Artist Rendering of NPP Satelllite
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The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) is a joint mission involving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) and the NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO).
The NPP mission collects and distributes remotely-sensed land, ocean, and atmospheric data to the meteorological and global climate change communities as the responsibility for these measurements transitions from existing Earth-observing missions such as Aqua, Terra and Aura, to the NPOESS. It will provide atmospheric and sea surface temperatures, humidity sounding, land and ocean biological productivity, and cloud and aerosol properties.
For the IPO, NPP provides risk reduction with an opportunity to demonstrate and validate new instruments and processing algorithms, as well as to demonstrate and validate aspects of the NPOESS command, control, communications and ground processing capabilities prior to the launch of the first NPOESS spacecraft.
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Feb 25 - CERES FM-5 was selected to fly on the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) mission in 2010, continuing a long legacy of climate data recording at NASA.
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NOAA, NASA Restore Climate Sensor to Upcoming NPP Satellite
Apr 11 -
NASA and NOAA Wednesday announced a plan to restore a key ozone layer climate sensor to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program. The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Limb will be returned to NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite set to launch in 2009.
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NPP The Bridge Mission
A project to link between the operations of the Terra and Aqua Spacecraft and the NPOESS.
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NPP Launch
The launch schedule is "Under Review" but will be on the Delta II launch vehicle at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
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