Jacques van Oene
September 27th 04, 09:23 PM
LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED NASA CONTRACT TO FORMULATE SOLAR IMAGING SUITE FOR
GOES-R SATELLITE SERIES
PALO ALTO, CALIF., September 27, 2004
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a $6 million NASA, 18-month
contract to perform design and risk reduction for the agency's Solar Imaging
Suite (SIS). The SIS is a diverse set of operational instruments that will
fly on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R
Series to provide key information on solar activity and the effects of the
Sun on the earth and near-earth space environment. The first GOES-R launch
is scheduled for 2012
The GOES Program is managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), which establishes requirements, provides funding and
distributes environmental data for the United States. NASA's Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., procures and manages the acquisition of the
GOES satellites for NOAA.
"We're pleased and honored to be selected to perform the formulation study
for the SIS," said Bruce Jurcevich, SIS program manager at the Lockheed
Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto. "We look
forward to refining the requirements for SIS and providing our customer with
the best solution while taking into account cost and overall risk."
In recognition of the importance of these data and the challenges associated
with providing the SIS, Lockheed Martin assembled a highly capable team with
a substantial record of success in providing similar instruments for other
missions. The Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL)
within the ATC is well known for solar instrument development and solar
physics research. LMSAL is leading the GOES-R SIS initiative and taking the
lead for the study of the GOES-R Solar X-ray Imager (SXI), and currently
working on the GOES-N SXI.
The University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
(LASP) is directing the studies of the GOES-R X-ray Sensor (XRS) and Extreme
Ultraviolet Sensor (EUVS), bringing to bear their extensive experience with
highly accurate solar irradiance measurements using their irradiance
instruments aboard several current and future spacecraft. The Naval Research
Laboratory (NRL) has decades of experience studying coronal mass ejections
(CMEs) and developing and operating space-based coronagraphs. The NRL group
is leading the study of the GOES-R Solar Coronagraph (SCOR). Collectively,
the team has produced dozens of successful scientific instruments that have
contributed to our current understanding of solar activity and the resulting
space weather.
Data from NOAA's GOES spacecraft provide short-term advance weather warning
products to the commercial, educational and public sectors to protect lives,
property and the environment, and to foster economic growth and promote
educational research. The future GOES-R mission is expected to improve the
quality and timeliness of forecasts, expanding the safety and economic
security of the public.
Along with the Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) and Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) polar orbiting weather satellites
currently built by Lockheed Martin, GOES is a critical part of the U.S.
satellite constellation for weather observations. GOES is, perhaps, the
weather satellite most familiar to the American public, as its images and
time-lapse sequences are the primary visual material of television weather
forecasts. The GOES system, operational since 1975, plays a critical role
in weather and environmental forecasting. In orbit, high above the equator,
GOES satellites are uniquely positioned to observe the development of
hazardous weather, such as hurricanes and severe thunderstorms, and to track
their movement and intensity so that major losses of life and property can
be reduced or avoided.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, one of the major operating units of
Lockheed Martin Corporation, designs, develops, tests, manufactures and
operates a variety of advanced technology systems for civil, military and
commercial customers. Chief products include a full-range of space launch
systems, including heavy-lift capability, ground systems, remote sensing and
communications satellites for commercial and government customers, advanced
space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft, fleet ballistic missiles
and missile defense systems.
Contact:
Buddy Nelson, (510) 797-0349; e-mail, ,
pager: 1-888-916-1797
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
GOES-R SATELLITE SERIES
PALO ALTO, CALIF., September 27, 2004
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a $6 million NASA, 18-month
contract to perform design and risk reduction for the agency's Solar Imaging
Suite (SIS). The SIS is a diverse set of operational instruments that will
fly on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R
Series to provide key information on solar activity and the effects of the
Sun on the earth and near-earth space environment. The first GOES-R launch
is scheduled for 2012
The GOES Program is managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), which establishes requirements, provides funding and
distributes environmental data for the United States. NASA's Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., procures and manages the acquisition of the
GOES satellites for NOAA.
"We're pleased and honored to be selected to perform the formulation study
for the SIS," said Bruce Jurcevich, SIS program manager at the Lockheed
Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto. "We look
forward to refining the requirements for SIS and providing our customer with
the best solution while taking into account cost and overall risk."
In recognition of the importance of these data and the challenges associated
with providing the SIS, Lockheed Martin assembled a highly capable team with
a substantial record of success in providing similar instruments for other
missions. The Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL)
within the ATC is well known for solar instrument development and solar
physics research. LMSAL is leading the GOES-R SIS initiative and taking the
lead for the study of the GOES-R Solar X-ray Imager (SXI), and currently
working on the GOES-N SXI.
The University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
(LASP) is directing the studies of the GOES-R X-ray Sensor (XRS) and Extreme
Ultraviolet Sensor (EUVS), bringing to bear their extensive experience with
highly accurate solar irradiance measurements using their irradiance
instruments aboard several current and future spacecraft. The Naval Research
Laboratory (NRL) has decades of experience studying coronal mass ejections
(CMEs) and developing and operating space-based coronagraphs. The NRL group
is leading the study of the GOES-R Solar Coronagraph (SCOR). Collectively,
the team has produced dozens of successful scientific instruments that have
contributed to our current understanding of solar activity and the resulting
space weather.
Data from NOAA's GOES spacecraft provide short-term advance weather warning
products to the commercial, educational and public sectors to protect lives,
property and the environment, and to foster economic growth and promote
educational research. The future GOES-R mission is expected to improve the
quality and timeliness of forecasts, expanding the safety and economic
security of the public.
Along with the Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) and Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) polar orbiting weather satellites
currently built by Lockheed Martin, GOES is a critical part of the U.S.
satellite constellation for weather observations. GOES is, perhaps, the
weather satellite most familiar to the American public, as its images and
time-lapse sequences are the primary visual material of television weather
forecasts. The GOES system, operational since 1975, plays a critical role
in weather and environmental forecasting. In orbit, high above the equator,
GOES satellites are uniquely positioned to observe the development of
hazardous weather, such as hurricanes and severe thunderstorms, and to track
their movement and intensity so that major losses of life and property can
be reduced or avoided.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, one of the major operating units of
Lockheed Martin Corporation, designs, develops, tests, manufactures and
operates a variety of advanced technology systems for civil, military and
commercial customers. Chief products include a full-range of space launch
systems, including heavy-lift capability, ground systems, remote sensing and
communications satellites for commercial and government customers, advanced
space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft, fleet ballistic missiles
and missile defense systems.
Contact:
Buddy Nelson, (510) 797-0349; e-mail, ,
pager: 1-888-916-1797
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info