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The '''Weather System Follow-on Microwave''' (WSF-M) satellite is the [[United States Department of Defense|United States Department of Defense's]] next-generation operational [[environmental satellite]] system. WSF-M will be a [[Sun-synchronous orbit|Sun-synchronous]] [[low Earth orbit]] (LEO) artificial satellite with a passive [[microwave imaging]] radiometer instrument and hosted furnished Energetic Charged Particle (ECP) sensor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/content/-/article/wsf-m |title=WSF-M (Weather System Follow-on - Microwave) Satellite |work=eoPortal |publisher=[[ESA]] |date=March 2021 |access-date=24 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="Ball">{{cite news|last1=Russell|first1=Kendall|title=Ball Aerospace Wins Air Force Contract for New Weather Satellite|url=https://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/11/30/ball-aerospace-wins-air-force-contract-new-weather-satellite/|publisher=Satellite Today|date=30 November 2017|access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref> [[Space Operations Command]] intends to include ECP sensors on all future satellites for [[space weather]] monitoring, starting from the early 2020s.<ref name="Foust20160613">{{cite news|last=Werner|first=Debra|title=Are small satellites the solution for space weather monitoring?|url=https://spacenews.com/are-small-satellites-the-solution-for-space-weather-monitoring/|work=[[SpaceNews]]|date=6 March 2019|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref> WSF-M was launched in April 2024 on a [[Falcon 9 Block 5]] rocket from [[Vandenberg Space Force Base]].<ref name=2024USSF>{{cite tweet |user=USSF_SSC |number=1529969683671134209|title=SSC ordered 8 National Security Space Launch missions from our industry partners ULA & SpaceX for launch in 2024 for #SpaceForce. |date=27 May 2022 |access-date=27 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="BATC2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.ball.com/aerospace/newsroom/blogs/ball-aerospace-ships-wsf-m-satellite-for-launch |title=Ball Aerospace Ships Space Systems Command Operational Weather Satellite for Launch |date=6 February 2024 |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>
WSF-M is the first satellite in the Weather System Follow-on (WSF) program. Following the cancellation of the [[National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System]] (NPOESS), the Air Force continued the development of a weather satellite under the [[Defense Weather Satellite System]] (DWSS) program based on [[NPOESS]]. However, when that system faced delays and funding issues, the White House cancelled it and instituted the WSF program.<ref>{{cite news|title=USAF Weather Satellite Program in Disarray|url=http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/181430/us-air-force-weather-satellite-program-in-disarray.html|website=defense-aerospace.com|access-date=13 December 2017|date=23 February 2017}}</ref>
WSF-M is designed to mitigate three high priority U.S. DoD Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) gaps:
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