Phil Sabelhaus Named New Earth Observing System Program Manager

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Mr. Phil Sabelhaus has been named the new Earth Observing System (EOS) Program Manager at Goddard. In his new position, Sabelhaus will be responsible for managing EOS activities throughout the U.S. and internationally with an annual budget of approximately $800M to design, build, launch and operate the EOS suite of missions. These missions form the centerpiece of NASA's contribution to the multi-Agency Global Change Research Program. Included in these activities is the development and implementation of the ground systems, including the science data processing and satellite command and control centers, for the EOS missions at the GSFC.

In addition to his new duties, he is the Project Manager for EOS Aqua, which is scheduled to launch in March 2002. In 1998, Sabelhaus was appointed the Deputy Associate Director of Flight Projects for EOS Development. As part of those duties, he served as the Project Manager for EOS Aura and Vegetation Canopy Lidar. Sabelhaus has served as project manager for both Landsat 7 and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS). He has served as Deputy Project Manager for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) and for the Flight Telerobotic Servicer (FTS).