Ocean Ecology

Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)

Class:

Flight Project

Status:

Operational

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Launch Date:

November 2017

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The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the Nation's new generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its acquisition agent, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This interagency effort is the latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous environmental satellites. (Source: NOAA)

Key Staff
    Artist's concept of JPSS satellite