Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft
NASA/NOAA polar-orbiting Earth-observation spacecraft launched in 2011 as the bridge between NASA Earth-observing missions and the Joint Polar Satellite System, collecting land, ocean, atmospheric, weather, and climate measurements.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Suomi NPPS-NPPSuomi National Polar-orbiting PartnershipNPOESS Preparatory ProjectNPP satellite
- Family Name
- Suomi NPP
- Full Name
- Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterobservatoryearth_observationresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA/NOAA polar-orbiting Earth-observation spacecraft launched in 2011 as the bridge between NASA Earth-observing missions and the Joint Polar Satellite System, collecting land, ocean, atmospheric, weather, and climate measurements.
- First Flight Year
- 2,011
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/suomi-npp/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 05:44:49 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 05:44:49 UTC