NOAA-21
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NOAA-21, designated JPSS-2 prior to launch, is the second satellite in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 's latest series of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satell
Launch of NOAA-21
Mosaic of images captured by the VIIRS instrument
Joint Polar Satellite System
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The Joint Polar Satellite System is the latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites. JPSS will provide the global environmental data used in numerical weathe
NOAA-21
…National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s latest series of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites, known as the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Launched on 10 November 2022, along with LOFTID, NOAA-21 now operates in the same orbit as NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP. It travels in a polar orbit…
Artist illustration of the Suomi NPP Satellite
Artist illustration of the NOAA-20 Satellite
Ball Aerospace performing integration and performance testing
Launch of Suomi NPP