Space Force exploring options to build weather monitoring constellation
Under a program called EWS, short for Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Weather Systems, the Space Force last year selected two companies to develop prototype spacecraft and demonstrate them in orbit.
- One of the demonstrators, made by Orion Space Solutions, launched to orbit in January.
- The other, developed by General Atomics, is projected to launch in 2025.
- The idea is to build EWS satellites using existing sensors developed by Orion and General Atomics, said Lt. Col. Joseph Maguadog, materiel leader and program manager for EWS at the Space Systems Command’s environmental and tactical surveillance acquisition delta.
Maguadog said in a statement to SpaceNews that no decisions have been made yet on how many satellites will be acquired or exactly when.
- EWS is needed to fill a gap in weather coverage as the military’s decades-old Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites are running out of fuel and projected to be out of service by 2026.
- The EWS satellites will collect imagery of cloud cover and other weather data used by the U.S. military and allies to plan flight routes, combat search and rescue and other missions.
Maguadog said the EWS sensors developed by Orion Space and General Atomics “are promising and are the basis for the government furnished sensor.”
- According to the request for information, the Space Force intends to acquire one or more EWS satellites between fiscal years 2026 and 2028.
- The selected contractor would be responsible for ground systems support and data distribution through a government cloud platform.
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