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SENTRY™ WEATHER PROCESSING SYSTEM

SENTRY WEATHER
A Modern Solution that Integrates and Displays Launch Vehicle Trajectories and Weather Patterns
Core Capabilities of SENTRY Weather
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SENTRY TM WEATHER PROCESSING SYSTEM

Overview
Understanding SENTRY Weather

SENTRY TM Weather Processing System is an advanced software tool for NASA and the Eastern Range (ER) that Integrates Real-Time Weather and Launch Vehicle Trajectories to improve Weather Launch Decision Accuracy, Launch Go / No-Go Decision Timelines, Accuracy of Lightning Violation Criteria, and More

SENTRY TM WEATHER PROCESSING SYSTEM

Capabilities
Flexible User-Interface
Controls
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Improved Launch Commit
Accuracy, Safety, and Timelines
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Automated Slant
Range Calculations
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Real-Time
Situational Awareness
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Core Capabilities of SENTRY™ Weather Processing System

SENTRY™ Weather Processing System is an advanced software tool that provides improved situational awareness to Launch Weather Officers (LWO) by aggregating the most important data into a fully interactive, three-dimensional display.  The system automates many launch tasks performed by the LWO, enabling faster responses to rapidly changing weather conditions. 

User Controlled 2D or 3D Map Display

Plot of Vehicle Trajectories and Volumized 3-Sigma Boundaries

Standoff Distances Specified in Eastern Range Lightning Launch Commit Criteria

User-Controlled Graphical Properties, Such As Color and Transparency

Support for HDF5, NetCDF, and Vaisala RAW Weather Radar Data Files for Display of Volumetric Weather

Near Real-Time Graphing Of Lightning Strike Data

Individual Lightning Strike Selection for Providing Detailed Information

Quicker and Safer Launch Commit Decision Making

Understanding SENTRY™ Weather Processing System

An Innovative Solution that Modernizes the Eastern Range Launch Commit and Weather Processing & Display Capability

What Is It

A safety planning tool

SENTRY™ Weather

  • A tool that provides improved situational awareness to Launch Weather Officers (LWO)
  • Aggregates and displays mission critical trajectory and weather data into a fully interactive, three-dimensional display
  • Automates many launch tasks performed by the LWO, enabling faster responses to rapidly changing weather conditions
SENTRY TM WEATHER FLYER

Who Uses It

The Air Force

SENTRY™ Weather

  • Air Force 45th Space Wing Weather Squadron (45SW)

How Does It Work

Customized software suite

SENTRY™ Weather

  • Ingests planned vehicle trajectory data, real time weather radar reflectivity data, and real time lightning strike data.
  • Plots weather and trajectory data on an interactive 3D globe.
  • User can pan, tilt, and zoom the camera to expose details.
  • Displays a 3-D representation of radar reflectivity.
  • Displays full volume radar scans with elevation angles, exposing the structure of cloud formations.

Where Is It Used

National Test Ranges

SENTRY™ Weather

  • 45th Space Wing Weather Squadron

What Are The Benefits

A launch vehicle safety planning tool

SENTRY™ Weather

  • Modernizes and automates the current manual process
  • Adds safety and accuracy to Launch Commit decision making process
  • Includes several sources of information, enabling quick weather decisions
  • Automates and improves accuracy of slant range calculations in determining violation of distance based Lightning Launch Commit Criteria
  • Customizable solution that can be adapted to meet the safety requirements of airports, spaceports, launch, and other operational ranges
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SENTRY™ Weather

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Three Products in the SENTRY™ Family

SENTRY™ Mission Planning (MP)

SENTRY™ MP

Used for pre-mission planning as a graphical user interface tool bench that provides tools and utilities used for range safety planning and risk analysis for space launch, reentry and unmanned aerial vehicles. 

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SENTRY™ Real-Time (RT)

SENTRY™ RT

Is used in real-time during live-fire launches, vehicle re-entry from outer space, or UAS flights to provide real-time graphical situational awareness displays and trajectory parameters.

SENTRY™ Weather

SENTRY™ Weather

SENTRY™ Weather Display Tool is designed to provide improved situational awareness to Launch Weather Officers (LWO) by aggregating the most important data into a fully interactive, three-dimensional display. 

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