JPSS-1 (NOAA-20) – Delta II 7920-10C – Vandenberg SLC-2W – 18.11.2017

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/jpss/2017/10/02/jpss-1-begins-final-preflight-processing/

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2017/10/02/jpss-1-begins-final-preflight-processing/

JPSS-1 Begins Final Preflight Processing
Posted on October 2, 2017 at 3:39 pm by Anna Heiney.


NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, remains wrapped in a protective covering after removal fr om its shipping container at the Astrotech Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The spacecraft is being prepared for its upcoming liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-2W. JPSS-1 is the first in a series four next-generation environmental satellites in a collaborative program between NOAA and NASA. Photo credit: NASA/Rodney Speed

NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1 spacecraft has been removed from its shipping container in the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, wh ere it is being prepared for its upcoming launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket.
The JPSS-1 satellite will go through a series of routine inspections, checkouts and testing before it is sealed inside the payload fairing and placed atop the Delta II rocket, already standing at Space Launch Complex-2W. Launch remains scheduled for Nov. 10.

This entry was posted in JPSS-1 on October 2, 2017.

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30-day countdown to JPSS-1 launch

October 11, 2017 The Joint Polar Satellite System-1, the first in a new series of highly advanced NOAA polar-orbiting satellites, is scheduled to lift off Nov. 10, at 1:47 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

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"The new JPSS satellite will join GOES-16 as we are confronting one of the most tragic hurricane seasons in the past decade," said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. "The JPSS satellite system will provide advanced forecasting on not only hurricanes, but also dangerous weather events threatening communities across the United States."

The satellite, called JPSS-1, will provide meteorologists with a variety of observations, such as atmospheric temperature and moisture, sea-surface temperature, ocean color, sea ice cover, volcanic ash and fire detection. Forecasters will be able to use the data to better predict weather events and hazards, such as a hurricane's track, and when a hurricane will intensify or weaken, as well as identifying power outages in addition to locating and evaluating damage following a storm.

Circling the globe 14 times a day

JPSS-1, which will be known as NOAA-20 when it reaches polar orbit, will join the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP), a joint NOAA-NASA weather satellite, giving the U.S. the benefit of two, sophisticated polar satellites in the same orbit. Each will circle the globe 14 times a day, 50 minutes apart and provide full, global observations for U.S. weather prediction. After it successfully clears the on-orbit test phase, NOAA-20 will become the nation's primary polar weather satellite and Suomi NPP will become its back up.

"Having two advanced polar satellites in the same orbit will ensure our numerical weather models have the necessary, critical data to support forecasts up to seven days ahead of extreme weather events," said Stephen Volz, Ph.D., director of NOAA's Satellite and Information Service.

"Eighty-five percent of the data flowing into our weather forecast models come from polar-orbiting satellites, such as Suomi NPP and the new JPSS series," said Louis W. Uccellini, Ph.D., director of NOAA's National Weather Service. "Using polar satellite data, we have been able to provide emergency managers with more accurate forecasts, allowing them to pre-position equipment and resources days before a storm. JPSS will continue this trend."

Major Upgrade

The five next-generation instruments on JPSS will be a major upgrade from NOAA's legacy polar-orbiting satellites. JPSS will provide more detailed information about atmospheric temperature and air moisture leading to more accurate near-term weather predictions. Over longer timescales, this data will help improve our understanding of climate patterns that influence the weather, such as El Nino and La Nina.

The JPSS program is a partnership between NOAA and NASA that will oversee all the satellites in the series. NOAA funds and manages the program, operations and data products. NASA develops and builds the instruments, spacecraft and ground system and launches the satellites for NOAA.

"The launch of JPSS-1 continues the strong, decades-long partnership between NOAA and NASA in developing state-of-the-art Earth observation satellites," said Sandra Smalley, director of NASA's Joint Agency Satellite Division. "We are proud to contribute to NOAA's continued leadership in critical weather forecasting throughout the entire JPSS series."

Ball Aerospace designed and built the JPSS-1 satellite bus, and Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite instrument, integrated all five of the spacecraft's instruments and performed satellite-level testing and launch support. Raytheon Corporation built the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite and the Common Ground System. Harris Corporation built the Cross-track Infrared Sounder. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems built the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder and the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System instrument.

