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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 11, 2017 — The NASA-funded CubeSat, the Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration (MiRaTA), will be launched into Earth's orbit from the rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s JPSS-1U.S. weather satellite into space. MiRaTA is designed to demonstrate that a small satellite can carry instrument technology that's capable of reducing the cost and size of future weather satellites and has the potential to routinely collect reliable weather data. Microwave
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WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 4, 2016 — Defense technology provider Raytheon Co. has received a $564 million contract modification award from NASA for two satellite sensors as part of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Polar...
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 14, 2013 — Raytheon Co. has received a third NASA contract to develop a Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS) spacecraft. The JPSS instrument will...
NPP Satellite Acquires First VIIRS Image
GREENBELT, Md., Nov. 28, 2011 — The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite has acquired its first measurements, resulting in a high-resolution image of a broad swath of eastern North America from Canada’s Hudson...
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Mar 1, 2011 — Shane M. Murphy’s research begins with something small but could end with something big. Murphy, a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colo., is interested in airborne aerosols. Along with...
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DRS Gets $38M Contract for Sensors to Improve Weather Forecasting, Warnings
Nov 15, 2005 — PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 15 -- Military and space contractor DRS Technologies Inc. announced today it was awarded new contracts valued at $38 million to develop infrared sensors for next-generation imaging systems used on future geostationary...
Raytheon Awarded GOES-R Satellite System Contract
Dec 3, 2003 — AURORA, Colo., Dec. 3 -- Raytheon Co. has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a one-year study contract worth $2.5 million, as an initial step toward the next-generation Geostationary Operational...
Personal Locator Beacon System in Use
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