Delta II 7920-10 | JPSS 1 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 1)
United Launch Alliance · Delta II 7920-10 · Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
United Launch Alliance's 124th launch · 8th this year · humanity's 5,692nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 18, 09:47 – Nov 18, 09:48 UTC
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JPSS 1 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 1)
From a 512-mile orbit, tilted 98.7 degrees to the equator and traveling pole-to-pole, the craft will provide imagery, atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles, and land and ocean surface temperature observations, all of which are key ingredients for weather forecasting. In addition, the satellite will measure ozone levels and reflected solar radiation from the planet.JPSS 1 will survey the entire globe twice per day with five sensor packages.The satellite will replace the existing Suomi NPP spacecraft that launched in 2011 for a five-year mission as a gapfiller between NOAA’s legacy weather satellite constellation and the new JPSS generation.
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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- Delta II JPSS1 Launch 30 SW Release — Vandenberg Space Force Base
- NASA Launches NOAA Weather Satellite to Improve Forecasts — NASA
- Liftoff! NOAA's JPSS-1 Launches atop a Delta II Rocket on Nov. 18 — NASA's Kennedy Space Center
- Delta II JPSS-1 Launch Highlights — United Launch Alliance