NASA-TV will cover the launch live and can be viewed at www.nasa.gov/ntv, starting at 1:15 a.m. PST on November 10.

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http://www.ulalaunch.com/delta-ii-to-launch-jpss1.aspx

Delta II to Launch JPSS-1

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• Rocket: Delta II
• Payload: Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-1
• Launch Date: Friday, Nov. 10, 2017
• Launch Time: 1:47 a.m. PST
• Live Broadcast: Stay tuned for how you can watch live
• Launch Location: Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
  

Mission Description: The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the nation's advanced series of polar-orbiting environmental satellites. JPSS represents significant technological and scientific advancements in observations used for severe weather prediction and environmental monitoring. These data are critical to the timeliness and accuracy of forecasts three to seven days in advance of a severe weather event. JPSS is a collaborative effort between NOAA and NASA.

JPSS satellites circle the Earth from pole-to-pole and cross the equator 14 times daily in the afternoon orbit--providing full global coverage twice a day.

Launch Notes: This launch will be ULA's 123rd overall. This mission will mark the 53rd Delta II mission for NASA and 154th launch since the rocket's first launch in 1989. Previous Delta II missions for NASA include the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers as well as Suomi NPP, the first next-generation polar-orbiting satellite in the JPSS series.

Launch Updates:To keep up to speed with updates to the launch countdown, dial the ULA launch hotline at 1-877-852-4321 or join the conversation at www.facebook.com/ulalaunch, twitter.com/ulalaunch and instagram.com/ulalaunch; hashtags #DeltaII and #JPSS1.

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Страничка КА на сайте ВМО http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/208

В отличие от предидущего поколения NOAAшек нет передачи данных на радиолюбительских 144 МГц ((  - а я их принимал .
Придется думать, как 1,7 ГГц ловить - а это совсем другая песня.

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Ball Aerospace‏ @BallAerospace 23 окт.

(L-18 ) Prep continues on the launch pad at Vandenberg AFB. Just 18 days until the #JPSS1 launch! Photo: @NOAA http://ow.ly/YATR30fE4EN 

http://ow.ly/YATR30fE4EN --> http://www.ball.com/aerospace/programs/jpss-1

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NWS‏Подлинная учетная запись @NWS 24 окт.

NOAA's JPSS-1 satellite, the first of the new JPSS satellite constellation, will rocket into space on November 10! https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/jpss-1-mission ...
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JPSS-1 Mission

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https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/jpss-overview

Terms of use: Please credit NOAA Satellites for the use of this animation
Credit: NOAA

October 20, 2017

JPSS Overview

The Joint Polar Satellite System is the nation's next generation of polar-orbiting environmental satellites. JPSS satellites circle the Earth from pole-to-pole and cross the equator 14 times daily in the afternoon orbit, providing full global coverage twice per day. Polar satellite data is considered the backbone of the weather forecast and NOAA's National Weather Service uses JPSS data as a critical input for numerical forecast models, providing the basis for essential, mid-range (3- to 7-day) forecasts. These forecasts allow for early warnings and enable emergency managers to make timely decisions to protect American lives and property, including ordering effective evacuation.    JPSS satellites also provide critical observations in polar regions. In Alaska, JPSS supports essential forecasting fore economically vital aviation, maritime, oil and gas industries. JPSS also enables scientists and forecasters to monitor and predict weather patterns with greater accuracy and to study long-term climate trends by extending the more than 30-year satellite data record.

The satellites of the JPSS constellation host state-of-the-art instruments, including the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS), the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite, and an instrument that measures the Earth's radiation budget. Together, these instruments gather global measurements pf atmospheric, terrestrial, and oceanic conditions, including atmospheric temperature and moisture, hurricane intensity, clouds, rainfall, dense fog, volcanic ash, fire location and smoke plumes, sea and land surface temperatures, vegetation, snow and ice cover, and ozone. Information from JPSS satellites supports every area of NOAA's mission, including ensuring a more Weather-Ready Nation.

