NASA New Satellite Capture Earth With High-res Image

-NASA recently released this great image from its new sattelite : Suomi NPP

Suomi NPP's mission is bring closer the scientists for weather forecasts and increase understanding of long-term climate change. This sattelite is critical first step in building the next-generation Earth-observing sattelite system. "Suomi NPP will extend and improve upon the Earth system data records established by NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) fleet of satellites that have provided critical insights into the dynamics of the entire Earth system: clouds, oceans, vegetation, ice, solid Earth and atmosphere." wrote Brian Dunbar on NASA official site.

100% crop from original image.

Suomi NPP was originaly called National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, the probe renamed in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi, known as the "father of sattelite meteorology".


This sattelite launched from Space Launch Complex2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 28, 2011 at 5:48 a.m EDT by using United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket.


Image can be download on here.


Sources :
NASA Official Site
Wired