TRW Completes Ground System for NASA's Terra Spacecraft.RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1999-- TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TRW) has successfully tested and completed the Earth Observing System The Earth Observing System (EOS) is a program of NASA comprising a series of artificial satellite missions and scientific instruments in Earth orbit designed for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans of the Earth. (EOS Eos (ē`ŏs), in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of dawn; daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Every morning she arose early and preceded her brother Helios into the heavens. ) data and operations system (EDOS EDOS EOS Data and Operations System EDOS Environment for the development and Distribution of Open Source software EDOS Effective Density of States EDOS Estimated Delivery Date of Supply EDOS Expected Date/Data of Supply EDOS Engine Desired Operating Speed ) for NASA's Terra satellite, which is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , Calif., Thursday. Terra, a remote sensing satellite, will observe phenomena in the Earth's atmosphere and oceans, sending back data about climate patterns that likely will enable scientists to predict floods, severe winters and other weather events. Terra will send the nearly half a trillion bytes of data it will produce each day to the EDOS ground system at White Sands, N.M. The information will be stored at White Sands and sent to the EDOS installation at Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately 6.5 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Md., where it will be archived, processed and distributed to various NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. centers and, ultimately, users worldwide. Scientists will use data provided by TRW's EDOS to build computer models that simulate how the Earth behaves. TRW Systems & Information Technology Group, headquartered in Reston, Va., is the prime contractor for the $131 million EDOS contract, which was awarded in 1994. Performing work from its program office in Greenbelt, Md., TRW is supported by Allied Corporation, Columbia, Md.; EER Systems, Seabrook, Md.; Federal Data Corporation, Greenbelt, Md.; and Harris Corporation of Melbourne, Fla. "Terra will provide a quantum leap in our data gathering capability," says Joe Dalven, TRW program manager. "EDOS is the critical link in disseminating the environmental data to the science community so it can better understand our Earth. The models they develop will help to better predict and address the impact of human activities on future global climatic changes." EDOS is part of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, a long-term, coordinated program to understand how Earth's resources interact to create the planet's environment and its effects on humans. The earth observing satellites are the centerpiece of the program, which is expected to provide benefits ranging from improved long-term weather forecasting to improved management of agricultural resources. The Terra satellite is the largest of a series of spacecraft being constructed for the Earth Science Enterprise. TRW Space & Electronics Group, a sister group headquartered in Redondo Beach, Calif., is building two EOS spacecraft -- EOS PM and EOS Chemistry -- and providing the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES Ceres, in astronomy Ceres (sîr`ēz), in astronomy, a dwarf planet, the first asteroid to be discovered. It was found on Jan. 1, 1801, by G. Piazzi. ) instrument for the missions. TRW Space & Electronics Group builds communications, scientific and defense spacecraft. "The TRW EDOS team is proud to support the launch of the NASA EOS Terra satellite," said Jerry Agee, vice president and general manager of TRW Federal Enterprise Solutions. "The 'big picture' perspective provided by Terra will help scientists better understand how the earth behaves. This global knowledge will also bring local benefits, giving people information about what is happening, or will happen, with the weather in their own 'backyard'." TRW Inc. provides advanced technology products and services to the global automotive, aerospace, and information technology markets worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.trw.com . |
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