JPSS Valentines

February 12, 2024
JPSS' collection of whimsical earth science Valentines is great to share with someone special.
Feature Story | Office of Low Earth Orbit Observations

Learn to love JPSS satellites with this captivating collection of science valentine cards. Each card demonstrates a different aspect of JPSS's Earth observation with an adorable graphic. Share one with someone special!

An image of Earth is seen set against a black background with the text “Surrounding you with love!” arched above it. Three satellites, NOAA-20, NOAA-21, and Suomi-NPP, are represented by small icons with heart symbols in red, pink, and purple respectively, orbiting around the planet. Below, a caption reads, “NOAA's JPSS Program satellites, NOAA-21, NOAA-20, and the NOAA/NASA Suomi-NPP orbit Earth 14 times daily, providing crucial data for weather forecasting and climate monitoring, essential for science and
Surrounding you with love!
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This Valentine's Day card features a black and white satellite image of part of the Northern Hemisphere, showcasing a dramatic natural light display of an aurora borealis. In the upper right-hand corner, playful script in light yellow states “You light up my life!” Beneath this phenomenon, the city lights of the United States can be seen as intricate networks of glowing dots. At the bottom of the card, there's a caption that reads, “The NOAA-20 satellite captured a black and white image of an aurora boreali
You light up my life!
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A Valentine’s Day card showcasing an animated JPSS satellite with a smiling face and sunglasses, wrapped in a purple scarf, over a gradient map of the Northern Hemisphere highlighting North America. The satellite playfully holds a purple umbrella.
I appreciate you, rain or shine!
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A Valentine's Day card with a satellite image of the Arctic as the backdrop. At the top of the card, a whimsical message in curvy, light blue font reads “You're the coolest one around!” with the word “coolest” emphasized in bold white. Below the image, a caption reads, “On July 6, 2023, the NOAA-21 satellite captured a view of the Arctic, showcasing the capabilities of polar orbiting satellites in monitoring remote regions. Image credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).” The Joint Pol
You’re the coolest one around!
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A Valentine's Day card featuring an illustration of two satellites with expressive faces against the backdrop of space. In the top right corner, a cube-shaped satellite with a winking expression, symbolizing a JPSS satellite, sends a trail of pink hearts toward a larger, smiling satellite on the left side of the card, which represents the NASA Near Space Network (NSN) Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This larger satellite is depicted relaying the hearts down to a ground-based satellite dish on Eart
Communication is our love language!
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A Valentine's Day card displaying a satellite composite image from 2023, with data provided by the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). The image illustrates ocean chlorophyll concentration, with various shades of green showing high levels and patches of blue signifying lower levels. A prominent white heart outline is layered on top of the image, complemented by the message “I love that you're full of life!” written above. The card includes a caption that reads, “JPSS satellites track ocean chlorophyll, foo
I love that you’re full of life!
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A Valentine's Day card displays a detailed image of Earth, prominently showing the Northern Hemisphere. Arched around the top par of the Earth, the text "You mean the world to me!" is seen accompanied by a small blue heart. The lower caption reads, “This composite image, captured by the NOAA-20 satellite on May 11, 2023, combines imagery from multiple swaths of Earth's surface. Image credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)” In the bottom right corner of the card there is a wordmark fo
You mean the world to me!
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Whimsical illustration of a cartoon Earth waving to 2 satellites as they orbit the Earth. Text reads "Our mission revolves around you...14 times a day to be exact!"
Our mission revolves around you!
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Animation of Earth with paths with various labels orbiting, representing a satellite.
From our fleet to yours, we love that you're so down to Earth!
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Whimsical valentine card illustration of 2 cartoon satellites over the Earth, waving to each other. Description text below reads, "The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) fleet of satellites works with NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) to observe Earth's weather."
I love traveling the world with you!
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Composite illustration of a rocket launching into space, and a spacecraft falling to Earth. Text reads, "Our heart rate sure isn't decelerating when you're around! On Nov. 10, 2022 the JPSS-2 satellite, renamed NOAA-21, launched with the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California."
Our heart rate sure isn't decelerating when you're around!
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An image of a cloud formation seen over Antarctica, captured by the Suomi-NPP satellite, with a pink heart outline drawn around a cloud that resembles a heart shape. There's a playful caption that reads “Even though it's cloudy, our love is clear to sea!” Below the image, there's a description that reads, “Image taken from the Suomi-NPP satellite over Antarctica. JPSS satellites observe the entire Earth, including the land, oceans and clouds.” The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) wordmark is placed in t
Even though it's cloudy, our love is clear to sea!
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