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Federal Highway Administration: http://www. search and rescue network, NOAA-N will be the link in our
continued success," he added. Once in orbit, NOAA-N will be renamed NOAA-
18 .

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"From monitoring the ash clouds of Mount St.
NOAA-N will replace NOAA-16, in operation since September 2000, and join
NOAA-17, launched in June 2002.noaa.

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Transportation.

NASA + NOAA Set to Launch New Environmental Satellite

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The spacecraft , NOAA-N, will lift off at 6:22 a.noaa.

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NOAA manages the POES program and establishes requirements, provides all
funding and distributes environmental satellite data for the United States.

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D.," said Gregory Withee, assistant administrator for NOAA's Satellite and
Information Service.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center procures and manages the development and
launch of the satellites for NOAA on a cost-reimbursable basis.nasa.

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For information about NASA, NOAA -N and polar orbiting satellites on the
Web, visit:

http://www.

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The Federal Highway Administration is an agency of the U.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency of the
U.gov

NOAA polar-orbiting satellites detect emergency beacon distress
signals and relay their location to ground stations, so rescue can be
dispatched .

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WASHINGTON, Leaders of NOAA, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration today
signed a memorandum of understanding that unites the agencies in combating the
impacts of weather on U. WASHINGTON, NASA is set to launch the new National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite (POES), another critical link in the development of a
global Earth-observation program. Helens, to
bolstering the U. NPOESS is a combined program with NOAA, the Department of Defense
and NASA.gov/noaa-n

http://goespoes.

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Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of
Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with our federal partners and nearly 60
countries to develop a global Earth observation network that is as integrated
as the planet it observes, predicts and protects. SARSAT is credited with saving approximately 5,000 lives in the
U.

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newscom., under secretary
of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator.

Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure.

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NOAA Federal Highway Administration Increase Collaboration to Create Safer Roads

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FHWA is charged with the broad responsibility of ensuring
that America's roads and highways continue to be the safest and most
technologically advanced.
The global data from these satellites are used extensively in NOAA's weather
and climate prediction models.nasa.

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Spearheading NOAA 's efforts is its Surface Weather Program, which works to
ensure travelers and decision makers receive timely weather and hazard
information on a scale that supports improvements to safe and efficient
transportation. Partnerships with the Federal Highway Administration and the
Intelligent Transportation Systems of America have resulted in demonstration
projects to develop and assess data, information and dissemination
capabilities to reduce weather-related crashes and delays.

On the Web:
NOAA: http://www.
NOAA-N is the fifteenth in a series of polar-orbiting satellites dating
back to 1978. NOAA-N has imaging and sounding capabilities that are broadcast
around the world and recorded on board for playback over NOAA ground stations.
NOAA's next generation of polar spacecraft, the National Polar-Orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), is planned for launch in
early 2010.

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"Our partnership with NOAA will provide accurate and timely weather
information that is crucial to finding ways to reduce weather related road
hazards," says Mary Peters, administrator of the Federal Highway
Administration. Although state and local governments own most of
the nation's highways, FHWA provides financial and technical support to help
build , maintain and preserve America's highway system.noaa.fhwa.
"NASA is proud of our role in building and launching these satellites
which contribute to NOAA's vital mission of providing weather forecasts and
collecting environmental data about the Earth," said Karen Halterman, NASA
POES Project Manager , Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
NOAA-N also has instruments used in the international Search and Rescue
Satellite-Aided Tracking System, called COSPAS-SARSAT, which was established
in 1982. NASA's comprehensive on-orbit verification
period is expected to last approximately 45 days after launch.gov/home/index.

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This new MOU fosters more effective coordination and integration between
NOAA's environmental data managers who handle transportation-relevant weather
observations and the researchers and managers at the Federal Highway
Administration who interact with the surface transportation community. and more than 18,000 worldwide.

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4 million crashes and $42
billion in economic losses that occur each year due to adverse weather," said
retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Commerce Department, is dedicated to enhancing economic security and
national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-
related events and providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal
and marine resources.
"The NOAA-N satellite is key to establishing a strong Global Earth
Observation System of Systems, because it will strengthen our understanding
about what the environment around the world is doing, not just here in the
U.S.

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"Working with the Federal Highway Administration, NOAA can help mitigate
the 7,000 deaths, more than 600,000 injuries, 1.dot.
Twenty-one days after the satellite is launched , NASA will transfer
operational control to NOAA.

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EDT, May 11, 2005, from
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
There is one more satellite in this series scheduled for launch in December
2007 .html

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As it orbits the globe, NOAA-N will collect data about the Earth's surface
and atmosphere that are input for NOAA's long-range climate and seasonal
outlooks, including forecasts for El Nino and La Nina.

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