Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)

Real-time weather and climate data for essential forecasts. That’s Defining Possible.
Joint Polar Satellite System above earth

Northrop Grumman is NASA’s partner to build the JPSS-2 (now NOAA-21), -3 and -4 satellites and the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument.

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hurricane as seen from space

Building Technology for a More Sustainable Future

We are committed to environmental sustainability. The satellites and instruments we build collect critical data that is used to analyze, predict and address changes to our planet’s ecosystems, helping us to better understand the role sustainability plays in securing a safer world. Our flight-proven satellite buses, rigorous engineering processes and end-to-end mission capabilities enable us to deliver science missions that produce valuable, even life-saving, Earth observation data.

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