Environmental Monitoring

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Across
  1. 2. Successor to POES
  2. 4. Operates GOES, POES, JPSS, and DMSP
  3. 6. International partnership with EUMETSAT (provides a second polar orbit satellite for greater coverage). Has visible, IR, and UV sensors
  4. 7. Headquartered at Offut AFB; preparation of weather analysis for the intelligence community and DOD's only source of Space Weather products
  5. 8. Uses POES and GOES to locate aviators, mariners, and land-based users in distress; Not used for military combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions
Down
  1. 1. Military dedicated weather satellite that can take nighttime imagery with 1/4 moon visibility
  2. 3. Can degrade military systems used by warfighters
  3. 4. Builds and launches weather satellites
  4. 5. Constant coverage with a rapid refresh rate and can observe many full storm areas at once