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The GeoEye-2 satellite will feature enhanced tasking capabilities, superior image quality and the ability to collect more imagery at a faster rate with a new ITT Exelis imaging system.<\/p>\n
When GeoEye-2 is completed, it will have the highest resolution and be the most accurate commercial satellite available in the global marketplace, providing highly accurate imagery to intelligence analysts, war fighters, and decisions makers across the globe.<\/p>\n
Under development by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, the GeoEye-2 bus is the structural foundation of the satellite. It includes an integrated propulsion system as well as other critical subsystems for communications, attitude control, thermal control, command and data handling.<\/p>\n
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The imaging payload for GeoEye-2 includes a telescope, sensor subsystem and outer barrel assembly. It has the potential to capture panchromatic ground sample distance imagery of the Earth\u2019s surface at 0.34-meter, or 13.38-inch, ground resolution from an altitude of 681 km.<\/p>\nRocket building kits
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\u201cThis key milestone paves the way for the team to begin system level environmental and acceptance testing in preparation for on-orbit operations in 2013,\u201d said Allen Anderson, GeoEye-2 program director for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. \u201cWe are on track to complete the remaining integration and test work on-schedule and look forward to the ultimate deployment of this cutting-edge satellite.\u201d<\/p>\n
The satellite will be launched an Atlas V launch vehicle in 2013, joining GeoEye-1 after its launch via a Delta II 7420-10 into a near polar orbit in 2008. GeoEye-1, designed and built by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, was the world\u2019s highest resolution commercial imaging satellite at the time of launch.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have already met an array of important milestones for our GeoEye-2 satellite this year,\u201d added Carl Alleyne, GeoEye\u2019s vice president of Engineering. \u201cWe continue to forge ahead on our aggressive schedule while staying on time and on budget. GeoEye-2, with .34-meter resolution, will fully support all mission requirements and meet the U.S. government\u2019s exacting standards when operational in 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Lockheed Martin are also developing NASA and NOAA\u2019s GOES-R satellite. The company noted they had successfully completed the spacecraft Critical Design Review (CDR), a major milestone that paves the way for the production of the next-generation geostationary weather satellite system for the United States.<\/p>\nThe week-long review included a series of comprehensive presentations from each of the system and subsystem subject matter experts representing all facets of the spacecraft. The team demonstrated that the design and operations are understood and sufficiently mature to begin the build and integration phase.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe successful execution of this review was critical as it validated our depth of understanding of the mission requirements and our readiness to transition from the design to the build phase,\u201d said Paula Hartley, program manager for GOES-R at Lockheed Martin Space Systems.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur team understands the importance of this mission and we\u2019re committed to the continuity of the GOES system. Passing the CDR means we are now one step closer to the 2015 launch of the first spacecraft in the R series.\u201d<\/p>\n
Data from NOAA\u2019s GOES satellites provide accurate real-time weather forecasts and early warning products to the public and private sectors. The advanced spacecraft and instrument technology used on the GOES-R series will improve forecasting quality and timeliness, generating significant economic benefits to the nation in the areas of public safety, climate monitoring, space weather prediction, ecosystems management, commerce, and transportation.<\/p>\n
The NOAA Satellite and Information Service funds, manages, and will operate the GOES-R program, while NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center oversees the acquisition of the GOES-R spacecraft and instruments for NOAA.<\/p>\n
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NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) awarded the launch services contract for the GOES-R satellite missions to United Launch Alliance (ULA), the partnership company run by Lockheed Martin and Boeing.<\/p>\nThe Atlas V 541 Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) will be tasked with launching the GOES-R satellites into geosynchronous orbit. The GOES-R \u2013 and follow-on GOES-S spacecraft \u2013 will launch in October, 2015 and February, 2017, respectively, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the next ULA Atlas V stands ready for launch at Space Launch Complex-41 with the Air Force\u2019s Advanced Extremely High Frequency-2 (AEHF-2) satellite. Launch is scheduled for May 3 with a two-hour window which opens at 2:46 pm EDT. A launch preview article will be published ahead of launch on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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