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NOAA-21 sends data to Earth

By Margaret Mooney •

NOAA’s newest satellite, NOAA-21, has started sending data to Earth with each overpass. The satellite launched 3 months ago as JPSS-2, and was renamed NOAA-21 once in orbit. NOAA-21 joins the Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 satellites in polar orbit around Earth.

True Color image of the western U.S. acquired by the Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on February 9th, 2023.
NOAA-21 Day Night Band Aurora Borealis image from February 16th, 2023
NOAA-21 VIIRS True Color Great Lakes scene from February 12th, 2023

CIMSS acquires NOAA-21 views of North America via Direct Broadcast from the satellite to a receiver on our roof when NOAA-21 flies overhead. NOAA is receiving global NOAA-21 data and shared the following images.

NOAA-21 M15 Band Brightness Temperature global composite from February 9-10, 2023
NOAA-21 VIIRS Day Night Band global composite from February 9–10, 2023
NOAA-21 CrIS global composite from February 12, 2023

Categories: NOAA-21