NASA exercised options according to the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III (Rapid III) contract for two Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft to be built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The JPSS satellites will collect data regarding Earth’s environment.
JPSS satellites will collect global, multi-spectral radiometry and other specialized meteorological, oceanographic data through remote sensing of land, sea and atmospheric properties.
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These data aim to support NOAA’s mission for continuous observation of Earth’s environment to understand and predict changes in weather, climate, oceans and coasts.
Orbital ATK of Dulles, Virginia, will build NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System JPSS-3 and -4. The contract is valued at $460 millions. The work will be conducted at Orbital ATK’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona.
Orbital will design, develop, fabricate, integrate, test and provide post-delivery support for the third and fourth spacecraft in the series.