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NESDIS News Releases CONTACT: Patricia Viets, NOAA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (301) 457-5005 Oct 28, 2002 NOAA TO HOST ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE CONFERENCE The National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), an agency of the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will host MAXI Review 2002 Conference October 29-31 to present the status of current and future federal environmental satellite systems. Reporters will have the opportunity to see a portable real-time data field terminal and a mobile satellite command center demonstration. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office's Director and TRW's Vice President for NPOESS will be available for interviews. WHAT: Tactical RDS Terminal Demonstration NPOESS Interview opportunity Keynote Addresses Mobile Satellite Command Center Demonstration WHERE: NOAA Science Center and Auditorium 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 29, 8:15 am: Keynote address by Scott Gudes, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Wednesday, Oct. 30, 9:06 am RDS Terminal Demonstration/Presentation (Portable Field Terminal) 9:25 am Interview Opportunity 10:55 am In-Situ Ground System Presentation (Mobile Satellite Command Ctr.) 11:25 am Keynote Address by Greg Withee, NOAA Assistant Administrator 12:00 pm Mobile Satellite Command Center Demonstration WHO: * Scott Gudes, NOAA * Greg Withee, NESDIS * Fred Ricker, TRW * Patrick Coronado, NASA * John Cunningham, NPOESS IPO * Jerry Michaelson, Aerospace Corp. The full conference schedule may be viewed online at: http://npoesslib.ipo.noaa.gov/maxi2002.htm Problems or questions? Contact us. Last modified: Monday, 07-Apr-2008 13:42:36 UTC