NOAA's 2013 Operations Plan Leaves COSMIC-2 in Lurch

摘要

A U.S.-Taiwan weather satellite program was dealt another setback in late May when the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) opted to use the COSMIC-2 program as a"billpayer" for a $13.7 million budget shortfall the agency previously planned to cover with a four-day employee furlough.