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NASA finalises contracts for NOAA’s JPSS-1 mission

Submit on Monday, August 13th, 2012 22:55

NASA has completed negotiations and finalised the contracts for the spacecraft and instruments that comprise the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) Satellite, NOAA’s second next generation operational polar-orbiting satellite, planned to launch in 2017. JPSS-1 will follow the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite to maintain continuity of weather and environmental observations.
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