[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 24975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11599]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG169
Notice of Availability of a NOAA Satellite Observing System
Architecture Study Draft Report and Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a NOAA Satellite Observing System
Architecture Study draft report; request for comments; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In planning for the future operational environmental satellite
system to follow the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
System--R Series (GOES-R, S, T, and U) and the Joint Polar Satellite
System (JPSS-1, 2, 3, and 4), beginning about 2028, NOAA has conducted
a study of the NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture (NSOSA).
The development of a future system presents an opportunity to design a
modern architecture by broadly examining instruments, services,
platforms, and orbits, driven by user needs, new technology, and
exploiting emerging space business models. The NSOSA study team
developed and evaluated nearly 100 architecture alternatives, including
partner and commercial contributions that are likely to become
available. Through https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA-NESDIS-2018-0053, the public can view the NOAA Satellite Observing System
Architecture Study draft report, submit ideas, review submissions from
other parties, and make comments.
All comments are welcome. In particular, NOAA would like comments
on the following areas:
Did NOAA consider a sufficiently broad range of alternatives?
Are the opportunities that the analysis identified as deserving of
consideration consistent with your knowledge of the state of the space
enterprise?
Are there outcomes or options that you recommend for further
analysis?
What suggestions do you have on engagement with industry, including
innovative capability development approaches, partnership
opportunities, and business models that may inform NOAA's path forward?
What suggestions do you have on engagement with the academic and
research community and other stakeholders to ensure NOAA makes the best
use of the outputs of this study?
NOAA previously discussed the NSOSA study at the American
Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in January 2018; these
presentations are available at https://ams.confex.com/ams/98Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Session/44459 and https://ams.confex.com/ams/98Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Session/44460. NOAA will continue to engage the public
regarding NOAA's future satellite architecture planning. NOAA will use
the results of this public comment period and public event to shape
follow-on engagements.
DATES: Comments must be received by 5 p.m. on July 2, 2018. A meeting
will be held on June 21, 2018. For additional details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this document, identified by
NOAA-NESDIS-2018-0053, by either of the following methods:
Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public comments via
the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA-NESDIS-2018-0053, click the ``Comment Now!'' icon,
complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments.
Mail: Submit written comments to: Office of System Architecture and
Advance Planning, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service, Room 5450, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring
MD, 20910.
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered by NOAA. All comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on
www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential business
information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily
by the sender will be publicly accessible. Additional information as
well as instructions on how to submit comments can be found at the
following website: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA-NESDIS-2018-0053. The NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture Study
report can also be viewed here.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Becker, NESDIS Office of System
Architecture and Advance Planning (OSAAP), U.S. Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Room 5450, 1335 East West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910. (Phone: 301-713-7049,
[email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NESDIS will hold a public event to discuss
the NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture Study report on June
21, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans
Pl, Silver Spring, MD 20910. This Community Day will include a public
session and the opportunity for one-on-one meetings with NESDIS.
Further information and registration is available at https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/nesdis-community-engagements or by
contacting OSAAP by mail, phone, or email as listed above (see
ADDRESSES).
Dated: May 24, 2018.
Karen St. Germain,
Director, Office of Systems Architecture and Advance Planning NOAA
Satellite and Information Service.
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