Welcome to Space 3D!

Co-hosts Tom Hill and Eleanor O’Rangers chat with engineer Tim Walsh, someone who has supported three decades of weather satellite development for NASA and NOAA. Tim is currently supporting the next generation of low-earth orbiting weather satellites, called the Joint Polar Satellite System or JPSS.

Satellites in the Joint Polar Satellite System constellation deliver key observations for the Nation's forecasting of severe weather events including hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards days in advance, and assessing environmental hazards such as droughts, forest fires, poor air quality and harmful coastal waters.

Prior to joining JPSS, Tim helped develop, launch and check out the first two satellites for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R Series program, known as GOES-R, until October 2018.

In part 1 of our interview, we’ll explore how the flagging automotive market in the late 1980s led Tim Walsh into his career working with weather satellites.

We’ll also learn how satellites, along with mathematical modelling, have greatly improved since TIROS-1.

We’ll also discuss how satellite technology is evolving, and how data from these platforms have imaging applications beyond the weather.