Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) R Series

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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
(GOES) R Series
Program Overview

• Anthony Comberiate
• System Program Director
• April 2006

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GOES Mission
Two satellites and on-orbit spare

• Satisfies national operational environmental
  requirements for 24 hour observation of weather,
  earths environment, and solar and space
  environment
• GOES I-M (8-12) series operational since 1994
• GOES-N launch planned for 2006, GOES O P being
  built
• GOES-R series needed to replace the GOES-N
  series, expected launch no earlier than 2012
• Part of US contribution to Global Earth
  Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
• Note satellites are labeled with letters on
  the ground and changed to numbers on-orbit

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General Assumptions

• Satellite Constellation
• Geostationary Earth Orbit
• East Position 75o W Longitude
• West Position 135o W Longitude
• Central Position 105o W Longitude storage and
  contingency operations
• Inclination 0o 0.5o
• Mission Life
• 7.5 years operational
• 7.5 years combined terrestrial and on-orbit
  storage up to 5 years for either
• Mission Launch Readiness Date No earlier than
  2012

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System Architecture
GOES R Satellite Constellation
Ground
Segment
Users
Antennas
Wallops, VA
Wallops, VA
User Interface
User Interface
Ground Stations
Operations
Location TBD
Location TBD
Primary

NSOF
NSOF
Backup TBD
Backup TBD
Suitland, MD
Suitland, MD
Space Environment
Merged
Merged
CLASS
Center, Boulder, CO
Processing
Processing

• NSOF NOAA Satellite Operations Facility
• CLASS Comprehensive Large Array Stewardship
  System

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GOES-R Series Status

• Improvements over current capabilities
• Imager
• 5X improvement in geographic coverage rate
• 30 second repeats for severe weather threats
• 4X improvement in horizontal resolution
• 3X increase in channels
• Sounder
• 5X improvement in geographic coverage rate
• 4 minute repeats for severe weather threats
• 3X improvements in vertical resolution
• Lightning detection
• Continuous coverage of total lightning flash rate
  over land and water
• Coastal Water Monitoring
• 0.375 km true color vs 1 km monochrome
• Transition of ocean color research satellite
  capability to operational platform
• First ever geostationary sampling of ocean color
  allows coastal resource management

• GOES-R
• GOES-R series being developed to replace GOES-N
  series. First launch is no earlier than 2012
• Significant improvement in technology over GOES-I
  and GOES-N series
• New acquisition relationship builds on
  longstanding partnership between NOAA and NASA

GOES-R Contractors System Program Definition
and Risk Reduction (PDRR) Boeing,
Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman System
Acquisition Contract to be competitively
awarded in August 2007 Instruments
ITT, BAE, Ball Aerospace, Lockheed Martin
Advanced Technology Center
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Program Management Structure
DOC
NOAA Program Management Council
NOAA
NESDIS
System Program Director (SPD) Anthony Comberiate
(NOAA) Deputy SPD Michael Crison (NOAA)
(Acting) Deputy SPD Advanced Instrument and
Technology Infusion NASA
GSFC Program Management Council
Program Systems Engineering (NOAA) Lead
Alexander Krimchansky (NASA) (Acting)
Program Scientist Lead James Gurka (NOAA)
(Acting)
Program Control Lead Lisa Hurt (NOAA) (Acting)
Contracts Lead Robert Ransom (NOAA)
Flight Project Project Manager Michael Donnelly
(NASA) Deputy Tim Walsh (NOAA)
Operations Project Project Manager Tim Walsh
(NOAA) (Acting) Deputy Vacant (NASA)
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GOES-R Baseline Instruments to Meet User
Requirements

• Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
• Monitors and tracks severe weather
• Images clouds to support forecasts
• Better resolution, faster coverage and more
  coverage simultaneously
• Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES)
• Provides atmospheric moisture and temperature
  profiles to support forecasts and climate
  monitoring
• Monitors coastal regions for ecosystem health,
  water quality, coastal erosion, harmful algal
  blooms
• Better resolution, faster coverage, adds coastal
  water imagery
• Solar Imaging Suite (SIS) and Space Environmental
  In-Situ Suite (SEISS)
• Images the sun and measures solar output to
  monitor solar storms (SIS)
• Better Imager (UV over X-Ray)
• Measures magnetic fields and charged particles
  (SEISS)
• Better Heavy Ion detection, adds low energy
  electrons and protons
• Enables early warnings for satellite and power
  grid operations, telecom services, astronauts,
  and airlines
• Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)
• Detects lightning strikes as an indicator of
  severe storms

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GOES Evolution
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OverviewProgram/Instrument Schedule
As of 3/31/2006
Fiscal Year
Program Level
SCR
SRR
IPDR
CA
Program Definition Risk Reduction
(Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman)
08/06
03/06
02/07
CA
AO RFP
Acquisition Operations
12/06
08/07
KDP-B
KDP-C/D
Key Events
11/06
10/05
Instruments
Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
PDR
CDR
FM-1
Acquisition Operations
(ITT)
12/05
11/06
10/10
Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES)
Program Definition Risk Reduction
12/06
(ITT, BAE, Ball)
CA
SDR
PDR
CDR
FM-1
Acquisition Operations
06/07
09/07
09/08
09/09
06/13
Solar Imaging Suite (SIS)
Program Definition Risk Reduction
03/06
(LMATC)
CA
SDR
PDR
CDR
FM-1
Acquisition Operations
09/06
12/06
12/07
12/08
03/11
Space Environmental In-Situ Suite (SEISS)
CA
SDR
PDR
CDR
FM-1
Acquisition Operations
05/06
08/06
08/07
08/08
09/10
Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)
CA
02/07
Program Definition Risk Reduction
(ITT, LM, Ball)
CA
SDR
PDR
CDR
FM-1
02/06
Acquisition Operations
09/07
12/07
12/08
12/09
03/12
Legend CA Contract Award SDR System
Design Review PDR Preliminary Design Review
CDR Comprehensive Design Review FM-1
Flight Model 1 delivery SRR System Requirements
Review SCR System Concepts Review IPDR
Interim Preliminary Design Review
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Key Activities

• Instrument Development
• System Development
• Affordability Trades
• Requirements Prioritization
• Acquisition Strategy Refinement

We need timely user inputs to solidify GOES-R
requirements
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