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OAS platform Detail for NOAA-20
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platforms_id: 13196
Title:
Name: NOAA-20
ICES Code: 33YO
Callsign:
Countries: UNITED STATES
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the platform NOAA-20 from US: UNITED STATES.

Name : NOAA-20
Country(s) : US: UNITED STATES (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 65: Orbiting satellite
Synonyms: JPSS-1
Commissioned Date : 2018-05-30
Notes : Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the next generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system series of the USA, and NOAA-20 is the 1st flight unit of the JPSS program, re-named NOAA-20 after the launch.

Information Sources:
- https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/jpss-series-satellites-noaa-20-spacecraft
- https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/jpss-1-mission

Comments:
Instruments: VIIRS (Instruments ID 218) - Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
Also known as: JPSS-1

Confirmed by NOAA on 2019-07-12. (FY2019)
Submitted to ICES on 2018-11-15.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2018-11-15 22:22:55+00
Editdate: 2019-07-12 19:38:58+00