# Presentation: 923753

## Upcoming Changes to NOAA Satellites2001 to 2010 

***National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Services (NESDIS)***
***National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)***

##  NOAA’s Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

-  NOAA’s Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

-     Polar Orbiting Satellites

- Geostationary Satellites

**Fairbanks,**

## Continuity of Operational Satellite Programs NOAA Satellite Launches* Scheduled to Maintain Continuity

**2001**

**2002**

**1996**

**1997**

**1998**

**1999**

**2000**

**2003**

**2004**

**2005**

**2006**

**2007**

**2008**

**2009**

**2010**

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

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

** ****METOP-1, 2, 3 (am)** European Coordination **

** ****GOES  8 **

** ****GOES  9 (removed from service) **

**GOES 11 (stored in orbit)**

** ****GOES  N – Series **

** ****NOAA 14  (pm)**

** ****NOAA  15 (pm) **

** ****NOAA  16 (pm) **

** ****NOAA  M (am)**

** ****NOAA  N (pm) **

** ****NPOESS (pm)  NOAA, NASA, DoD Coordination **

**GOES 12 (checkout underway)**

** ****NOAA 12 **

**GOES  10**

** ****NOAA  N’  (pm) **

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

**2011**

**2012**

** ****GOES  R-Series **

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

**Continuity of Operational Satellite Programs NOAA Satellite Launches* Scheduled to Maintain Continuity**

## GOES Spacecraft and Instrument Status(as of October 2001)

|  | GOES-8
(East) | GOES-9
(Removed from Service) | GOES-10
(West) | GOES-11
(Stored in Orbit) | GOES-12
(Checkout underway) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Instrument Status |  |  |  |  |  |
| Imager | G | Y | G | G | G |
| Sounder | Y | G | G | G | G |
| Space Environment Monitor | G | G | G | G | G |
| Solar X-ray Imager | - | - | - | - | G |
| Subsystem Status |  | O | G | G | G |
| Altitude and Orbit Control | Y | G | G | G | G |
| Thermal Power | G | G | G | G | G |
| Electrical Power | G | G | G | G | G |
| Telemetry and Command | G | G | G | G | G |
| Communications | Y | G | Y | G | G |
| Propulsion | G | G | G | G | G |
| Mechanisms | G | G | Y | G | G |

- G = Operational (or capable of); Y = Operational with limitations (or Standby);
- O = Operational with Degraded Performance; R = Not Operational; - = Not installed on spacecraft

## Planned GOES Launch Schedule

| Spacecraft | Planned Launch date * |
| --- | --- |
| GOES – N | February 2003 |
| GOES – O | April 2005 |
| GOES – P | April 2007 |
| GOES – Q | April 2010 |
| GOES – R | April 2012 |

- * Subject to spacecraft and launch vehicle availability, operations needs, and final launch scheduling

## GOES  11 and 12 Status

- Both spacecraft intended to replace GOES 8 and/or 10 in event of failure
- All systems nominal
- GOES 12 - New features
-                        -  First Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI)
-                        -  6.7 micron water vapor channel resolution at
-                               4 km (from 8 km)
-                        -  13.3 micron replaces 12.0 micron channel

## Future GOES changes and Impacts to Users

-  - 2005  Transition of  LRIT (digital) from WEFAX (analog)
-               - LRIT changes require **new** receiver and processing capability
-               - WEFAX to LRIT transition **will require** 2 separate receivers operating
-                     independent of each other
-   - GOES-O
-               - GVAR:  All IR bands at 4 km resolution (versus 8 km)
-               -  Higher data volumes will require more processing capability
-   -  GOES-R series
- 		          - GVAR signal changes dramatically
-                             - Imager change to Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
-                             - Sounder change to Advanced Baseline Sounder (ABS)
- 		          -  New receive capability and processing capability needed
- 	            -  Changes to data type and rate to be received in new bands
-                           -  Users who want simultaneous GVAR and ABI/ABS **will require** 		     separate receivers and processing equipment operating 			     independent of each other

## GOES Analog WEFAX - Digital LRIT Transition

- 2001     2002       2003      2004        2005                                                                 2010

- GOES-East begins LRIT. _Alternate_: GOES-Central for LRIT only

- LRIT testing on GOES-11, -12

- GOES-N operational. WEFAX services ends, LRIT on GOES-East, -West

## Comparison between GOES-M to Q and GOES-R Imager

- 				_**GOES M/N**_	_**GOES O/Q**_	_**GOES-R (ABI)**_*****
- Visible Res.	 	 1 km			 1 km 			 0.5 km
- IR Res.		 8 km			 4 km			 2 km
- Spectral Channels	 5			 5			 12
- Full disk 		 Every 3 hrs		 Every 3 hrs		 Every 15 min
- Initial availability	  2001-2003		2005-2010		 2012 +

