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Tag: Weather System Follow-on – Microwave

Weather System Follow-on Microwave Program Passes Critical Design Review and Milestone B

May 21, 2020May 20, 2020 News 0
A conceptional drawing of the Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite. (Credit: Ball Aerospace)

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (U.S. Space Force PR) — The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) program achieved two major milestones despite facing challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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DMSP Satellite Decommissioned After 22 Years, Weather Follow-on Program to Hold Critical Design Review in March

February 21, 2020 News 0

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (USAF PR) — On Feb. 11, after more than 22 years of providing vital global weather data to the U.S. and its allies, Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Flight 14 was decommissioned after completing 118, 052 orbits of the Earth.

End of Life (EOL) procedures were accomplished by operators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) in Suitland, Maryland, under the direction of United States Space Force’s 50th Space Wing. Space and Missiles Systems Center technical experts worked in concert with the rest of the team to ensure the EOL procedures were effectively and efficiently executed.  

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