NOAAPlenary Agenda Item 3029th CEOS PlenaryKyoto International Conference CenterKyoto, Japan5 – 6 November 2015

NOAA Satellite and Information Service OverviewDr. Stephen Volz, Assistant Administrator

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NOAA-NESDIS Mission & Challenge

Our mission is to deliver accurate, timely, and reliable satellite observations and integrated products and to

provide long-term stewardship for global environmental information in support of our Earth observation mission.

Our challenge is to provide these observations and products reliably while improving the information content

and evolving to stay current with the expanding complexity of the Earth observing contributors.

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NESDIS Principal ActivitiesCurrently Providing 24/7 On-Orbit Satellite Operations

• Geostationary satellites (GOES)• Polar-orbiting satellites (POES)• Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)• Jason-2 Altimetry Satellite • Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP)• DSCOVR (Space Weather Continuity)

Acquiring Next Generation Satellites• Jason-3 Altimetry Satellite – Launch NET December 15, 2015• COSMIC-2 Radio Occultation – Launch NET September 2016• GOES–R Satellite Series – Launch N Hemisphere Fall 2016• Joint Polar Satellite System – Launch N Hemisphere Winter 2016/2017

Providing Long Term Data Stewardship

Conducting Research and Developing Operations

GOESPOES

JPSS

GOES-RDSCOVR

NCEI

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NESDIS Architecture

Fairbanks, AK Ground Station

Wallops, VA Ground Station

NOAA Satellite Operations Facility

NWS NCEPNWS WFOs

USAFUSN

Others

GOESPOES

Suomi NPPJASON-2

DMSPCOSMICDSCOVR

Svalbard, Norway Ground Station Environmental Satellite

Processing Center

Satellite Applications

Data & Products

Archive

Direct ServicesMcMurdo, AntarcticaGround Station

Cubesats Hosted Payloads

SmallSats

METOPMeteosatMTSAT

NASA EOSSentinel

Other AgenciesCommercial Data

Single & MergedData & Products

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Environmental Information

National Climatic

Data Center

National Ocean Data

Center

National Geophysical Data Center

Maximize the Return on Investment of the Nation’s Earth Observing Satellites

Systems

Ensure a high

scientific quality satellite

data stream

Develop science to maximize

the utilization of the different

satellite data

Analyze and

interpret data for decision making

purposes

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/

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Summary

Maintain planned satellite launch schedulesMaintain 24x7 satellite operations, product development,

processing and distributionOperate and maintain NOAA’s long-term archival storage

capacity and provide access to preserved climatological, oceanographic and geophysical data

Developing commercial satellite policy and process Evolve a space-based observing enterprise Increased responsiveness to evolving technologies