Existing Weather Satellites Should Fill Gap Until NPOESS On Orbit

Despite the projected delay of at least several years in the first launch of the United States' next-generation weather satellite, the availability of current environmental sensing spacecraft should prevent a gap in coverage, officials involved in the development of the National Polar-Orbiting Operational...

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