GOES Program : GOES Program
December 12, 2002 Steven P. Kirkner
GOES Program Manager, NOAA/NESDIS
OUTLINE: OUTLINE Program Status
Launch Planning
GOES-R Series
GOES On-Orbit Status: GOES On-Orbit Status GOES-8 continues to function as the GOES-East operational satellite
Functioning on several redundant systems
Depletes all fuel reserves by April 2003
Has exceeded operational life by 3 + years
GOES-9 removed from operational service in July 1998
Being made available to the Japanese to provide emergency coverage, if necessary
GOES-10 has functioned as the GOES-West operational satellite for the last 4 years
Difficult to quantify amount of mission life lost due to Solar Array anomaly
GOES -11 and GOES –12 are in on-orbit storage mode, ready to replace either GOES-East or West
Transition plan being developed to move GOES-12 to GOES-East
GOES-N Series Development/Production Status : GOES-N Series Development/Production Status GOES-N Series Spacecraft (Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), Inc.)
Government provided instruments delivered to Spacecraft contractor and successfully integrated on GOES-N Spacecraft
GOES-N Spacecraft system level testing underway
GOES-N Series Spacecraft Support Ground System (SSGS) delivered to NOAA’s SOCC
Successfully completed two command/TLM/Data End-to-End testing between Spacecraft and NOAA’s SOCC
GOES-N Spacecraft on schedule to support January 2004 launch readiness
The GOES-O Bus and Payload Modules Completed
GOES-N - Anechoic Chamber: GOES-N - Anechoic Chamber
GOES-N Series Instruments Status: GOES-N Series Instruments Status GOES-N Series Imagers and Sounders (ITT)
The GOES-N (S/N08) Imager and Sounder mechanically/electrically integrated onto the GOES-N bus
The GOES-O (S/N09) Imager and Sounder mechanically integrated on to the GOES-O bus
GOES-P (S/N10) Imager and Sounder are in temporary storage at ITT.
Preliminary integration of S/N 11 Imager and Sounder started, leading to the ship dates of June 14, 2003 for the Imager and July 31, 2003 for the Sounder.
GOES-N Spacecraft Instrument Testing: GOES-N Spacecraft Instrument Testing Spacecraft in the Z over west panel down configuration
Sounder radiant cooler door open in preparation for ITT to perform the door hinge friction test
Picture taken 3/26/02
GOES-N Series Instruments Status (Continued): GOES-N Series Instruments Status (Continued) NOAA GOES-N Series FM1 and FM2 Solar X-Ray Imagers (SXI)
The FM1 SXI delivered to BSS November 2001
Successfully integrated on GOES-N
The FM2 SXI delivered to BSS September 2002
Successfully integrated on GOES-O for ground testing, but may not fly on GOES-O
GOES-N Series Space Environment Monitor (SEM)
GOES-N SEM - Successfully delivered and integrated on GOES-N
Delivery of the GOES-O SEM - December 2002
(Lockheed Martin)
GOES Launch Planning:
GOES Launch Planning
GOES-R Series: GOES-R Series GOES-R series will be designed to satisfy User’s needs in the 2012 to 2025 time frame
Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
Advanced Imaging
Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES)
Advanced Sounding and Imaging
SXI
Solar imaging
SEM
Space environment monitoring
Other Advanced Instruments
GOES Auxiliary Services
DCS, LRIT, EMWIN, SARSAT