Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) R Series

Anthony ComberiateSystem Program Director

April 2006

Program Overview

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GOES Mission

• Satisfies national operational environmental requirements for 24 hour observation of weather, earth’s 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

GOES-10135o West

GOES-1275o West

On orbit spare

GOES-10135o West

GOES-1275o West

On orbit spare

Two satellites and on-orbit spare

N

S

SubsatellitePoint

Equator

22,300 Mi

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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

PrimaryUser InterfaceLocation: TBD

Wallops, VA

NSOFSuitland, MDBackup: TBD

Merged Processing

Ground Segment

GOES R Satellite Constellation

Operations

CLASSSpace Environment Center, Boulder, CO

Antennas

Users

Ground Stations User InterfaceLocation: TBD

Wallops, VA

NSOFSuitland, MD

Backup: TBD

Merged Processing

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

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GOES-R Series Status

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

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 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

Flight ProjectProject Manager: Michael Donnelly (NASA)

Deputy: Tim Walsh (NOAA)

Operations ProjectProject Manager: Tim Walsh (NOAA) (Acting)

Deputy: Vacant (NASA)

Program ScientistLead: James Gurka (NOAA) (Acting)

ProgramSystems Engineering (NOAA)

Lead: Alexander Krimchansky (NASA) (Acting)

NESDIS

GSFCProgram Management

Council

NOAA Program Management

Council NOAA

DOC

System Program Director (SPD): Anthony Comberiate (NOAA)Deputy SPD: Michael Crison (NOAA) (Acting)

Deputy SPD Advanced Instrument & and Technology Infusion: NASA

Program ControlLead: Lisa Hurt (NOAA) (Acting)

ContractsLead: Robert Ransom (NOAA)

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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– Previous capability only existed on polar satellites

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GOES Evolution

Performance Capability GOES I-M GOES N-P GOES R-SeriesImaging Resolution - Visible 1 km 1 km 0.5 km Resolution - IR 4 km 4 km 2 km Full Disk Coverage Rate 30 min 30 min 5 min # of Channels 5 5 16Atmospheric Soundings Resolution 10 km 10 km 10 km / 4 km Hourly Coverage CONUS CONUS Full Disk @ 10 km resolution

Severe Weather Rapid Scan No No Yes - 4km resolution CONUS # of Channels 19 19 ~1500 Coastal Water Monitoring No No Yes - 300 m resolution

Solar Monitoring (SXI) GOES-M only Yes YesLightning Detection No No YesOperate through Eclipse No Yes YesGround System Backup Limited Limited FullArchive and Access Limited Limited Yes

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As of: 3/31/2006

OverviewProgram/Instrument Schedule

Program Definition & Risk Reduction 12/06

06/07

CA

09/07

SDR

09/08

PDR

09/09

CDR

06/13

FM-1

03/06

09/06

CA

12/06

SDR

12/07

PDR

12/08

CDR

03/11

FM-1

05/06

CA

08/06

SDR

08/07

PDR

08/08

CDR

09/10

FM-1

02/06

02/07

09/07

CA

12/07

SDR

12/08

PDR

12/09

CDR

03/12

FM-1

Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES)

Acquisition & Operations

Solar Imaging Suite (SIS)

Program Definition & Risk Reduction

Acquisition & Operations

Space Environmental In-Situ Suite (SEISS)

Acquisition & Operations

Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)

Program Definition & Risk Reduction

Acquisition & Operations

Current Schedule Completed Schedule

LegendCA: Contract Award SDR: System Design Review PDR: Preliminary Design Review CDR: Comprehensive Design Review FM-1: Flight Model 1 deliverySRR: System Requirements Review SCR: System Concepts Review IPDR: Interim Preliminary Design Review

(ITT, BAE, Ball)

(LMATC)

Acquisition & Operations12/05

PDR

11/06

CDR

10/10

FM-1

Fiscal Year 2006Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2007Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2008Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2009Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2010Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2011Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2012Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2013Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)

(ITT)

Program Level

Program Definition & Risk Reduction(Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman)

08/07 Acquisition & Operations

08/06

SCR

03/06

SRR

02/07

IPDR

CA

Instruments

CA

(ITT, LM, Ball)

CA

Key Events

KDP-B

10/05

KDP-C/D

11/06

12/06

A&O RFP

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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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