NPP
Operator: United States · Also known as: 2011-061A
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About This Satellite
The Suomi NPP satellite, launched in October 2011, bridges NASA's Earth-observing fleet and the Joint Polar Satellite System. Its Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite and cross-track sounder provide daily global imagery for weather and climate.
Source: Wikipedia — Suomi NPP (CC BY-SA 4.0)
NPP is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 37849 with international designator 11061A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by BALL, on the BCP-2000 platform, with a launch mass of about 2128 kg, with a shape described as Box + Pan. It is associated with US. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its LEO orbit had an apogee of about 836 km and a perigee near 832 km, with an inclination of 98.80° and a period of roughly 101.4 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.44 km/s. It was launched on 2011-10-28. Alternative names include 2011-061A. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, NPP's apogee was 836 km, where its speed was about 7.44 km/s, completing about 14.2 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.