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BEI Precision Ships Motor Assembly for Raytheon Infrared Radiometer Payload
BEI Precision Systems and Space Company has delivered an encoder/motor assembly for an infrared imaging radiometer payload developed by Raytheon.
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NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System Reaches Operational Status
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Joint Polar Satellite System, designed to support weather forecasting, has achieved operational status after completing a series of tests. Known as JPSS-1 before it reached orbit, the NOAA-20 satellite features multiple instruments built to gather data on Earth’s atmosphere, land and waters, the agency said Wednesday. The Ball Aerospace-built satellite was launched in […] More
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Raytheon Develops Satellite Data Processing System Prototype
Raytheon has developed a prototype ground-based system designed to collect and process space surveillance data for disaster and threat response applications. The company said Friday it designed the prototype system in an effort to help first responders and military troops obtain data from the Space Based Infrared System as part of the U.S. Air Force‘s Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Mission Data […] More
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Wallis Laughrey: Raytheon Aims to Address DoD’s Weather Monitoring Needs With VIIRS Sensor
Raytheon has expressed interest to help the Defense Department meet its weather monitoring needs with its sensor system, SpaceNews reported Monday. Wallis Laughrey, vice president of Raytheon’s space systems segment, told the publication at the Space Symposium that the company is in talks with the U.S. Air Force and DoD about the capability of its […] More
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Raytheon-Built Ground System, Space Sensor Tech to Aid JPSS-1 Weather Satellite Mission
Raytheon provided a common ground system and a space sensor technology to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s next-generation polar satellite that NASA launched Saturday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The company said Saturday its common ground system for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor will function […] More
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Raytheon Completes Update to JPSS Common Ground System’s Data Processing Component
Raytheon has updated the data transport and processing component of the Joint Polar Satellite System‘s common ground system. The company said Wednesday the update is intended to optimize data processing and dissemination as well as system availability and cybersecurity of CGS ahead of the upcoming JPSS-1 launch and future satellite missions. JPSS satellites work to provide weather and environmental data to […] More
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Raytheon Wraps Up Weather Data System Deployment; Dave Wajsgras Comments
Raytheon has completed the deployment of a weather data tool at over 140 offices of the U.S. National Weather Service across the country and several territories. The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System II has visualization and data analysis tools that work to help forecasters predict the weather, Raytheon said Thursday. “The development and rollout of AWIPS […] More
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Ball Aerospace Near Test Phase for NOAA JPSS Satellite; Cary Ludtke Comments
Ball Aerospace & Technologies is approaching the environmental testing phase of its work on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Joint Polar Satellite System after the integration of four out of the satellite’s five instruments. The company said Monday it has integrated the Cross-track Infrared Sounder, Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite-Nadir and Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System with JPSS-1. […] More
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Tim Raglin: Raytheon Seeks New Energy Sources Via Arctic Satellite, Sensor Systems
Raytheon has developed a new line of systems, satellite sensors and radars to facilitate communication and monitoring at the northernmost points of the Earth, the company said Saturday. In May, Canada awarded the company a five-year contract to operate radar systems and new tools to help Arctic ships with navigation and communication for U.S. military operations and low-light […] More