NOAA's Satellite and Information Service NESDIS - FY2007 Budget Request

NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, also known as "NOAA Satellite and Information Service" (NESDIS) requests a total of $1,033.883 million (M) in the FY2007 President's Budget Request.

This is a $81.663M increase over the FY2006 enacted appropriation.

The FY2007 request will allow NESDIS to continue providing operational products and services while developing critical space- and ground-based observational systems that will serve the Nation's needs now and in the decades to come.

Highlights include:
Operations, Research and Facilities (ORF):
- $97.670M for Environmental Satellite Observing Services.
- $51.909M for NOAA's Data Centers & Information Services.
Total ORF of $149.579M

Procurement, Acquisitions and Construction (PAC):
- $867.383M for Satellite Acquisitions.
- $14.693M for Data Archive System Enhancements & Information Systems Backup.
- $2.228M for Facilities and Critical Infrastructure Improvements.
Total PAC of $884.304M

FY 2007 Program Highlights

Environmental Satellite Observing Services

- $43.789M for satellite command and control of NOAA's GOES and POES, and operations and maintenance of NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF).
Satellite Command and Control One Pager

- $27.270M for processing and distributing operational satellite data products and services that are critical for saving lives and property from severe weather and natural disasters, navigation hazards due to sea ice, as well as search and rescue of mariners and aviators in distress.
Product Processing and Distribution One Pager

- $24.771M for product development from current and future NOAA satellite systems, including satellite derived Coral Reef Monitoring.
Product Development, Readiness, and Application One Pager
Coral Reef Watch One Pager

- $1.240M to regulate commercial remote sensing systems.
Commercial Remote Sensing Licensing and Compliance One Pager

- $0.601M for Office of Space Commercialization.
Office of Space Commercialization One Pager

NOAA's Data Centers & Information Services

- $51.909M for data access and archive, database modernization, and retrospective analyses of atmospheric, geophysical, oceanographic, and Coastal Data Development data in NOAA's National Data Centers holdings and NOAA Library system.
National Climatic Data Center One Pager
National Geophysical Data Center One Pager
National Oceanographic Data Center One Pager
National Coastal Data Development Center One Pager
Climate Database Modernization Program One Pager

Systems Acquisitions - Satellite Development and Ground Systems

- $427.776M for NOAA polar-orbiting satellites:
- $89.906M for NOAA K-N' series.This will support continued acquisition of a rebuilt NOAA N'.
- $337.870M for NOAA's portion of the NPOESS program for instruments, risk reduction activities and system development.
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System One Pager

- $439.607M for NOAA geostationary satellites:
- $107.159M for GOES-N series.
- $332.448M for GOES-R series instruments and award of system acquisition and operations contract.
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites -R series One Pager

Data Archive and Other Critical Systems Enhancements

- $7.466M for CLASS and EOS Archive enhancements at NOAA National Data Centers.
- $4.455M for NPOESS data exploitation. Request does not address cost and schedule alternatives currently under review under the Nunn-McCurdy certification process.
NPOESS Data Exploitation One Pager
Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System One Pager
Earth Observing System Archive and Access System One Pager

Construction & Infrastructure

- $2.228M to maintain command and data acquisition facilities in Fairbanks, AK, and Wallops, VA, and implement the Fairbanks, AK and Wallops, VA Master Plans.
Critical Infrastructure for Satellite Command and Data Acquisition Facility One Pager


NOAA FY 2007 Blue Book

NOAA Satellite & Information Service FY 2007 Constituents Budget Brief was held on March 2, 2006 at the National Press Club.

For more information contact:
Christopher Cartwright
301-713-9228