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List NOAA's three primary missions.
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Public SafetySearch and RescueCommercial
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Where does FNMOC provide weather data to?
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Navy and Marines type of products
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What are the basic capabilities associated with the DMSP and POES satellites?
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HI Resolution
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What are the basic capabilities associated with the GOES satellite?
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Rapid refresh rate (Global view)Constant look angle Early wx warning
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What are the basic limitations associated with the GOES satellite?
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Narrow view
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What are the basic limitations associated with GOES satellite?
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Less detailed imagery No polar coverageLow resolution
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List examples of wx support for military operations?
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Rescue protectionChemical weapons dispersionTargeting Munitions selectionSee page 8
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Which two US polar orbiting satellite programs will be converged to create NPOESS?
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DMSP/POES
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Which frequency band is most likely to be affected by normal scintillation?
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UHF
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What are the 3 requirements of SATCOM?
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FlexibilityCapability Robustness
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Which frequency band fills the high data rate role?
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Wideband (SHF)
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The frequency band has the capability to put a signal down to the entire 1/3 earth that it can view from GEO.
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UHF
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The constellation filling the capacity requirements has shared control. Which is it?
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DSCS III
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The satellite can perform autonomous nulling of noise.
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Milstar
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This payload is SHF though it resides on a UHF satellite(s).
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GBS
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