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Suomi NPP

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Data products → NASA Black Marble VNP46 Nighttime Lights (L3) , World Bank Light Every Night (L3)

Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) is a U.S. NOAA/NASA bridge mission between the legacy POES system and the Joint Polar Satellite System. Launched 28 October 2011 on a Ball Aerospace BCP-2000 bus, it flies a 833.7 km sun-synchronous orbit. Carries five instruments: ATMS, VIIRS, CrIS, OMPS, and CERES. Original design life was 5 years; satellite continues to operate in 2026 in extended mission. CrIS MWIR bands failed July 2021.

Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) is a U.S. NOAA and NASA bridge mission that provided continuity between the legacy POES (Polar Operational Environmental Satellites) system and the Joint Polar Satellite System. The spacecraft was built on a Ball Aerospace BCP-2000 bus and launched 28 October 2011. It operates in a sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 833.7 km altitude with an inclination of 98.79 degrees and an orbital period of approximately 101.44 minutes.[1][2]

Suomi NPP carries five instruments: ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder), VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite), CrIS (Cross-track Infrared Sounder), OMPS (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite), and CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System). The CrIS medium-wave infrared (MWIR) spectral bands failed in July 2021; ATMS and the other instruments continue operating.[1][2]

The satellite's original design life was five years. As of 2026 it remains in extended mission, providing supplementary NWP data alongside NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 within the JPSS constellation.[3]

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Compositional position

this ——— ATMS payload
this ——— OMPS (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite) payload
NASA Black Marble VNP46 Nighttime Lights ——— this related
World Bank Light Every Night ——— this related
Microwave atmospheric sounding → demonstrated ATMS
Atmospheric limb sounding → demonstrated OMPS (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite)
Sources
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