ITT Industries Awarded Next Generation GOES Weather Satellite

EARTH OBSERVATION

ITT Industries Awarded Next GOES Weather Satellite

file photo of GOES 9

White Plains NY (SPX) Jun 7, 2004
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has awarded ITT Industries a $20 million contract for formulation phase work on an advanced sensor. The sensor, a Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES), will go on the next generation weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The HES sensor will be a primary instrument on NOAA's Advanced Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) beginning with the GOES-R mission in 2012. The HES instrument will provide vertical atmospheric profiles that National Weather Service forecasters will use for critical storm watches.

In addition, HES will provide wind vector profiles surrounding the warm core of cyclones and hurricanes revealing steering winds and storm direction. This will greatly improve forecasters' ability to predict where and when severe storms will strike.

ITT Industries is the designer and builder of primary instruments on the current GOES satellites and is competing for both the HES and Advanced Imager on the next generation of GOES.

ITT's partners for the HES formulation phase work include Northrop Grumman Space Technology, DRS, ABB Bomem and SSG Precision Optics.

MISSILE DEFENSE

Lockheed Brings A THAAD To Troy

Troy AL (SPX) May 31, 2004
Lockheed Martin began manufacturing the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile today at its Pike County Operations facility in Troy, AL. The facility will perform final integration, assembly and testing of the THAAD missile, which is an integral part of the THAAD weapon system and the United States' network of layered defenses against ballistic missile attack.

Thanks for being here; We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain. With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords. Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year. If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.
SpaceDaily Contributor $5 Billed Once credit card or paypal		SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter $5 Billed Monthly paypal only

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2016 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.