GOES Land Line Data Distribution - Present and Future

The next generation GOES-R geostationary satellite series will host a powerful multispectral imager, geostationary lightning mapper, and several space and solar instruments, directed at acquiring significantly more information on the atmosphere, land, ocean, and space and solar areas. The great amount of information from the GOES-R series will offer a continuation of current products and services, and allow for improved and new capabilities. With the larger data rates and new capabilities, users obtaining GOES-R data and products via land line will have new methods of obtaining these data. Today's system for distributing GOES data and products via SATEPSDIST within the ESPC (Environmental Satellite Processing Center) will be replaced with a new system. The National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) is moving to an enterprise-wide satellite ground processing solution for all NOAA missions. The NESDIS Office of Systems Development (OSD) is leading the development of the new Environmental Satellite Processing and Distribution System (ESPDS), which will include a Product Distribution (PD) Segment that will fulfill legacy, GOES-R Access Subsystem (GAS), NPP/JPSS Data Exploitation (NDE), and future Non-NOAA satellite product distribution and access functional and performance requirements. GAS and NDE will provide NOAA environmental satellite mission continuity as the current GOES and POES satellites are replaced by GOES-R and NPP/JPSS, therefore making GAS and NDE mission critical projects. Additional methods of data distribution include direct delivery of cloud and moisture imagery products to the National Weather Service's AWIPS system, and to the Archive via the Comprehensive Large Array and Stewardship System (CLASS). Additionally, data are to be made available via the GOES-R Rebroadcast (GRB) and other direct readout streams to users with antennas and ground receive equipment. This presentation will discuss the current and future land line delivery methods and requirements for data delivery of GOES data and products.