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Ball Aerospace‏ @BallAerospace · 8m

Launching November 10, #JPSS1 is @NOAA's next-gen polar-orbiting weather and environmental satellite. #GoBeyond® http://ow.ly/2k5B30g9aOW 

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Ball Aerospace‏ @BallAerospace 1 ч. назад

Ball Aerospace designed, built, integrated & tested the OMPS-N instrument on #JPSS1. We built a similar instrument for @NASANPP. #GoBeyond®

Ball Aerospace‏ @BallAerospace 1 ч. назад

(L-15) The OMPS-N instrument on #JPSS1 measures atmospheric ozone and how ozone concentration varies with altitude. http://ow.ly/jljo30fYwUv 

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/10/27/polar-orbiting-weather-satellite-joined-up-with-delta-2-rocket-in-california/

Polar-orbiting weather satellite joined up with Delta 2 rocket in California
October 27, 2017 Stephen Clark

The first in NOAA's new series of polar-orbiting weather satellites has been lifted atop United Launch Alliance's second-to-last Delta 2 rocket on a launch pad in California, ready for encapsulation and final checkouts ahead of a predawn launch set for Nov. 10.

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File photo of the Delta 2 rocket's second stage lifted atop the launcher. Credit: NASA/NOAA

The first spacecraft in NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System — JPSS 1 — was raised into the mobile gantry Tuesday at Space Launch Complex 2-West at Vandenberg for attachment atop the Delta 2 rocket, which had its first stage erected on the launch mount there last year to await the payload's arrival.

The Delta 2's second stage and nine solid rocket boosters were later added, and the addition of the JPSS 1 spacecraft this week moves the rocket one step closer to being fully assembled.

Fueled for a planned seven-year mission, the JPSS 1 satellite will be closed up inside the Delta 2's composite payload fairing ahead of liftoff Nov. 10 at 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST; 0947 GMT).

ULA engineers inspected the Delta 2 rocket following a 4.3-magnitude earthquake centered just off Vandenberg's coast Thursday and found no issues, according to a tweet by Tory Bruno, the company's president and CEO.

The $1.6 billion JPSS 1 satellite is the first member of NOAA's new-generation series of polar-orbiting weather satellites, extending a line of meteorological spacecraft dating back to 1960. JPSS 1 carries five instruments to gather data on storms, clouds, fog, smoke plumes and snow and ice cover, measure atmospheric temperature and moisture content, and study the health of Earth's ozone layer.

With a launch mass of nearly 5,000 pounds (about 2,200 kilograms), JPSS 1 is the first of four new polar-orbiting satellites under development by NOAA in partnership with NASA. The quartet will ensure the U.S. weather agency continues receiving measurements from polar orbit through 2038, officials said.


File photo of the JPSS 1 satellite undergoing final checks at its factory at Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado. Credit: Ball Aerospace

Polar-orbiting satellites generate data inputs for global numerical forecast models, helping make medium-range weather predictions. NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite, launched in October 2011, is currently the primary U.S. civilian-operated polar-orbiting weather satellite, flying in an orbit around 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Earth that takes it over regions of the planet during the afternoon.

NOAA, the U.S. Air Force and Eumetsat, the European weather satellite agency, have a partnership to share data collected by each organization's polar-orbiting meteorological observatories. The U.S. military's DMSP satellites fly in a similar polar orbit with early morning passes, and Europe's Metop spacecraft are in orbits timed to make observations in mid-morning.

Suomi NPP was built as a demonstration for the new-generation NOAA weather satellites, but forecasters now rely on its measurements to fill a gap between the last of the previous line of polar-orbiting platforms, which launched in 2009, and JPSS 1.

"JPSS 1 is going to bring the latest, most advanced technology that NOAA has ever flown in polar orbit to produce accurate three-to-seven-day weather forecasts," said Greg Mandt, director of the JPSS program at NOAA.

NOAA began a refresh of its higher-altitude geostationary satellites with the launch of GOES R — now named GOES 16 — in November 2016. Positioned in orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator, the GOES satellites provide near-continuous imagery of developing storm systems, hurricanes and other weather phenomena for short-term forecasting.

The polar-orbiting meteorological satellites monitor broader atmospheric conditions, helping predict changing weather patterns up to a week in advance.

