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Local company again gets NASA contract
L3Harris to help develop new slate of weather satellites
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
The next generation of weather satellites capable of tracking severe weather will be developed with help from L3Harris local workforce, the company said Monday in a news release.
NASA has selected L3Harris for the first phase of designing a new imaging system for satellites used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, commonly known as NOAA.
The new satellite system will replace one commonly known as the GOES-R, for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R. L3Harris also worked on that system.
L3Harris Technologies Selected for Future US Weather Satellite Imager Design Phase Study
NASA has selected L3Harris Technologies to develop a concept for the next generation of geostationary weather imagers which will help advance future severe storm tracking, weather forecasting, climate and other Earth observations.
L3Harris will develop an imager design, as well as conduct technology development and analysis for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary and Extended Orbits (GEO-XO) satellite system. The GEO-XO mission will eventually replace the agency’s current Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) series of weather satellites, which includes the L3Harris-built primary payload.
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L3Harris to develop next generation of weather satellites
Rosa Salter Rodriguez | The Journal Gazette
The next generation of weather satellites capable of tracking severe weather will be developed by L3Harris, the company said today in a news release.
NASA has selected L3Harris to design imaging system for satellites used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The new satellite system will replace a system commonly known as GOES-R, for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R, that L3Harris also worked on.
Geostationary satellites move in an orbit precisely timed to Earth s so it appears that they don t move.
NASA awarded $6 million phase-A study contracts to
L3Harris Technologies and
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) Geostationary and Extended Orbits (GEO-XO) Imager (GXI) program.
Both companies will provide a definition-phase study of an infrared geostationary imager instrument that is planned to fly on the NOAA’s GEO-XO program satellites. The new system is meant to continue and enhance observations provided by the NOAA’s GOES-R series of satellites, which will reach their end of life just as the new GEO-XO satellites begin launching in 2032.
The GEO-XO mission is to provide vital Earth Observation information to address major environmental challenges and to support weather, ocean, and climate operations in the United States through the year 2055.