Suomi NPP
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The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, previously known as the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project and NPP-Bridge, is a weather satellite ope
Artist's rendering of the Suomi NPP satellite
Launch of Suomi-NPP
Suomi NPP in the cleanroom before launch
Blue Marble 2012, created from Suomi NPP composite imagery
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
Suomi NPP
…Satellite Program (DMSP). Suomi NPP was launched in 2011 after the cancellation of NPOESS to serve as a stop-gap between the POES satellites and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) which will replace them. Its instruments provide climate measurements that continue prior observations by NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS…
Artist illustration of the NOAA-20 Satellite
Ball Aerospace performing integration and performance testing