**ABI will require new receive capability.  Will require **
**significant increases in processing capabilities.**

- * Based on preliminary plans to be confirmed

## Comparison between GOES-M to Q and GOES-R Sounder

- 				_**GOES M/N**_		_**GOES O/Q**_		_**GOES-R (ABI)**_** ***
- IR spectral bands	  18			  18			  ~1500
- Vertical resolution	  3 - 5 km 		  3 - 5 km		  0.5 - 1km
- Temp. accuracy	  2 degree K		  2 degree K		  1 degree K
- Horizontal res. for
-    independent obs.	  30 km		  30 km		  10 km
- Time for full disk	  16 hr			  16 hr			  ~ 1 hr
- 				  CONUS and limited Caribbean		Western
-     					    area	  				Hemisphere
- Initial availability	2001-2003		2005-2010		2012 +

**ABS – New data for Latin America.  New receive capability needed.  Will require significant increases in processing capabilities.**

- * Based on preliminary plans to be confirmed

## GOES Data Collection System (DCS)

_**Spacecraft**_
-  - **Present to 2010:** No changes to spacecraft GOES DCS instruments
_**Ground System and Transmitters**_
**Starting in 2001** - Many changes users **must make** to ground system and 			         transmitters to continue to transmit data
- 			  - NOAA works to geographically located unknown
-                                     interfering transmitters** **
**After May 2002** - No new 100 Bps assignments will be made.
-                             -  Existing 100 Bps assignments will be supported till 2012.
**Mid-2001**           - 300 and 1200 Bps increase system capacity
- 	                        - GPS chip required on 1200 Bps transmitter
-                             - GPS chip highly recommended on 300 Bps transmitter
**End of 2002        - **New Web-based DCS automated processing systems
-                                    (DAPS II) initiated
-                       - NOAA tests new data transmission technology to improve
-                              system performance

## POES Instrument and Spacecraft Status(as of August 2001)

| Instrument | NOAA-10 | NOAA-11 | NOAA-12 | NOAA-14 | NOAA-15 | NOAA-16 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AVHRR | Spacecraft deactivated | R | G | G | Y | G |
| HIRS |  | R | Y | Y | Y | G |
| AMSU-A1 |  | - | - | - | Y | G |
| AMSU-A2 |  | - | - | - | G | G |
| AMSU-B |  | - | - | - | Y | G |
| MSU |  | R | Y | Y | - | - |
| SSU |  | G | - | G | - | - |

- G = Operational (or capable of); Y = Operational with limitations; R = Not Operational;
-  - = Not installed on spacecraft

## POES Instrument and Spacecraft Status (continued)(as of October 2001)

| Instrument | NOAA-10 | NOAA-11 | NOAA-12 | NOAA-14 | NOAA-15 | NOAA-16 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DCS | Spacecraft deactivated | G | G | G | G | G |
| SARR |  | Y | - | G | Y | G |
| SARP |  | G | - | R | G | G |
| SBUV |  | Y | - | Y | - | G |
| SEM |  | - | G | Y | G | G |
| ERBE | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Launch date |  | Sept. 1988 | May 1991 | Dec. 1994 | May 1998 | Sept. 2000 |

- G = Operational (or capable of); Y = Operational with limitations; R = Not Operational;
-  - = Not installed on spacecraft

## Polar Satellite Launch Schedule(as of August 2001)

| Satellite | Orbit | Planned Launch Date |
| --- | --- | --- |
| NOAA – M | Morning | March 2002 |
| NOAA – N | Afternoon | June 2003 |
| NOAA – N’ | Afternoon | March 2005 |
| METOP - 1 | Morning | December 2005 |
| Follow-on Convergence |  | 2007-2008 |
| NPOESS | Afternoon | January 2009 |
| METOP – 2 | Morning | August 2010 |

- * Subject to spacecraft and launch vehicle availability, operations needs, and final launch scheduling

## Evolution Of Polar Instruments

**	****NPOESS**
**VIIRS**
- *	Visible/IR Imager Radiometer Suite
**CRIS**
- *	Cross-track IR Sounder
**ATMS**
- *	Advanced Technology MW Sounder
**CMIS**
- *	Conical Microwave Imager/Sounder
**SESS**
- *	Space Environmental Sensor Suite
**OMPS**
- *	Ozone Mapper/Profiler Suite
**SARR 2000 & SARP-3**
- *	Improved Search and Rescue Repeater and Processor
**Argos**
- *	Advanced Data Collection System

**POES(P) / ****DMSP(D)**
**AVHRR****/****OLS**
- *	Visible/IR Imaging radiometer
**HIRS (P)**
- *	IR atmospheric temperature sounder
**AMSU-A (P)**
- *	Microwave Atmospheric Temperature Sounder
**AMSU-B/MHS (P)**
- *	Microwave humidity sounder
**SSM/I (D)**
- *	Microwave Imager
**SEM (P)**
- *	Space environment instrument
**SBUV (P)**
- *	Ozone instrument
**SARR & SARP-2 (P)**
- *	Search and Rescue Repeater
- *	Search and Rescue Processor
**Argos (P)**
- *	Data Collection System

