NASA Goddard's Office of Communications is proud to present this latest iteration of the Engage series. The featured topic is about Earth Science and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partner Mission (Suomi NPP).
Suomi NPP is the first satellite mission to address the challenge of acquiring a wide range of land, ocean and atmospheric measurements for Earth system science while simultaneously preparing to address operational requirements for weather forecasting.
Presenters include:
• Gregory A. Mandt, Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program Director
• Heather Kilcoyne, JPSS Ground Segment Project Manager
• Dr. James F. Gleason, Suomi NPP Project Scientist and JPSS Program Senior Project Scientist
Streamed live on October 21, 2021 from 11am - 12pm ET.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers, and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments, and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.