Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a Space Object Commercial Data Request for Information (RFI). View/respond to RFI at SAM.gov NOAA is soliciting information from commercial satellite tracking providers on data products, services, and capabilities to support …

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Today, NOAA awarded a fourth Delivery Order under its existing Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for commercial radio occultation (RO) satellite weather data. The RO data consist of vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and related quantities for operational weather …

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Today NOAA released a report to Congress titled, “Cost-Benefit Analysis of NOAA Commercial Data Program Radio Occultation Data Purchase.” View report (PDF) The congressionally directed report assesses radio occultation (RO) data purchased in Delivery Order 2 (DO-2) under NOAA’s first …

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Today, Vice President Kamala Harris chaired the inaugural meeting of the National Space Council under the Biden-Harris Administration. As a member of the Council, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo spoke about the Department’s many roles in space, particularly the Office …

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On September 13, 2021, NOAA released a Solar Coronagraph Development and Related Capabilities request for information (RFI) seeking industry interest and capabilities to produce space-based coronagraphs which would be deployed on satellites in near-Earth and deep space orbits on the …

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On Friday, August 13, 2021, NOAA awarded a third Delivery Order (DO-3) under its existing Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract for radio occultation (RO) satellite weather data to Spire Federal. Through this DO, NOAA is purchasing 3000 RO profiles per …

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