The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) was to be the United States' next-generation satellite system that would monitor the Earth's weather, atmosphere, oceans, land, and near-space environment.

2012年6月1日 · NPOESS is the next generation operational US polar-orbiting environmental satellite system under development, replacing the current generation POES and DMSP satellite constellations.

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) was a joint program of the Air Force, NOAA, and NASA. Its polar-orbiting satellites were to provide long-term systematic measurements of key environmental variables for …

2025年3月6日 · The restructured Joint Polar Satellite System (formerly -- National Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)), will address NOAA’s requirements to provide global environmental data necessary for NOAA’s missions to monitor the earth, manage resources, support the Nation’s economy, and protect lives and property.

2011年5月3日 · The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Program, considered a national priority essential to meeting civilian and military weather forecasting, storm tracking, and climate monitoring requirements, was …

2022年11月10日 · The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the restructured civilian portion of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) that conducts afternoon observations as it orbits Earth.

2010年6月1日 · During the next decade, NPOESS will provide global operational data to meet many of the needs of weather forecasters, climate researchers, and global decision makers for remotely sensed Earth science data and global environmental monitoring.

Recent performance assessments indicate that the restructured NPOESS will continue to deliver improved operational capabilities and satisfy the critical civil and national security needs for space-based ocean observations.

An overview of the NPOESS program is presented with a brief history and current status of the program, and with an introduction to the individual sensors under development by the Integrated Program Office as well as future plans for transition to full operational capability.

In the next decade, NPOESS will be the principal U.S. operational, polar-orbiting, space-based observing system providing Earth science data and global environmental monitoring capabilities to support weather forecasters, climate researchers, and global decision-makers.