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NPOESS' Key to Low Data Latency: SafetyNet
David G. Lubar, Raytheon, Aurora, CO; and G. Cook and M. L. Jamilkowski
A key feature of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is the Northrop Grumman Space Technology patent-pending data collection architecture known as ‘SafetyNetTM‘. The centerpiece of SafetyNetTM is the system of fifteen globally-distributed ground receptors developed by Raytheon Company. These receptors or antennae will collect up to five times as much environmental data approximately four times faster than current polar-orbiting weather satellites. Once collected, these data will be forwarded near-instantaneously to U.S. weather centrals via the global fiber optic network for processing in environmental prediction models. The poster will include a schematic of SafetyNetTM within the total NPOESS program architecture, a map of the worldwide SafetyNetTM receptor locations, a graph of the percent of NPOESS Environmental Data Records (EDRs) versus time from observation to delivery, and example photos of SafetyNetTM receptor antennae and radomes
Poster Session 1, NPOESS Posters
Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Exhibit Hall A2
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