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- [Text provided by NASA, http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/mission_profiles/show_mission.php?id=71&mission_cat_id=17 ]
The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the restructured civilian portion of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) that will make afternoon observations as it orbits Earth. The system includes the satellites and sensors supporting civil weather and climate measurements and a shared ground infrastructure with the Department of Defense weather satellite system. NOAA is responsible for the JPSS program. NASA is the program’s procurement agent, and the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., is the lead for acquisition. Data and imagery obtained from JPSS will increase the timeliness, accuracy and cost-effectiveness of public warnings and forecasts of climate and weather events, reducing the potential loss of human life and property. Polar-orbiting satellites observe Earth from space and collect and disseminate data on Earth’s weather, atmosphere, oceans, land, and near-space environment and are able to monitor the entire planet and provide data for long-range weather and climate forecasts. Additional information available at: http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/mission_profiles/show_mission.php?id=71&mission_cat_id=17 Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: JPSS-1 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) Short_Name: JPSS-1 Long_Name: Joint Polar Satellite System End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: C-1 Short_Name: Defense Weather Satellite System Short_Name: DWSS End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: CERES-FM5 Short_Name: A-DCS Short_Name: ATMS Short_Name: CRIMSS Short_Name: CRIS-NPOESS Short_Name: MIS Short_Name: OMPS Short_Name: SEM-N Short_Name: VIIRS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-11-09 Online_Resource: http://npoess.noaa.gov/ Online_Resource: http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/jpss/ Online_Resource: http://www.ipo.noaa.gov/ Online_Resource: http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/npoes Online_Resource: http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Online_Resource: http://projects.osd.noaa.gov/NDE/ Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2014-03-31 Primary_Sponsor: USA/NOAA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA Primary_Sponsor: USA/DOD End_Group End_Group
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