Update #2: Two-Week Reminder - S-NPP Data Cessation and Decommissioning
Please be advised that delivery of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) data to users will cease on November 02, 2026 1300 UTC. Based on NOAA’s requirement to responsibly manage on-orbit assets, starting December 1st 2026, S-NPP will be lowered incrementally through approximately December 12th for reentry over the South Pacific Ocean. Updates will be provided each day after December 1st to indicate status of ongoing Deorbit activity.
Update #1: 30-Day Notice – S-NPP Data Cessation
Please be advised that delivery of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) data to users will cease on November 02, 2026. Note that the effective date has been adjusted from November 1 to November 2 as November 1 falls on a Sunday.
Topic: Cessation of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) data to users on/after November 02, 2026 and Decommissioning
Date/Time Issued: October 19, 2026 1400 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: All S-NPP data products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 2, 2026 1300 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: N/A
Length of Outage: Permanent
Details/Specifics: NOAA will end delivery of all remaining science products from the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST) on November 2, 2026
- ATMS - data will no longer be available after November 2, 2026 at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST)
- CERES - data will no longer be available after November 2, 2026, at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST)
- OMPS - Nadir - data will no longer be available after November 2, 2026, at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST)
- OMPS - Limb- data will no longer be available after November 2, 2026, at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST)
- VIIRS - data will no longer be available after November 2, 2026, at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST)
- HRD - Direct Broadcast will be disabled after November 2, 2026, at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST)
- CrIS - End of Operational Use occurred on December 23, 2025
Further updates regarding S-NPP will be provided as the November 2, 2026 date approaches.
All users should transition to using NOAA-21 (Primary) and NOAA-20 (Secondary) science products, which are accessible via NOAA Product Distribution and Access (PDA). NOAA-21 and NOAA-20 provide complementary science data via similar instruments.
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