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B-180466 1 (1974-04-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafrm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -, 4 . :'- ° COMPTROLLER GENERAL OFTHE2UNITEDjiTAre WASHINGTON. 01C. 2W w B- 180466 iPR 1 I The Honorable Frank E. Moss Chairman, Committee on Aeronautical 6, and Space Sciences .i , i r . United States Senate LM095911 Dear Mr. Chairman: Your January 16, 1974, letter asked us to obtain cost and other data on both the Department of the Air Force and the joint National Aeronauticsf and Space Administration (NASA)/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration (NOAA) polar orbiting weather satellite programs. We interviewed officials in NASA, NOAA, the Department of the Air Force and the Office of Management and Budget ((iMB). At these meetings they told us of the existence of two classified studies which provided some comparative analyses of the technical charicteristics and costs of the NASA and Air Force operational weather sateJlite systems and the follow-on systems in development. We then met with your staff on February 13, 1974, and orally presented the information. At that meeting your staff as ed us for a written re- port. We have not independently verified the dita; however, we have dis- cussed the matters in this report with the ageny officials. We plan to discuss briefly the history of the NASA/NOAA and Air Force satellite systems, compare the characteristics 4,f both systems, provide cost comparisons of the operational and developiiental satellite systems, and furnish information on plans to obtain some measure of commonality of both systems. HISTORY OF NASA/NOAA PROGRAM The purpose of the joint NASA/NOAA weather satellite system is to provide systematic, global cloud cover observations and oter meteorologi- c al observations to increase man's ability to forecast weather conditions. it is also to observe, collect and dJsseminate comprchcn~ive data and information about the state of the upper and lower atmosplhcre, the oceans and their resources,inlandwaters,_ the earth, the sun, and the space, envir -oeht-The NASA/NOAA system provides data for weather predictions not-o-n-y'-to the United Statesut also to foreign countries. ~~o9~ -~REST ED Lju~ AVUPL

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