JPSS 1 arrived at Vandenberg on Sept. 1 after shipment from its factory at Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado.

"Since arriving at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sept. 1, the JPSS 1 team — NOAA, NASA, Ball, Harris, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman — has completed several critical milestones in preparation for launch," said Rob Strain, president of Ball Aerospace. "The outstanding collaboration between industry and government partners will ensure a system that will help save lives and resources for many years to come."

Technicians fueled the satellite with hydrazine for its maneuvering thrusters, pressurized the propulsion system to flight pressure, completed a final thermal blanket closeout, and cleaned the spacecraft, Ball Aerospace said in a statement.

The Delta 2 rocket will place the spacecraft in a sun-synchronous-type orbit aligned with the flight path of Suomi NPP, allowing the two weather satellites to fly over the same part of the planet 50 minutes apart to conduct tandem observations.

JPSS 1 will be renamed NOAA 20 when it enters service next year.

The Nov. 10 launch will be the second-to-last flight of the venerable Delta 2 rocket, which has conducted 151 missions since its introduction in 1989, launching interplanetary missions to the moon, Mercury, Mars, comets and asteroids, NASA's planet-hunting Kepler observatory, and numerous commercial and military satellites, including the bulk of the GPS navigation network in the 1990s and 2000s.

One more Delta 2 is set to launch from Vandenberg in late 2018 with NASA's ICESat 2 mission.

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Tory Bruno‏Подлинная учетная запись @torybruno 22 ч. назад

Preparations continue for upcoming JPSS launch. Nearby 4.3 earthquake yesterday. Inspections complete. Bird is good. @NOAA

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/langley/nasa-langley-energy-budget-instrument-to-launch-aboard-noaa-satellite

Oct. 27, 2017
RELEASE 17-025

NASA Langley Energy Budget Instrument to Launch Aboard NOAA Satellite


The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) FM6 instrument will contribute to a critical top-of-atmosphere dataset for Earth's "energy budget" — the balance between energy received from the Sun, and the amount of energy emitted by the Earth as thermal radiation.
Credits: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

The last in a series of instruments that measure the solar energy reflected by Earth, the heat the planet emits, and the role of clouds in that process will launch to orbit next month.

The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Flight Model 6 (CERES FM6), developed by Northrop Grumman and managed by NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is scheduled to launch Nov. 10 aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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NASA is scheduled to launch NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite on Friday, Nov. 10, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Credits: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex 2W is targeted for 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST) at the opening of a 65-second launch window. JPSS, a collaborative effort between NOAA and NASA, represents significant technological and scientific advancements in observations used for severe weather prediction and environmental monitoring.

"CERES provides critical observations of how solar energy absorbed and terrestrial infrared radiative energy emitted by Earth are distributed over the planet, thereby helping to improve seasonal weather and long-term climate predictions," said Norman Loeb, principal investigator for NASA's Radiation Budget Science Project. "CERES FM6 will extend the existing CERES record, helping to quantify decadal changes in Earth's energy budget and clouds, and improve our understanding of the mechanisms that drive those changes."

Global CERES data allow scientists to validate models that calculate the effect of clouds on planetary heating or cooling. Those data also help improve seasonal climate forecasts, including cloud and radiative aspects of large-scale climate events like El Niño and La Niña. In addition, CERES data can be used for assessing the radiative effects and climatic impact of natural disasters like volcanic eruptions, major floods and droughts.

For 32 years, Langley instruments have provided stewardship of critical climate observations both through CERES and the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), which began measurements in 1984.

Five CERES instruments already are on orbit aboard three satellites. CERES FM1 and FM2 launched in 1999 on the Terra satellite. CERES FM3 and FM4 launched in 2002 on the Aqua satellite. CERES FM5 launched in 2011 on the Suomi NPP satellite. A CERES instrument that launched on the TRMM satellite in 1997 stopped collecting data in 2000.

"This final instrument from a program that has spanned more than 20 years represents the culmination of a long and fruitful partnership with Northrop Grumman in designing, building, and operating the CERES instruments," said CERES Project Scientist Kory Priestley. "We fully expect the FM-6 instrument to function as well as its predecessors, providing critical observations that benefit humanity for another 10 to 15 years."

