After on-orbit checkout and testing, NASA officially handed over the NOAA21 satellite to NOAA for final preparation before it is declared operational. To mark the occasion, a commemorative jersey was made with the original name, JPSS-2. 🏀🛰️ More:
series, and an important next step on its journey to become a fully operational member of NOAA’s JPSS fleet.launched November 10, 2022NOAA-21 is circling the Earth in the same orbital plane as the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership satellite and the NOAA-20 satellite in the JPSS fleet.
Once all data product testing activities are complete, OSPO will deem NOAA-21 as operational. OSPO will then assign the NOAA-21, NOAA-20 and SNPP satellites as primary, secondary, or tertiary satellites within the JPSS fleet. This milestone is expected to take place in Fall 2023. NOAA-21, Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 each cross the equator 28 times daily, providing full global coverage twice a day, making precise measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface. These measurements are critical for the nation's weather models and forecasters.
Pictured left to right, JPSS Program Director Tim Walsh presents a JPSS-2 jersey to Thomas Renkevens, NOAA Office of Satellite Products and Operations , with JPSS Flight Project Manager André Dress. The jersey symbolizes the retirement of the JPSS-2 name, as NOAA renamed the satellite NOAA-21 after its November 10, 2022 launch.
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