Operational
NOAA-20 (JPSS-1)
The first of the Joint Polar Satellite System, NOAA-20 carries advanced sounders and the VIIRS imager. Its data underpins the three-to-seven-day forecasts relied on worldwide.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Weather
TYPE
Earth Observation
COUNTRY
United States
OPERATOR
NOAA · NASA
LAUNCH DATE
Nov 18, 2017
LAUNCH SITE
Vandenberg
ORBIT CLASS
LEO
ALTITUDE · KM
827
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
101.44
INCLINATION · DEG
98.78
APOGEE · KM
827
PERIGEE · KM
827
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