For more information about CERES, visit:

https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CERES%20Mission%20Brochure%20508.pdf

For more information about JPSS-1, visit:

https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/jpss-1

https://www.jpss.noaa.gov

For more information about Langley Research Center, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/langley

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Joe Atkinson
 Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
 757-864-5644
joseph.s.atkinson@nasa.gov

Mike Finneran
 Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
 757-864-6110
michael.p.finneran@nasa.gov

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Last Updated: Oct. 27, 2017
Editor: Joe Atkinson

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Tory Bruno‏Подлинная учетная запись @torybruno 16 ч. назад

1/3. Counting down to JPSS. Cool CubeSats riding along. Embry Riddle's EagleSat. Vanderbilt U's RadFxSat, Northwest Nazarene's MakerSat.

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2/3. More JPSS CubeSats: Univ of New South Wales & Aus Nat U's Buccaneer. MIT & Lincoln Lab's MiRaTA. @CalPoly P-Pod to carry them all

Про 3/3 Сальваторе пока молчит

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Ball Aerospace‏ @BallAerospace 2 ч. назад

Watch the full video: https://vimeo.com/237832315  #JPSS1

Ball Aerospace‏ @BallAerospace 3 ч. назад

Just 10 DAYS until the launch of #JPSS1, our next-generation weather and environmental satellite! #GoBeyond® http://ow.ly/YATR30fE4EN

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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpss-1-to-provide-more-accurate-environmental-forecasts

Nov. 1, 2017

JPSS-1 to Provide More Accurate Environmental Forecasts

By Bob Granath
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida

NASA is preparing to launch the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, satellite on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide essential data for timely and accurate weather forecasts and for tracking environmental events such as forest fires and droughts.

JPSS-1 is the first in NOAA's series of four, next-generation operational environmental satellites designed to circle the Earth in a polar orbit. The JPSS program is a partnership between NOAA and NASA that will oversee all the satellites in the JPSS series. NOAA funds and manages the program, operations and data products. NASA develops and builds the instruments, spacecraft and ground system and launches the satellites for NOAA.

The mission is scheduled to begin at 4:47 a.m. EST (1:47 a.m. PST), Nov. 10, 2017, with JPSS-1 atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket lifting off from Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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The Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft is checked out on Oct. 8, 2015, at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado. The Launch Configuration Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) measures the electromagnetic emissions and subjects it to expected electromagnetic radiation that the satellite would experience at the launch site.
Credits: Ball Aerospace

Built by Ball Aerospace of Boulder, Colorado, the satellite will pass over the equator about 14 times each day, covering the globe twice every 24 hours. As it works, JPSS-1 will gather measurements of atmospheric, terrestrial and oceanic conditions, including sea and land surface temperatures, vegetation, clouds, rainfall, snow and ice cover, fire locations, atmospheric temperature, water vapor and ozone.

With these varied observations, JPSS will give environmental experts more accurate warnings in advance of hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards. During its planned 10-years in orbit, JPSS-1 also will aid in assessing hazards such as droughts, forest fires, poor air quality and harmful coastal waters.

Preparations for the launch JPSS-1 rocket have been underway for more than a year. The first stage of the Delta II rocket arrived at Vandenberg's NASA Hangar 836 on April 4, 2016. Later in the month, the Delta II interstage and second stage also reached the West Coast launch site.


On April 11, 2017, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, a United Launch Alliance Delta II second stage is hoisted into the gantry at Space Launch Complex 2. It will be mounted atop the first stage of the rocket, seen on the left, as preparations continue for the launch of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1.
Credits: NASA/Randy Beaudoin

On July 12, 2016, the first stage of the ULA Delta II rocket was transported to SLC-2 at Vandenberg and positioned on the launch pad. The rocket's second stage was hoisted into the pad's gantry on April 11, 2017, and mounted atop the first stage of the rocket.

The JPSS-1 satellite arrived at Vandenberg on Sept. 1, 2017, for preflight preparations in the Astrotech Processing Facility. Following checkouts, the spacecraft was encapsulated in its payload fairing and moved to SLC-2 and mounted atop the Delta II rocket.

