Provide the Personnel

Description

The Contractor Shall Provide the Personnel. Materials, and Facilities Necessary to Design. Develop, Integrate, Test and Support Goes Imager and Sounder Instruments; Support Instrument Integration Into the Spacecraft; to Conduct Spacecraft-Level Instrument Testing; and to Support Launch and On-Orbit Operations for the NOAA Geostationary Environmental Satellite Program. The Imager Shall Be a Five Spectral Channel Two-Axis Scanning Radiometer, and Shall Be Capable of Providing Imagery and Radiometric Information of the Earth S Surface and Cloud Cover. Capability for Star Sensing Shall Also Be Provided. The Instrument Shall Be Capable of Measuring Emitted and Solar Reflected Radiance Simultaneously from the Five Spectral Channels. Radiometric Quality, Simultaneous Data Collection with the Sounder, and Scan Flexibility Are Prime Requirements of the System. The Sounder Shall Be a 19 Spectral Channel Discrete Filter Wheel Radiometer Using a Two-Axis Scanning Mirror Capable of Providing Variable Area Sounding of the Earth S Atmosphere. Radiometric Quality, Simultaneous Data Collection with the Imager, and Scan Flexibility Are Prime Requirements for the Sounder.