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NASA Directs Orbital ATK To Resume Work On JPSS-2

Pat Host

Friday, July 17th, 2015

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NASA Directs Orbital ATK To Resume Work On JPSS-2

NOAA's first Joint Polar Satellite System satellite (JPSS-1). Photo: Ball Aerospace.

NASA on Friday lifted the April 8 stop work order issued to Orbital ATK [OA] for the agency’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) program, according to a NASA spokeswoman.NASA spokeswoman Karen Northon said in an email the civil space agency directed Orbital ATK to resume work immediately on JPSS-2, a joint NASA-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite that will provide operational continuity of satellite-based observations and products for NOAA Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) and Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership)…

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