National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) - Collection Finding Aid

National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) - Collection Finding Aid

This collection consists of records related to the National Polar-Orbiting Environment Satellite System or NPOESS. NPOESS was a tri-agency program between the Department of Commerce (specifically the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA), the Department of Defense (DOD, specifically the Air Force), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) designed to merge civil and defense weather satellite programs in order to reduce costs and to provide defense weather and climate coverage with improved capabilities. The collection contains correspondence, reports, manuals, briefs, and memos related to the program.

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