The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites. JPSS will provide...
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ESA-provided MetOp satellite operated by EUMETSAT utilize POES-heritage instruments for the purpose of data continuity. The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1...
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Suomi NPP (category Weather satellites of the United States)
National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP), previously known as the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory...
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continuing Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) project, was to replace the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) project...
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NOAA-21 (category Weather satellites of the United States)
polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites, known as the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Launched on 10 November 2022, along with...
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instruments were launched on the Earth Observing System and the Joint Polar Satellite System. The Terra satellite, launched in December 1999, carried two (Flight...
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generations of satellites are being developed to succeed the current polar orbiting and geosynchronous satellites: the Joint Polar Satellite System) and GOES-R...
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The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) was to be the United States' next-generation satellite system that would...
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NOAA-20 (category Weather satellites of the United States)
latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites called the Joint Polar Satellite System. NOAA-20 was launched on...
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observation satellites are Earth-orbiting spacecraft with sensors used to collect imagery and measurements of the surface of the earth. These satellites are used...
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Sounder, one of the instruments aboard the Joint Polar Satellite System Central Registration and Identification System (CRiS), the UK's national register of...
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Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (category Atmospheric sounding satellite sensors)
Unit (AMSU) on NOAA weather satellites. ATMS units have been flown on the Suomi NPP and on the Joint Polar Satellite System. ATMS measurements are assimilated...
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Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Suomi NPP and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series satellites capable of night time imaging. DNB Arena (disambiguation)...
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mission of US$720 million. Spaceflight portal Discovery Program – Solar system exploration program by NASA New Frontiers program – Series of space exploration...
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The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta...
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Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and the last launched with the Joint Polar Satellite System 1 (JPSS-1) in 2017. The other instrument on ERBS was the Stratospheric...
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Europe and the US under the Initial Joint Polar System agreement between EUMETSAT and NOAA. The DSCOVR satellite, owned by NOAA, was launched in 2015...
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generations of satellites are developed to succeed the current polar orbiting and geosynchronous satellites, the Joint Polar Satellite System, and GOES-R...
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latter contract supported and built on the progress of NASA’s Joint Polar Satellite System program. A year later, in 2024, KBR was chosen as NASA’s Agency-Level...
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Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer (category Satellite meteorology)
the Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft. NOAA has at least two polar-orbiting meteorological satellites in orbit at all times, with one satellite crossing...
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The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation...
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cost growth on other programs. RBI was scheduled to fly on the Joint Polar Satellite System 2 (JPSS-2) mission planned for launch in November 2021; the JPSS-3...
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Satellite contributing to the deployable solar array hinges, and the Joint Polar Satellite System leading the database team. Harris has said his most memorable...
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Ocean color (section Satellite sensors)
satellites. Additionally, the VIIRS sensor is mounted on both Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (Suomi-NPP or SNPP) and Joint Polar Satellite...
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Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (category Atmospheric sounding satellite sensors)
Watts. Polar Operational Environmental Satellites Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer SBUV/2 "Ozone Mapping Profiler Suite (OMPS)". Joint Polar Satellite System...
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information of different layers in the atmosphere. JPSS or Joint Polar Satellite systems are expected to launch in 2027. This project will be an intergovernmental...
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military satellites to LEO, polar, and geosynchronous orbits. The heaviest payload launched on Falcon is a batch of 24 Starlink V2-Mini satellites weighing...
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research satellites. These small satellites are called CubeSats. The CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) provides opportunities for small satellite payloads...
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EUMETSAT (redirect from European Meteorological Satellite Organisation)
increasingly important role for polar-orbiting satellite data in numerical weather prediction and climate monitoring. EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) Metop mission consists...
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Moon (redirect from Luna (satellite))
the contiguous United States). Within the Solar System, it is the largest and most massive satellite in relation to its parent planet, the fifth-largest...
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