Harris Corporation Ground System for GOES-R Weather Satellite Is On Display at Company Lab in Melbourne, Florida
April 08 2008 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Successful Prototype Demonstrated in Advance of Spring 2009
Downselect COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 8, 2008
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (National Space Symposium, Booth #400) --
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has completed and successfully
demonstrated a prototype of a total, end-to-end solution for the
ground segment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's (NOAA's) Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite - Series R (GOES-R) program. Harris demonstrated the
prototype earlier this year during the American Meteorological
Society Conference in New Orleans, and this future-proof solution
is on display at the company's GOES-R lab in Melbourne, Florida.
The GOES series is a primary tool currently used by NOAA to detect
and track hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and other severe
weather in the continental United States and the western
hemisphere. The satellites provide the images and time-lapse
sequences familiar to most Americans in television weather
forecasts. The next-generation GOES-R system will provide
significantly improved image resolution and increase the rate of
imagery coverage of earth surfaces from every 30 minutes to every 5
minutes -- and every 30 seconds for severe weather events. GOES-R
advanced sensor technology will measure data such as solar
activity, the charged particle environment, the Earth's magnetic
field, temperature and moisture profiles, cloud properties, ozone
estimates, and solar x-ray flux to support accurate weather
forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorological research.
The Harris successful ground segment solution for GOES-R is a
flexible end-to-end solution that accommodates the expected
45-times increase in data to be ingested, processed and distributed
to more than 10,000 direct users, while allowing for continuous
improvement and future expansion as the GOES-R mission expands. The
service-based architecture is open, scalable and modular and
provides tomorrow capabilities with today technology. Following
development and deployment of the ground segment, Harris IT
Services would provide operations and support services over the
life of the GOES-R program. "The complete Harris GOES-R team
solution has been successfully demonstrated and can be seen
functioning today at our GOES-R lab facilities in Melbourne
Florida," said Jeremy Wensinger, group president of Harris
Government Communications Systems. "Our forward-looking prototype
is based on our 45 years of proven expertise in satellite data
processing, command-and- control, and automated product generation
and distribution. We are confident our approach offers the
best-value solution for supporting the next generation of
geostationary weather satellites." Harris is bidding as prime
contractor and systems integrator for the ground segment of the
GOES-R system, which includes receiving and processing satellite
data, generating and distributing products from satellite data, and
command-and-control of orbiting satellites. Members of the Harris
GOES-R pursuit team include Atmospheric and Environmental Research
Inc., Boeing Mission Systems, Carr Astronautics, Honeywell
Technology Solutions, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, and Wylie
Information Systems LLC. The ground segment contract for GOES-R is
expected to be awarded in the spring of 2009, with the first launch
of a GOES-R series satellite scheduled for 2014. The ground segment
is slated to run through 2029, including development, operations,
and sustainment phases. Harris is a recognized leader in satellite
ground data processing and mission command-and-control systems. The
company's ground data processing systems consist of complex suites
of hardware and software that receive sensor data from satellites
and process it into useable environmental parameters under
stringent timelines -- turning the data into useable information.
The company's command-and-control systems feature
commercial-off-the-shelf design and high levels of flexibility.
Designed for government and commercial applications, they support
single-satellite missions as well as the largest and most complex
satellite fleets deployed today. About Harris Corporation Harris is
an international communications and information technology company
serving government and commercial markets in more than 150
countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
annual revenue of almost $5 billion and 16,000 employees --
including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is
dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(TM)
products, systems, and services. Additional information about
Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/.
DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Harris
Government Communications Systems, 321- 727-6514 , or Jim Burke,
Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, , or Marc Raimondi, Harris
Corporation - Washington, D.C., +1-703-739-1738, Web site:
http://www.harris.com/
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