FPD Mission Updates as planned and operated nominally as the mission worked through challenges.
Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS)
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)
On December 18, 1999, Terra was launched and started providing data. From 2000 to 2019, the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) delivered over 2.6 million files of data totaling almost 50 petabytes to 4.6 million users around the world.
The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) project launched an interactive web application to help the public and other stakeholders better understand the benefits of JPSS data to their everyday lives, including its uses for weather forecasting, emergency response, and more. https://www.jpss.noaa.gov/ proving_grounds/
Parker Solar Probe
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)
First results of the Parker Solar Probe mission were featured in ‘Nature’ magazine, issued December 12, 2019.
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NASA/GSFC THE CRITICAL PATH
The Human Space Flight Communications and Tracking Network team supported the Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test mission. The Space Network provided fully available Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) service
Solar Orbiter The Solar Orbiter MAG instrument was the first instrument to send back data from space, on February 13, showing magnetic field measurements of the space environment before, during and after the deployment of the boom.
Hubble On March 30, a 30th anniversary Hubble Stargazing activity went live. The webpage provides information on ten different astronomical objects available in the April night sky for which an amateur astronomer can compare what they see vs. Hubble’s images. The page can
