Delta II 7920-10 | JPSS 1 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 1)

Mission Details

From a 512-mile orbit, tilted 98.7 degrees to the equator and traveling pole-to-pole, the craft will provide imagery, atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles, and land and ocean surface temperature observations, all of which are key ingredients for weather forecasting. In addition, the satellite will measure ozone levels and reflected solar radiation from the planet.JPSS 1 will survey the entire globe twice per day with five sensor packages.The satellite will replace the existing Suomi NPP spacecraft that launched in 2011 for a five-year mission as a gapfiller between NOAA’s legacy weather satellite constellation and the new JPSS generation.

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Programs

NASA Large Strategic Science Missions

Launch Site

Pad

Space Launch Complex 2W

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Country

🇺🇸 USA