GOES-R Overview
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GOES-R series is being developed to replace
GOES N/O/P series of satellites.
The first launch is planned for FY2015. Significant improvements in technology
over GOES I-M and GOES-NOP series. GOES-R
includes a consolidated backup site.
Improvements over current capabilities:
- Imager (ABI) - Improved resolution (4x),
faster coverage (5X), more bands (2X)
and more coverage simultaneously
- Lightning detection (GLM) - Continuous
coverage of total lightning flash rate
over land and water
- Solar/Space Monitoring (SUVI/EXIS/SEISS/MAG) - Better Imager (UV over X-Ray) and improved heavy ion detection, adds low energy electrons and protons
- Unique Payload Services - Higher Data Rates
for Environmental Data Relay (GRB, EMWIN, LRIT, DCS); continued
Search and Rescue (SARSAT)
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GOES-R is a collaborative development and acquisition
effort between NOAA and the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA). Program activities
occur at the co-located Program and Project Offices
at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
The GOES-R series acquisition includes five different
environmental instrument suites, spacecraft launch
services, ground systems, and the end-to-end systems
integration to support GOES‑R design, fabrication,
testing, launch, and operations.
Instrument development was initiated early for all instruments for formulation of design and risk mitigation/ and risk reduction activities. These instruments are: Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI); Space Environmental In-Situ Suite (SEISS); Solar Ultra Violet Imager (SUVI); Extreme Ultra Violet / X-Ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS); Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) and Magnetometer (MAG). Instrument efforts began in 2001 with initial formulation contracts. All instruments are now on contract.
The GOES-R program composed of two separate projects - the Flight Project led by a senior NASA Project Manager and the Ground Segment Project, led by a senior NOAA Project Manager. The GOES-R Program Office (GPO) is responsible for the overall system, to include bridging any gaps between the projects by validating and verifying project efforts to ensure mission success. GOES-R expects to award a contract for each Flight and Ground Segment Projects' development in 2009 with launch readiness for the first GOES-R satellite planned for FY2015.
The GOES-R System is shown in the figure below:
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Figure 3: End to End Architecture.
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The end-to-end (ETE) GOES-R system includes spacecraft,
instruments, launch services, and all associated ground
system elements and operations.
The GOES-R operational lifetime extends through December
2027.
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