Suomi NPP
Suomi NPP is a NASA and NOAA Earth-observing mission that monitors land, ocean, atmosphere, weather, and long-term climate from a sun-synchronous polar orbit, continuing the NPOESS partnership legacy and supporting the Joint Polar Satellite System data record.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Suomi National Polar-orbiting PartnershipNPOESS Preparatory ProjectNPPJPSS-0
- Name
- Suomi NPP
- Status
- active
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- Suomi NPP is a NASA and NOAA Earth-observing mission that monitors land, ocean, atmosphere, weather, and long-term climate from a sun-synchronous polar orbit, continuing the NPOESS partnership legacy and supporting the Joint Polar Satellite System data record.
- Destination
- Near-circular, sun-synchronous, near-polar Earth orbit at approximately 840 km altitude (98.7° inclination; 101.5-minute period) for weather forecasting and land, ocean, atmosphere, and climate monitoring
- Launch Site
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2011-10-28
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/suomi-npp/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 22:49:29 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 06:51:47 UTC
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- Space Stations
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