Innovative TEMPO instrument will measure
major air pollutants over North America at each hour of the
day
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) today announced that
it will integrate and fly NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring
of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on a 1300-class
satellite in geostationary (GEO) orbit. TEMPO will be the first
space-based instrument to provide hourly monitoring of major air
pollutants during the daytime across the North American continent
at high spatial resolution.
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An artist’s impression of TEMPO on
Maxar’s 1300-class satellite platform. Image: Maxar
TEMPO is a UV-visible spectrometer that will observe Earth from
a vantage point about 22,000 miles above Earth’s equator. It will
detect pollutants by measuring sunlight reflected and scattered
from Earth’s surface and atmosphere. The resulting data from TEMPO
will be used to enhance air quality forecasts in North America,
enabling more effective early public warning of pollution
incidents.
Maxar previously completed a study to accommodate
TEMPO on a commercial GEO satellite. Building on the successful
completion of the study, Maxar has been selected to integrate and
fly the TEMPO payload. The instrument is currently slated for
launch by 2022.
“Maxar has more than half a century of experience developing and
operating satellites and advanced infrastructure to unlock the
promise of space for customers around the world. We have a long
history of building meteorological spacecraft and instruments,
including eight Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
Program (GOES) satellites for NASA,” said Megan Fitzgerald, Maxar’s
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Space Solutions.
“We’re proud to collaborate with NASA on TEMPO, which will provide
critical insights on air pollution to enable impactful solutions
for a better world.”
“TEMPO payload completed production and was fully qualified last
year. Now, with Maxar leading the charge on integrating TEMPO onto
a commercial satellite, the mission will rapidly progress to launch
and operations,” said Stephen Hall, NASA’s TEMPO Project
Manager.
“Finding the right commercial partner to integrate our payload
was of utmost importance to us, and Maxar’s strong legacy in
bridging commercial and government needs made it the perfect
candidate. TEMPO will revolutionize the way NASA samples and
analyzes critical air quality measurements,” said Kelly Chance,
Principal Investigator, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
“Critical partners in the analyses of TEMPO data include the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR), plus U.S. universities and foreign
partners, including Mexico and Canada.”
To identify a host, NASA employed the streamlined U.S. Air Force
Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) contract vehicle to solicit
proposals from commercial companies to provide satellite
integration, launch services and ground operations. With decades of
experience in building both GEO and low Earth orbiting satellites,
including more than 90 GEO satellites on orbit today, Maxar is
uniquely positioned to help government agencies obtain access to
space for instruments, sensors, and other small missions on
commercial spacecraft.
The operations of DigitalGlobe, SSL (Space Systems Loral) and
Radiant Solutions were unified under the Maxar brand in February;
MDA continues to operate as an independent business unit within the
Maxar organization.
About Maxar Technologies
As a global leader of advanced space technology solutions, Maxar
is at the nexus of the new space economy, developing and sustaining
the infrastructure and delivering the information, services,
systems that unlock the promise of space for commercial and
government markets. The operations of DigitalGlobe, SSL (Space
Systems Loral) and Radiant Solutions were unified under the Maxar
brand in February; MDA continues to operate as an independent
business unit within the Maxar organization. As a trusted partner
with 5,900 employees in over 30 global locations, Maxar provides
vertically integrated capabilities and expertise including
satellites, Earth imagery, robotics, geospatial data and analytics
to help customers anticipate and address their most complex
mission-critical challenges with confidence. Every day, billions of
people rely on Maxar to communicate, share information and data,
and deliver insights that Build a Better World. Maxar trades on the
New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange as MAXR. For
more information, visit www.maxar.com.
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