First DoD-Owned Geostationary Weather Satellite Achieves IOC

摘要

The Boeing [BA] Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary (EWS-G1) satellite has achieved initial operational capability (IOC) to provide "timely cloud characterization and theater weather imagery to DoD in the Indian Ocean region, addressing needs across Central Command (CENTCOM) and other operating theaters," the U.S. Space Force's (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) said on Sept. 8. Last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) transferred the geostationary orbit satellite, formerly known as GOES-13, to the U.S. Air Force under an agreement between the agencies for the collection of space-based environmental monitoring data. EWS-G1 is the first DoD owned geostationary weather satellite, per SMC.