Title :
The NPOESS spacecraft and payload suite. A next generation low Earth orbit observation platform
Author_Institution :
NPOESS Integrated Program Office, USA
Abstract :
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) and its managing Integrated Program Office (IPO) were established by a 1994 Presidential Decision Directive to converge existing Air Force, NASA & NOAA polar-orbiting satellites into an integrated national program. It is the follow on mission to the TIROS and DMSP satellites, carrying the next generation of weather instruments. NPOESS will exemplify the capabilities and challenges of future low Earth orbit weather observation spacecraft.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; atmospheric techniques; meteorology; remote sensing; DMSP satellite; IPO; Integrated Program Office; NASA; NOAA; NPOESS spacecraft; National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System; Presidential Decision Directive; TIROS satellite; US Air Force; follow on mission; integrated national program; low Earth orbit observation platform; payload suite; polar-orbiting satellites; weather instruments; weather observation spacecraft; Clouds; Infrared imaging; Instruments; Low earth orbit satellites; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Payloads; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293774
