Remote Sensing News Archive NWA Remote Sensing Committee

• Satellites

  • NOAA satellites help rescue >350 in 2007 (January 2008)
  • NOAA awards contract for GOES Lightning Mapper (December 2007)
  • NOAA awards SUVI contract (September 2007)
  • GPS-Met services restored (April 2007)
  • OMPS restored to NPP (April 2007)
  • GOES-10 Re-positioned to View South America (January 18, 2007)
  • GOES-13 Science Test Results
  • NPOESS Will Have Scaled-down CMIS sensor (December 2006)
  • Metop Launch a Success (October 19, 2006)
  • NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Tests Completed Two Months Early (October 2006)
  • GOES-13 Launch (May 25, 2006)
  • NOAA-N Reaches Orbit (May 20, 2005)
  • Japan launches MTSAT (Feb 26, 2005)
  • NASA Launches Aura Satellite (July 15, 2004)
  • DMSP F16 Satellite Operational (November 20, 2003)
  • NOAA/GSA Break Ground for State-of-the-Art Satellite Facility (April 11, 2003)
  • GOES-12 with Solar X-Ray Imager Activated by NOAA (April 1, 2003)
  • $4.5 Million NPOESS Contract Award to TRW Inc. (August 23, 2002)
  • NOAA-M Launch Successful (June 24, 2002)
  • NASA AQUA Launch (May 4, 2002)
  • QuickTOMS fails to reach orbit after launch from Vandenberg (September 21, 2001)
  • GOES-M Launched from Cape Canaveral (July 23, 2001)

• Radar

  • All Hurricane Hunter aircraft to be equipped with SFMR's (February 2008)
  • New Doppler radars for Hurricane Hunter aircraft (October 2006)
  • Advances in airborne weather radars (August 1, 2006)
  • OFCM Report on Phased Array Radars (June 2006)
  • New Radar for Icing Avoidance Unveiled by NCAR (March 9, 2004)
  • NOAA Unveils New Phased Array Radar (April 25, 2003)
  • Research Radars Observe Hurricane Lili (October 4, 2002)
  • NWS' New Weather Radar Data Distribution System (January 16,2001)

• Profilers

  • GPS-Met Services Restored (April 12, 2007)
  • NOAA Profiler Data Assists in Space Shuttle Columbia Investigation (October 3, 2003)
  • Wind Profilers on NOAA Ships (November 20, 2000)

• Lightning

  • NOAA awards contract to Lockheed Martin for GOES Lightning Mapper (Dec 2008)
  • Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Data Release (June 9, 1998)
  • NASA Lightning Mapper on TRMM (November 5, 1997)

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