The Status Report on the Npoess Weather Satellite Program
The Status Report on the Npoess Weather Satellite Program

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-01-18

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781983978159

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The status report on the NPOESS weather satellite program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, June 7, 2007.

Environmental Satellites
Environmental Satellites

Author: David A. Powner

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2008-12

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 143790677X

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The Nat. Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is a tri-agency acquisition -- managed by the NOAA, DoD, and NASA -- that has experienced escalating costs, schedule delays, and technical difficulties. These factors led to a June 2006 decision to restructure the program by reducing the number of satellites and sensors, increasing estimated costs to $12.5 billion, and delaying the first two satellites by 3-5 years. This report evaluates progress in restructuring the acquisition, assesses the status of key program components and risks, and assesses NASA¿s, NOAA¿s, and DoD¿s plans for obtaining the data originally planned to be collected by NPOESS sensors, but eliminated by the restructuring. Includes recommend. Tables.