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  • JPSS-2 satellite design review completed in leadup to launch

    Jason RhianSeptember 15th, 2016

    Orbital ATK engineers working on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) second Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-2) have wrapped up the spacecraft Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The roughly four-day long PDR ran from Aug. 29 until Sept. 1 at the company's facility located in Gilbert, Arizona.