Next Generation Satellites

Mr ryo yoshida meteorological satellite center jma overview.

Next generation satellites. June 2 2020 northrop grumman corporation nyse. Iridium communications the successor company to iridium ssc has ordered a total of 81 new satellites being built by thales alenia space and orbital atk. Ocx will command all modernized and legacy gps satellites manage all civil and military navigation signals and provide improved cybersecurity and resilience for the next generation of gps operations. The first block of the next generation opir constellation will include five satellites three of which will be in geosynchronous orbit and two will be in polar orbit.

Nggs 1 2 3 will leverage the lockheed martin lm 2100 common satellite bus used across multiple lockheed martin programs and mission areas. This modification adds phase one for design development critical path flight hardware procurement and risk reduction efforts leading to a critical design review to the. Session 3 an introduction of the next generation geostationary meteorological satellite himawari 8 date. It is designed to drive innovation create opportunities and change the way people and organizations communicate everywhere on the planet.

Noc has been awarded a not to exceed 2 37 billion undefinitized contract modification for phase 1 of the next generation overhead persistent infrared next gen opir polar program from the united states space force ussf. Raytheon was awarded the next generation gps operational control system ocx contract on 25 february 2010. Hiamwari 8 is the next generation geostationary meteorological satellite and jma has started its operation on 7 july 2015. Northrop grumman on may 18 won a contract worth up to 2 4 billion to supply two polar orbit satellites that are part of the next generation of missile warning systems.

The first satellite in the series was projected to launch in 2014 but significant delays pushed the launch to december 2018. The next generation operational control system ocx is the future version of the gps control segment. This presentation offers an introduction of the himawari 8 which. The next generation satellites will provide all the services and capabilities of the current first generation together with a substantial number of improvements as well as new services and capabilities.

The second generation iridium next satellites began to be deployed into the existing constellation in january 2017. 66 operational units nine on orbit spares and six ground spares. We want an ultra flexible and mostly digital design says paul verhoef esa director of navigation.