## Products From PM and AM Polar Missions

***** IASI, GOME and ASCAT are EUMETSAT instruments. Data will encrypted and access licensed by EUMETSAT

## Polar Satellite Changes

- NPOESS-1 Digital (High Rate Data) HRD 20 Mbps

- NPOESS-1 Digital (Low Rate Data) LRD 3.5 Mbps

- NOAA-16 / NOAA-M / NOAA-N / NOAA-N’ Analog APT  72 Kbps

- NOAA-16 / NOAA-M / NOAA-N / NOAA-N’ Digital HRPT  688 Kbps

- NOAA-15 / NOAA-M Analog APT  72 Kbps

- NOAA-15 / NOAA-M Digital HRPT  688 Kbps

- METOP-1 / METOP-2 Digital LRPT  72 Kbps

- METOP-1 / METOP-2 Digital A-HRPT  3.5 Mbps

- 2001                                                          2005                                                                    2009    2010

- AFTERNOON ORBIT

- MORNING ORBIT

**Polar Satellite Changes**

## Polar Satellite Changes - Continued

- NOAA APT is not compatible with METOP LRPT.
- 	Analog to digital transmission
- 	* 2 receivers required 2005 until end-of-life of NOAA-N’ (approximately 2011)
- NOAA LRD is not compatible with NOAA APT or METOP LRPT
- 	L-band, data rate, digital format
- 	* 2 receivers required beginning with NPOESS-1 launch in 2009
- NOAA HRPT is not compatible with METOP A-HRPT.
- 	Data encoding, formatting
- 	* 2 receivers required 2005 until end-of-life of NOAA-N’ (approximately 2011)
- NOAA HRD is not compatible with NOAA HRPT or METOP A-HRPT
- 	x-band transmission
- 	 * 2 receivers required beginning with NPOESS-1 launch in 2009
- * to receive all NOAA _and_ METOP high rate data or all NOAA _and_ METOP low rate data
- All present NOAA APT and HRPT receivers will be obsolete after end-of-life of NOAA-N’ (about 2011).  Newer HRPT receivers _may_ be converted to LRD reception.

## *

- Analog (APT) Transmission Service Termination

**2001                                                  2005                                                                   2010**

**NOAA-M**
**NOAA-N**
**NOAA-N’**

*****

*****

***  Frequency changes to 137.125 & 137.95 MHz**

- NOAA-N’ ends NOAA analog (APT) and VHF band transmission services

## We are interested in your opinions

- What is your existing GOES and POES receive and processing capability? (Low res. - WEFAX, APT; High res. GVAR, HRPT; mixture of both)?   How many receivers do you operate and where are they located (i.e., at airports? Met service? etc.)
- If your primary data is low-resolution, what prevents you from upgrading to high-resolution GOES and POES data?
- What is your primary use of satellite data in your operations? (Weather, hydrology, aviation meteorology, etc.)
- Will higher spectral, spatial, and temporal resolution on current and future GOES and Polar satellites benefit your programs, and service to your society?  How?
- How much do you use the internet to support your operations?  What is the bandwidth?
- Do you think you could benefit from access via the internet to high resolution GOES and POES data?
- Is your agency the primary source of NOAA satellite data in your country?  Do you share data with other government agencies, academia, and the private sector?
- How soon after satellite data changes do you anticipate upgrading your receive and processing capabilities?  Immediately?  3 months? 6 months? 1 year?
***.***

## How soon do you require notice about these satellite changes?                                        (1, 3, 5 years in advance or do you wait until after changes occur                         to take action?)

What kinds of information do you need to get from us so you can make a decision  regarding upgrading your systems? (Technical, cost, benefits of data?)

What is the best way for us to communicate with you? (Active: Letter, e-mail, fax; or, Passive: post information to an internet site for you to look at?)

Who is the best contact in your organization for us to communicate with regarding technical issues? And programmatic issues?

What new products would benefit your operations?

There are many new applications available using GOES and POES. What is the best way to demonstrate them to you?  How do we obtain feedback from you on applications you develop?  Would you and your organization participate in meetings and conferences to exchange ideas and experiences?

 -   What is the best way for NOAA help you prepare for the upcoming changes in our satellite systems? (Technical information only?  Benefits? Cost only?  All of the above?  

*  Send your comments and questions to: NOAASIS@noaa.gov

- What kinds of information do you need to get from us so you can make a decision  regarding upgrading your systems? (Technical, cost, benefits of data?)
- What is the best way for us to communicate with you? (Active: Letter, e-mail, fax; or, Passive: post information to an internet site for you to look at?)
- Who is the best contact in your organization for us to communicate with regarding technical issues? And programmatic issues?
- What new products would benefit your operations?
- There are many new applications available using GOES and POES. What is the best way to demonstrate them to you?  How do we obtain feedback from you on applications you develop?  Would you and your organization participate in meetings and conferences to exchange ideas and experiences?
-  -   What is the best way for NOAA help you prepare for the upcoming changes in our satellite systems? (Technical information only?  Benefits? Cost only?  All of the above?
****  Send your comments and questions to: NOAASIS@noaa.gov***

## Information on coming changes

-  Access to current GOES and POES data on-line
-  Launch information and spacecraft health
-  Future GOES satellite activities
-  Information on WEFAX to LRIT and APT to LRPT changes
-  Future POES, METOP, NPOESS satellite activities
-  Upcoming user conferences
-  Customer service assistance

***http://noaasis.noaa.gov***