Welcome to the Field Terminal Support (FTS) System Web Portal
The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites include a High-Rate Data (HRD) antenna that continuously downlinks sensed data as the data are collected. Such a downlink is often referred to as a Direct Broadcast (DB). The Field Terminal Support (FTS) System provides FTS fundamental processing "building blocks" (software components, data, and documentation) using a public web portal. This includes Mission Support Data (including ancillary data, auxiliary data) and the necessary hardware and software specifications needed for processing the broadcasts. Orbital data are also provided on the FTS web portal to assist the DB community in locating the satellites of interest. With their own equipment (a local antenna and a remote terminal) and the above-provided information, the DB community can capture and process the HRD content and generate data products, such as Raw Data Records (RDRs), Sensor Data Records (SDRs), and a subset of Environmental Data Records (EDRs).
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FTS Information
The Field Terminal Support (FTS) provides the resources needed to support the NOAA polar satellite Direct Broadcast community. FTS provides the ancillary and auxiliary data needed for processing the S-NPP and JPSS High Rate Data (HRD) broadcasts as well as the orbital data required to locate and track the satellites. FTS distributes the JPSS Algorithm Development Library (ADL) Sensor Data Record (SDR) processing software and JPSS specifications. The HRD LInk Monitoring Reports are also available on FTS.
Please refer to the FTS User Guide for information on how to use this portal.
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