Topic: Cessation of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) data to users on/after November 01, 2026 

Date/Time Issued: August 3, 2026 at 1600 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: All S-NPP data products

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 1, 2026 at 1300 UTC (8:00 AM EST)  

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 1, 2026

• ATMS - data will no longer be available after November 1, 2026 at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST) 

• CERES - data will no longer be available after November 1, 2026, at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST) 

• OMPS - Nadir - data will no longer be available after November 1, 2026, at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST) 

• OMPS - Limb- data will no longer be available after November 1, 2026, at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST) 

• VIIRS - data will no longer be available after November 1, 2026, at 13:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST) 

• HRD - Direct Broadcast will be disabled after November 1, 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 1, 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. 

Contact for Further Information: Please email User Services at spsd.userservices@noaa.gov 

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