonGOES-R.Moreinformation,imagesandanimationscanbefoundontheCIMSSSRSOpageandCIMSSblog.
GOES-14 visible (left) and Infrared (right) imagery of the Yosemite Rim Fire on August 27. Credit: CIMSS
