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Delta II Launch Successful. HD Video by Michael Stonecypher | | 11.18.2017 -- VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying a NASA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite was successfully launched from Space Launch Complex-2 here Saturday, Nov. 18, at 1:47 a.m. PST. The Delta II rocket carried the first satellite of the Joint Polar Satellite System. Col. Greg Wood, 30th Space Wing vice commander, was the space launch commander.
The Joint Polar Sa...
Delta II Launch Successful. HD Video by Michael Stonecypher | | 11.18.2017 -- VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying a NASA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite was successfully launched from Space Launch Complex-2 here Saturday, Nov. 18, at 1:47 a.m. PST. The Delta II rocket carried the first satellite of the Joint Polar Satellite System. Col. Greg Wood, 30th Space Wing vice commander, was the space launch commander.
The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites. JPSS will provide the global environmental data used in numerical weather prediction models for forecasts, and scientific data used for climate monitoring. JPSS will aid in fulfilling the mission of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the Department of Commerce. Data and imagery obtained from the JPSS will increase timeliness and accuracy of public warnings and forecasts of climate and weather events, thus reducing the potential loss of human life and property and advancing the national economy. The JPSS is developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), who is responsible for operation of JPSS. Two satellites are planned for the JPSS constellation of satellites. JPSS satellites will be flown and the scientific data from JPSS will be processed by the JPSS - Common Ground System (JPSS-CGS). The first satellite (not including the NOAA/NASA partnership on Suomi NPP), JPSS-1, was scheduled to launch on November 14, 2017, but was delayed several times before finally launching on November 18, 2017. There are plans for three other JPSS satellites to follow between 2021 and 2031. [Src: Wikipedia]
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Published on Mar 6, 2018
