Suomi NPP
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American weather satellite
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- weather satellite
- Part of
- Joint Polar Satellite System
- Named after
- Verner E. Suomi
- Country of origin
- United States
- Mass
- 1400
- Manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace & Technologies
- Official website
- science.nasa.gov/mission/suomi-npp
- Image
- Suomi NPP satellite.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- Suomi NPP
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2011-10-28
- space launch vehicle
- Delta II
- carries scientific instrument
- Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
- type of orbit
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- powered by
- photovoltaic system
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