Matthew A. Lazzara Ph.D. Antarctic Meteorological Research Center Space Science and Engineering Center University of Wisconsin‐Madison Outline

. Geostationary Satellite Status . Polar Orbiting Satellite Status . Antarctic Composite Status . Future Launches  Geostationary  Polar Orbiting . Miscellaneous  Argos system  Solar Sail  Molinya  Frequency Issues Current Status & Launch Plans

Geostationary Status Polar Orbiting Status . GOES . NOAA . Meteosat . DMSP . MTSAT‐1R/MTSAT‐2 . Aqua/Terra . FY‐2D/FY‐2E . FY‐1/FY‐3 . Kalpana‐1 . Metop‐A . COMS . Meteor‐M . Elektro‐L (GOMS‐2)

Caveat Emptor…. US Geostationary (GOES)

GOES‐East GOES‐West . GOES‐13 . GOES‐11 . Operational at 75o West . Operational at 135 West . No 12.0 μm (13.3 μm instead)

GOES‐South America GOES on storage

. GOES‐12 . GOES‐14 . Operational at 60o West . Stored at 105o West . No 12.0 μm (13.3 μm instead) . No 12.0 μm (13.3 μm instead)

US Polar‐Orbiting

NOAA DMSP . NOAA‐15 –O.k. . DMSP F‐13 – Operating ? . NOAA‐16 – Mixed data quality ‐ AVHRR . DMSP F‐14 – “ . NOAA‐17 –No useable AVHRR . DMSP F‐15 – “ . NOAA‐18 ‐ Good . DMSP F‐16 – “ . NOAA‐19 – Good . DMSP F‐17 – “ . No more NOAA satellites . Interference issues – Meteor M . DMSP F‐18 – “ N1 LRPT with NOAA‐19 APT . Couple of tumbling old satellites NASA causing minor issues… . Terra – Operating beyond lifespan . Aqua – Operating beyond lifespan NPP/JPSS/DMSP/DWSS

Oct 25 Meteosat/Metop‐A

Future ‐ Meteosat Current Status Third Generation . Meteosat‐6 . MTG‐Imager  Graveyard orbit April 15, 2011  Launch 2017 . Meteosat‐7 . MTG‐Sounder  Operational at 57.5o East  Launch 2018 . Meteosat‐8  Operational at 9.5o East Metop‐A . Meteosat‐9 . AHPRT only over Europe/North  Operational at 0o East America . Metop‐A . FRAC data available at Wisconsin via NOAA/NESDIS from EUMETSAT  Operational Polar‐Orbital . Antarctica Data Acquisition (ADA) Thanks to Marianne Konig MTSAT ‐ Japan

Current Status Future Launches . Geostationary . MTSAT‐3 . MTSAT‐1R  2014 ?  Standby mode at 140o East . MTSAT‐2  Operational at 145o East FY (Feng Yun) ‐ China

Current Status Future Launches Geostationary…. Geostationary…. . FY‐2D  Operational at 86.5o East . FY‐2 F and G ? . FY‐2E  2011? 2013?  Operational at 104o East . FY‐4 Polar Orbiting….  2015? . FY‐1D off the air…??  Reported from the Amateur satellite community…. . FY‐3A ‐ Launched 12 Jan 2009 Polar Orbiting…. . FY‐3B ‐ Launched 4 November . FY‐3 2010  Not CGMS standard….  C through F? COMS – South Korea

Current Status Future Launches . Geostationary . COMS‐2 . Communications, Ocean, . Launch 2013 ? and Meteorological Satellite . Launched June 26, 2010 . In commissioning at 128.2o East Kalpana/INSAT ‐ India

Current Future . Geostationary . INSAT‐3D . Kalpana‐1 . INSAT‐3D R  Launched 12 September 2002 . GEO‐HR  Operational at 74o East . Microwave Temperature . INSAT‐3A Sounder  Launched 2003  Operational at 93.50 East Elektro & Meteor ‐ Russia

Elektro‐L/GOMS‐2 Meteor‐M . Russian Geostationary . Polar Orbiting Operational . Meteor‐M N1 – Sporadic Meteorological Satellite  Carrier interference with . N1 Launched 20 January NOAA‐19 2011  Not CGMS standard…. . On station at 76o East  Future Launches:  N2 . Future Launches:  N2  N3 Argos

Concerns:

. Argos – will NOT be on:  NPP SARAL:  JPSS‐1 . Argos – will LIKELY NOT be . Satellite with Argos and ALtiKa on: . Joint mission:  DWSS series  India – France . Real‐time data a worry . Launch date: 2011 ? . Situation under discussion… . Argos on board (CLS & NOAA) . AltiKa altimeter, DORIS, Laser Retro‐reflector Array (LRA) . Still on: NOAA, Metop Antarctic (& Arctic) Composites

Improvements…

. 3 new channels…5 total:  “Real” Visible  Shortwave Infrared (~3.8 μm)  Longwave Infrared (~12.0 μm)  Arctic matches… . Arctic composites on track to be an official NOAA product (most of it…)  Will continue full Arctic composite at SSEC Data Center at UW/SSEC… Solar Sail

IKAROS . Japan ‐ Interplanetary Kite‐craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun . Launched May 21, 2010 . First solar sailing spacecraft!  NanoSail‐D2 Jan 2011  More coming:  LightSail‐1  Icarus . Sailed passed Venus on December 8, 2010 . Gives rise to the reality of Pole Sitter (Lazzara et al 2011) Molniya (Highly Elliptic Orbit)

Canada

. Polar communications and weather mission (PCW)  Weather imaging  Communications . Planned 2016? . Two Satellites  6 Year lifespan Frequency/Spectrum Issues

USA ‐ FCC – Whitehouse What’s next? . Re‐allocation of 1675‐1710 . NTIA recommended Mhz band reallocation . And other bands….  Potentially in 5 to 10 years…  For Wireless Broadband . Will impact the HRPT . Funding recommend to go reception… with that to alternative . Not clear if it will or will not operations. be re‐allocated. . Next step….?? . One round of public input has been taken: . Will impact satellite  Lots of opposition… reception systems…  Maybe a lost cause…or a  Data relay… matter of time.. Acknowledgement: National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs Grant #ANT‐0838834