NAVY GEOSAT FOLLOW-ON (GFO)
ALTIMETRY MISSION
The Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance - Information Operations Program Office (PMW-180, ISR-IO) a part of the Program Executive Office for C4I and Space, located at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command's Old Town Campus in San Diego, CA is the sponsor for this web site.
This site was developed for SPAWAR as a component of the GFO Validation and Calibration system. It is maintained by the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) as part of its contract with SPAWAR. Our thanks to NOAA for hosting the revised site.
For an overall view of the Navy's activities in METOC go to the Naval METOC Command's own web site.
- GFO Operational Mission Overview (Updated 07/02/2005)
- Overview of the GFO Satellite and its Performance (Updated 07/02/2005
- Details on GFO past and future The GFO altimetry satellite that was launched in February 1998 was de-orbited in December 2008 and will reenter the atmosphere in the future. SPAWAR has announced that a contract for a new satellite to be called GFO-2 has been signed. GFO-2 is expected to be launched in 2014.
- Payload Calibration and Data Validation (Updated 01/27/2007)
GFO Contacts:
- Mr. Jay L. Finkelstein - Space Systems Consultant to Computer Sciences Corporation
- Mr. Morton Rau -- GFO Project Manager at Computer Sciences Corporation
- Mr. John Lillibridge -- GFO contact at NOAA
[E-mail -- John dot Lillibridge (at) noaa dot gov]
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For comments or questions about this Web Site contact Mr. Jay L. Finkelstein at either e-mail address