Operational
Suomi NPP
Suomi NPP carries the VIIRS imager and other instruments used for weather forecasting, climate records, wildfire tracking and night-time lights imagery.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Weather
TYPE
Earth Observation
COUNTRY
United States
OPERATOR
NOAA / NASA
LAUNCH DATE
Oct 28, 2011
LAUNCH SITE
Vandenberg
ORBIT CLASS
LEO
ALTITUDE · KM
827
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
101.44
INCLINATION · DEG
98.8
APOGEE · KM
828
PERIGEE · KM
826
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