NASA hopes to use NPP delay to restore cloud instrument
Continuing problems with its Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will delay launch of the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) from 2009 until mid-2010, but NASA hopes to use the delay to restore the Cloud and Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument to the mission, top NASA officials...
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