Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC), NASA and the NPOESS Integrated Program Office officially handed over the NPOESS Interface Data Processor for NPP satellite data processing to the Northrop Grumman operations and support integrated product team on July 7th. This milestone furthers the capabilities of the NPP ground system to support mission-readiness activities. NPOESS is designed, and is being built, to deliver science-quality weather and climate information to serve defense and civil applications on an operational basis. NPP is a risk-reduction mission for NPOESS, an early flight opportunity for key NPOESS sensors and a bridge between NASA‘s Earth Observation System missions and NPOESS. In addition to the Raytheon team developing, integrating, and testing the NPP ground segments, Northrop Grumman, with Raytheon, will operate and maintain the NPP-NPOESS enterprise through the system’s projected life. NPP is scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, in January 2011.
Nice New Bits For NPOESS
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) team reached a major milestone as the final portion of the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) ground system was transitioned to operations.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC), NASA and the NPOESS Integrated Program Office officially handed over the NPOESS Interface Data Processor for NPP satellite data processing to the Northrop Grumman operations and support integrated product team on July 7th. This milestone furthers the capabilities of the NPP ground system to support mission-readiness activities. NPOESS is designed, and is being built, to deliver science-quality weather and climate information to serve defense and civil applications on an operational basis. NPP is a risk-reduction mission for NPOESS, an early flight opportunity for key NPOESS sensors and a bridge between NASA‘s Earth Observation System missions and NPOESS. In addition to the Raytheon team developing, integrating, and testing the NPP ground segments, Northrop Grumman, with Raytheon, will operate and maintain the NPP-NPOESS enterprise through the system’s projected life. NPP is scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, in January 2011.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC), NASA and the NPOESS Integrated Program Office officially handed over the NPOESS Interface Data Processor for NPP satellite data processing to the Northrop Grumman operations and support integrated product team on July 7th. This milestone furthers the capabilities of the NPP ground system to support mission-readiness activities. NPOESS is designed, and is being built, to deliver science-quality weather and climate information to serve defense and civil applications on an operational basis. NPP is a risk-reduction mission for NPOESS, an early flight opportunity for key NPOESS sensors and a bridge between NASA‘s Earth Observation System missions and NPOESS. In addition to the Raytheon team developing, integrating, and testing the NPP ground segments, Northrop Grumman, with Raytheon, will operate and maintain the NPP-NPOESS enterprise through the system’s projected life. NPP is scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, in January 2011.
