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JPSS-3
Status:
Future
Mission Category:
Inter-Agency Partnerships
Launch Date: 2026
The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the Nation's new generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its acquisition agent, NASA. This interagency effort is the latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous environmental satellites.
JPSS-3 is the third spacecraft in the JPSS series. JPSS-3 will carry: VIIRS, CrIS, ATMS, and OMPS.
Historical Note: The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is a collaborative program between NOAA and NASA. JPSS is the civilian component of the former National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
(NPOESS), which was reorganized in 2010.
Key JPSS-3 Facts
| Mission/Portal Page: | https://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/POLAR/JPSS/jpss.html |
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| Altitude:Distance from sea level. | 833km |
| Inclination: | 98.7° |
| Instruments: |
ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder)
CrIS (Cross-Track Infrared Sounder)
OMPS (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite)
VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite) |