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Raytheon's ground system, space sensor critical to NOAA's newest polar satellite's mission

Svalbard, Norway, is home to part of a global network of receiving stations that process and distribute polar satellite data to users worldwide. Photo taken at Kongsberg Satellite Services plateau, October 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Reuben Wu)VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Nov. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, NASA launched NOAA's next-generation polar satellite, the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, into space. Two Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) weather programs are mission-critical components of the satellite's mission: the JPSS...