{"id":9247,"date":"2022-08-09T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/maxar-technologies-awarded-contract-from-nasa-for-geostationary-extended-observations-spacecraft-mission\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:08:11","slug":"maxar-technologies-awarded-contract-from-nasa-for-geostationary-extended-observations-spacecraft-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/maxar-technologies-awarded-contract-from-nasa-for-geostationary-extended-observations-spacecraft-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxar Technologies Awarded Contract from NASA for Geostationary Extended Observations Spacecraft Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Maxar<\/p>\n

Maxar Technologies, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, announced that it has received a Phase A study contract from NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s (NOAA) Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Spacecraft mission. During the ten-month contract, Maxar will develop the spacecraft concept, mature necessary technologies, conduct analysis on robotic servicing and payload accommodations, and help define the potential performance, risks, costs, and development schedule for a three-satellite, next-generation constellation of weather monitoring satellites.<\/p>\n

Maxar\u2019s flight-proven 1300-class platform serves as the basis for the company\u2019s Phase A Study contract. Presently, there are 90 Maxar-built spacecraft operating in orbit that uses the 1300-class platform. This platform provides the precision, stability, reliability, and assured operations that NOAA requires for the GeoXO mission.<\/p>\n

The GeoXO program will continue Earth observations from geostationary orbit, providing vital information to address major environmental challenges in the United States. GeoXO will also leverage new capabilities to address emerging climate issues that threaten the security and well-being of every American.<\/p>\n

Maxar previously built the first-generation and second-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), which were known for their high performance, longevity, and reliability. Contracted to build a constellation of three satellites in the 1970s, Maxar (then Ford Aerospace) built GOES-A, -B, and -C for NASA\u2019s Office of Space Science Applications. They were later renamed GOES 1, 2, and 3. Maxar also manufactured five more weather monitoring satellites for NOAA: GOES 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, which were launched in the late 1990s and early 2000s.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaxar is excited to work on designing NOAA\u2019s next-generation weather monitoring spacecraft,\u201d said Chris Johnson, Maxar Senior Vice President and General Manager of Space. \u201cThis contract builds on our legacy of manufacturing the first- and second-generation GOES satellites, which operated beyond their expected lifetimes. Maxar is committed to helping customers use spacecraft and space-based data to study weather patterns and mitigate climate change, and this GeoXO study contract is the next evolution of that work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maxar Technologies, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, announced that it has received a Phase A study contract from NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s (NOAA) Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Spacecraft mission. During the ten-month contract, Maxar will develop the spacecraft concept, mature necessary technologies, conduct analysis on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20,24],"class_list":["post-9247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-satellite","tag-satellite-bus-platforms"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}