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Lanham MD (SPX) Jan 18, 2007 Integral Systems has been awarded a contract modification for the GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites) N-P Program to upgrade a number of ground command and control subsystems. Integral Systems is a subcontractor to Boeing Satellite Systems International of El Segundo, CA, prime contractor to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, for the development and manufacture of the GOES satellites. The GOES N-P Ground System has been used throughout the spacecraft life-cycle from factory integration and test, through the recent launch of GOES-N, to the present on orbit operations. The system upgrade will provide enhanced capability and includes upgrades to the GTACS (Ground Telemetry and Command System), the MRS and S [MDL (Multi-Use Data Link) Receive System and Server], the GAIM (GTACS Archive Interface Machine), and the OATS (Orbit and Attitude Tracking System). Steven Walsh, Integral Systems' GOES N-P Ground System Project Manager said, "Integral Systems is pleased to continue to be a valued partner with BSSI on the GOES N-P Program team. This is a significant add-on to the GOES N-P contract with BSSI and is a direct result of our many program achievements, including the recent successful launch and support for GOES-N." GOES N-P is the next generation of GOES environmental satellites. The primary purpose of the GOES mission is the continuous monitoring of the Earth's weather systems, producing imaging data products that are a primary source of meteorological data for the Western Hemisphere. In addition, GOES includes instruments to monitor the space and solar environments. GOES satellite operations are conducted by NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) based in Suitland, MD. Integral Systems has been a key supplier for the NOAA GOES program since 1984, and this new contract modification extends Integral Systems' involvement through 2007. Related Links Integral Systems Weather News at TerraDaily.com Weather News at TerraDaily.com
42 Killed As Ice Storms, Snow, Floods Hit US
Chicago (AFP) Jan 16, 2007A massive winter storm has covered swaths of the United States in a mantle of snow, sleet and ice, killing 42 people, threatening millions of dollars in citrus crops and leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity, officials said Tuesday. "This is a big one, affecting all the way from New Mexico to Maine," said Dennis Feltgen, a spokesman for the National Weather Service. |
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