# Presentation: 537370

## NOAA POES PROGRAMFuture Satellite Status

**NOAA POES PROGRAM****Future Satellite Status**

- Presented to:
- 40th ARGOS OPERATIONS COMMITTEE CONFERENCE
- June 21-23, 2006
- Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
- Michael “Mickey” Fitzmaurice, NOAA/NESDIS/OSO

## Topics

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**Topics**

**HIGHLIGHTS**
**PROGRAM STATUS**
- POES Launch Schedule
**FUTURE SATELLITE STATUS**
- NOAA N (and N’)
- MetOp
- NPOESS Program

## Highlights

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- NOAA-N was launched May 20, 2005 and was declared the operational PM spacecraft in late August 2005.
- NOAA-N’ is being re-built for a launch in February 2009. (according to the latest guideline letter to NASA)
- 1st MetOp is scheduled for a July 17, 2006 launch.
- 2nd MetOp is scheduled for a June 2010 launch.
- NPOESS is ?.

## POES Launch Scheduleas of June 2006

**SATELLITE     LIKELY     AVAILABLE ****	****PLANNING**
**                                ****ORBIT                                                       LAUNCH**
- 1st METOP	AM	         JUL 06 		    July 2006
- (Metop-2)
- NOAA-N’	PM                  APR 08                          Feb 2009

## Future Polar Satellite Status

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**Future Polar Satellite Status**

**NOAA-N’ Status:**
- Spacecraft is being integrated.
- Instruments inside spacecraft already mounted.  Electrical power testing, called Initial Powered Functional (IPF) testing expected to begin in late June 2006.
- Latest budgeting guideline letter from NOAA to NASA specifies to budget and plan for a Feb 2009 launch.
- A-DCS instrument will be flown on NOAA N’

## Future Polar Satellite Status

- MetOp
- First satellite scheduled for launch in July 2006 into an late morning, AM orbit
- Will fly US-provided instruments and the A-DCS & SARP/3 provided by CNES.
- Second satellite scheduled for launch in June 2010 into an late morning, AM orbit
- Third satellite scheduled for launch in Dec. 2014 into an late morning, AM orbit

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## NOAA Plans for Continuity of Operational Satellite Programs NOAA Satellite Launches* Scheduled to Maintain Data Continuity (Calendar Years)

**2009**

**2010**

**2004**

**2005**

**2006**

**2007**

**2008**

**2011**

**2012**

**2013**

**2014**

**2015**

**2016**

**2017**

**2018**

***   Actual launch dates are determined by the failure of on-orbit assets**

****  Assumes METOP will provide the morning orbit and NOAA-N’ will provide**
**     ****afternoon orbit instruments**

** ****1****st**** METOP (AM)**

** ****GOES 10 **

**GOES 11 (stored in orbit) **

** ****GOES  N**

** ****NOAA 16 (PM) **

** ****NOAA N (PM) **

** ****NPOESS C1 (mid-AM) **

** ****** European**
**Coordination **

** ****Satellite is operational beyond design life**

**2019**

**2020**

** ****On-orbit GOES storage**

- 5/27/04

*** ******GOES  West***

*** ******GOES  East***

** ****GOES 12**

** ****GOES  O**

** ****GOES  P**

** ****GOES  R*****

** ****GOES  S*****

** ****NOAA 17 (AM) **

** ****NOAA N’  (PM) **

** ****2****nd****  METOP**

**3****rd****  METOP**

** ****NPOESS C2 (PM) **

** ****NPOESS C3 (AM) **

** ****NPOESS C4 (mid-AM) **

** ****NPOESS C5 (PM) **

** ****NPOESS C6 (AM) **

*****  GOES R-Series may be single or suite of satellites (distributed constellation)**

**NOAA Plans for Continuity of Operational Satellite Programs ****NOAA Satellite Launches* Scheduled to Maintain Data Continuity (Calendar Years)**

** ****Extended operation**