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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

3D model is aproximate

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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