Defense Weather Satellite System

The Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS)[1] was a United States Department of Defense weather satellite system to have been built by Northrop Grumman Corporation[2] projected for launch in 2018.[3] In January 2012, the US Air Force cancelled the program.[4]

DWSS was a follow-on for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) mission. The DWSS, together with the still continuing Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) project, was to replace the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) project which itself was cancelled in January 2010.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Defense Weather Systems Directorate Defense Weather Systems Directorate: DWSS Factsheet". Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Northrop Grumman DWSS Home Page". Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Northrop Grumman Receives Authorization from U.S. Air Force to Begin Work on Defense Weather Satellite System
  4. ↑ "Proposed next-generation weather satellites get the ax". Spaceflight Now. January 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ Reuters: Northrop in $427 million U.S. Air Force satellite deal


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