NOAA-20 (JPSS-1)
Short answer
NOAA-20 circles the poles and scans the whole planet twice a day. It feeds weather forecasts and tracks climate over time.
- Launch date
- 2017-11-18
- Status
- operational
- NORAD ID
- 43013
- Orbit
- SSO
- Purpose
- weather
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration