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HOUSTON, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ KBR (NYSE: KBR) won a new $51.2 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deploy, develop and operate the agency s Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) Antenna Network. KBR s work will contribute to accurate forecasts of space weather, protecting lives and livelihood around the planet.
Under this contract, KBR will build and maintain an antenna network that sends and receives continuous mission data from the SWFO-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory and its ground segment. KBR s network will perform telemetry, command and ranging services for the observatory s operations.
SWFO-L1 is a future spacecraft mission planned to monitor signs of solar storms, which may pose harm to Earth s telecommunication network. It will be placed at the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1) in late 2024 to provide critical images and data to the National Weather Service s Space Weather Predicti
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KBR Wins $48 5M U S Air Force Task Order for Optoelectronic Technology Research
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