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- The Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) is a prototype operational system designed to monitor and forecast ionospheric scintillation in real-time and on a global scale. Timely location of scintillation outage regions would enable the warfighter to modify mission plans and prevent potential mission failures by optimizing and tailoring communications routes, paths, and/or priorities and effectively use satellite communications, navigation, and surveillance assets. It will include three critical elements. The first is a space-borne sensor system consisting of seven proven sensors to provide data for global, real-time specification, and 4 hour forecast capability. The second is a series of regional ground networks that augment the space based sensors for real time, high resolution coverage in theater. The third is a forecasting/decision aid software package that produces tailored space environmental forecasts and warnings in the form of outage maps for the warfighter. Information provided by http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/nssrm/initiatives/cnofs.htm Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: C/NOFS Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Solar/Space Observation Satellites Short_Name: C/NOFS Long_Name: Communication and Navigation Outage Forecast System End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: C/NOFS End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: GPS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Type: MEO > Semi-Synchronous > Navigation End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-08-13 Online_Resource: http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/nssrm/initiatives/cnofs.htm End_Group
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