Storms, ozone, vegetation and more: NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite returns first year of data
Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 09:01
in Astronomy & Space
On Oct. 28, 2011, the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite successfully blasted into orbit in a spectacular night launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Now, Suomi NPP has orbited the Earth more than 5,000 times and begun returning images and data that provide critical weather and climate measurements of the complex Earth system.