Resources to educate students, teachers, and the general public about meteorology, space science, earth-observing satellites, weather phenomena and benefits GOES-R will provide to society.
Information and resources to ensure that the user community is prepared for the new types of satellite imagery and data that will be available from the GOES-R satellite series.
NOAA is developing a state-of -the-art ground system that will receive data from the GOES-R spacecraft and generate real-time GOES-R data products. This is accomplished via a core set of functional elements (mission management, product generation, product distribution, and enterprise management/infrastructure), an antenna system, and a product access element. For a short animation on the Ground System, click here.
The GS will operate from two primary locations: the National Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) in Suitland, MD, and the Wallops Command Data Acquisition Center (WCDAS) at Wallops, VA. A third operations facility in Fairmont, WV will serve as the Remote Backup (RBU) in case of a systems or communications failure at either or both the NSOF and WCDAS.
Data Levels
• Level 0:
Unprocessed instrument data at full resolution
• Level 1b:
Level 0 data with radiometric and geometric correction applied to produce parameters in physical units
• Level 2+:
Derived environmental variables with comparable to Level 1 spatial and temporal resolution
Roles and Responsibilities
The GOES-R Ground Segment (GS) will receive the raw data from GOES-R series spacecraft and generating Level 0, Level 1b and Level 2+ products. The GS will also make these products available to users in a timely manner consistent with the GOES-R latency requirements.Level 1b data from each instrument and Level 2 data from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) will be distributed to the hemisphere by means of spacecraft relay as GOES-R Rebroadcast (GRB). Level 0 data will be provided to the Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) for archival storage.
Harris was also awarded a separate 10-year contract to supply the ground antenna system for GOES-R. The contract includes design, manufacturing, and testing of six new antennas and upgrading four existing antennas at the three ground station facilities. Harris, under the core GS contract, will integrate the antenna system into the core GS. Click here for the NOAA press release on the award of the ground antenna system contract.
Solers, Inc. of Arlington, VA, is developing the Environmental Satellite Processing and Distribution System (ESPDS), which provides the GOES-R Access Subsystem (GAS) functionality required for terrestrial, near-real time distribution of higher-order GOES-R products.
Ground Segment Status
The Core Ground Segment Critical Design Review (CDR) was successfully completed April 23-27, 2012.
The Core Ground Segment Preliminary Design Review (PDR) was held March 1-4, 2011.
The Ground Segment Project (GSP) successfully completed the Antenna System PDR April 19-21, 2011.
The GOES-R GSP successfully completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR) June 27-29, 2011.
