The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) moved up by one year the launch of its second Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellite from fiscal year 2022 to a goal of mid- FY ’21. NOAA JPSS Director Harry Cikanek told an audience Wednesday the administration performed a number of tradeoffs on schedule versus budget when it first laid out an integrated performance plan in calendar year 2012. Cikanek said as NOAA began analyzing the risk and issues associated with the initial…
