As the Space Force moves forward with plans to modernize its weather satellite architecture, it’s working closely with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to share data and leverage the agency’s modeling and validation tools, officials told lawmakers in a Jan. 13 hearing.
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The Space Force is ready to start using its newest weather satellite after finishing testing and achieving initial operational capability, the service announced April 24.
The Space Force hopes to finish calibrating and operationalize its newest weather satellite this fall, the head of Space Systems Command’s space sensing directorate said. Beyond that, Col. Robert Davis hinted that the future of space-based environmental monitoring may largely come from commercial satellites and ...
Successful environmental monitoring requires a broad range of sensors operating in the air, at sea, on land, and in space.
