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Rochester, NY, July 29, 2009 — Following last month's launch aboard the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O weather satellite (since renamed GOES-14), ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) today announced the success of its imager instrument's first visible channel image of the earth from geostationary orbit. The image was taken of the western hemisphere from approximately 22,300 miles above the equator. The imager aboard GOES-14 provides what looks like an actual picture, but it is actually a collection of radiated and reflected solar energy bits. "We are very proud of supporting our NOAA customer with a great first GOES-14 image. Our instruments continue to provide the National Weather Service with data and information it needs to save lives and protect property," said Rob Mitrevski, vice president and director of Commercial and Space Sciences, ITT Space Systems Division. "While we are pleased with our long string of GOES mission successes, we are hard at work producing the next-generation of instruments for NOAA's weather satellites, which will significantly improve our ability to track severe storms." GOES-14 is the second of three satellites in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) GOES-N Series that has been created to improve weather forecasting and monitoring. NOAA uses the data obtained from the imager and sounder to monitor and track severe weather conditions, such as hurricanes. The satellite pictures of weather one sees on television forecasts come from ITT's sensors aboard the GOES satellites. ITT is also building the next-generation of weather sensors for NOAA's GOES-R program, including the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) sensor which is one of the primary sensors for the GOES-R program. ABI's advanced design will provide twice the spatial resolution, six times the scan rate, and more than three times the number of spectral channels compared to the current GOES imager. ITT's Space Systems Division, headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., provides innovative remote sensing and navigation solutions to customers in the Department of Defense, intelligence, space science and commercial aerospace to help them visualize and understand critical events happening on Earth, in the air, or in space in time to take effective action. Leveraging comprehensive capabilities, ITT's solutions span from image and data collection through processing and dissemination. Key applications include high-resolution commercial imaging; space science; climate and environmental monitoring; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; GPS navigation; image and data processing and dissemination; and space control and missile defense. ssd.itt.com About ITT Corporation ITT Corporation (www.itt.com) is a high-technology engineering and manufacturing company operating on all seven continents in three vital markets: water and fluids management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. With a heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver extraordinary solutions that create more livable environments, provide protection and safety and connect our world. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated 2008 sales of $11.7 billion. © ITT, 2009. |
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