JPSS-1 will follow the joint NOAA/NASA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, which was launched in 2011. Originally planned as a research and risk-reduction mission in the JPSS series, NOAA has been using Suomi NPP as its primary operational satellite for global weather observations since May 2014.

After it reaches orbit 512 miles above the Earth, JPSS-1 will be known as NOAA-20. Future satellites planned for the JPSS constellation include JPSS-2, scheduled for launch in 2021, JPSS-3 in 2026 and JPSS-4 in 2031. The series of four JPSS satellites are expected to span 20 years.


This illustration depicts the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft designed to provide forecasters with crucial environmental science data to provide a better understanding of changes in the Earth's weather, oceans and climate.
Credits: Ball Aerospace

The U.S. government will make data from the JPSS system available to domestic and international users in support of U.S. commitments to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).

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Last Updated: Nov. 1, 2017
Editor: Bob Granath

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/briefings-nasa-television-coverage-set-for-launch-of-noaa-weather-satellite

Nov. 1, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY M17-130

Briefings, NASA Television Coverage Set for Launch of NOAA Weather Satellite


This illustration depicts the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft designed to provide forecasters with crucial environmental science data to provide a better understanding of changes in the Earth's weather, oceans and climate.
Credits: Ball Aerospace

Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA are preparing for the upcoming launch of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), the first in a series of four highly advanced NOAA polar-orbiting satellites designed to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts out to seven days.

JPSS-1 is scheduled to launch at 4:47 a.m. EST (1:47 a.m. PST) Friday, Nov. 10, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. NASA Television and the agency's website will provide live coverage.

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JPSS-1 will use the most-advanced technology NOAA has ever flown in a polar-orbiting satellite to capture more precise observations than ever of our atmosphere, land and waters. It will provide meteorologists and other scientists with a variety of observations, including atmospheric temperature and moisture, sea-surface temperature, ocean color, sea ice cover, volcanic ash and fire detection.

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Prelaunch and Science Briefings Nov. 8

NASA TV will air two JPSS-1 prelaunch news briefings on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Both briefings will be broadcast from NASA's Press Site Auditorium at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

The prelaunch news conference will be held at 4 p.m. EST.

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Briefing participants will be:

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• Steve Volz, director, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service
• Greg Mandt, director, Joint Polar Satellite System Program
• Sandra Smalley, director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, NASA Headquarters
• Omar Baez, NASA launch director
• Scott Messer, United Launch Alliance program manager for NASA missions
• Capt. Ross Malugani, launch weather officer, Vandenberg Air Force Base 30th Space Wing
  

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Following the prelaunch news conference, a science briefing will be held at 5:30 p.m.

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Briefing participants will be:

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• Mitch Goldberg, NOAA chief program scientist, Joint Polar Satellite System
• Joe Pica, director, NOAA's National Weather Service Office of Observations
• James Gleason, NASA senior project scientist, Joint Polar Satellite System
• Jana Luis, division chief, predictive services, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
  

Media also can ask questions during the briefings via Twitter, using the hashtag #askNASA.

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NASA TV Launch Coverage Nov. 10

NASA TV live coverage will begin at 4:15 a.m. Coverage will conclude after spacecraft separation. There is no planned post-launch news conference. A post-launch news release will be issued as soon as the state-of-health of the spacecraft can be verified.

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Audio only of the news conferences and launch coverage will be carried on the NASA "V" circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135. On launch day, "mission audio," the launch conductor's countdown activities without NASA TV launch commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135.

To learn more about the JPSS-1 mission, visit:

http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/

and

https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/jpss-1

Join the conversation and follow the JPSS-1 mission on social media by using Twitter and Facebook at:

https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites

and

https://www.facebook.com/NOAANESDIS/

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Steve Cole
 Headquarters, Washington
 202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov

Tori McLendon
 Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
 321-867-2468
tori.n.mclendon@nasa.gov

John Leslie
 NOAA, Silver Spring, Md.
 202-527-3504
john.leslie@noaa.gov

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Last Updated: Nov. 1, 2017
Editor: Sean Potter

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Tory Bruno‏Подлинная учетная запись @torybruno 3 ч. назад

Winter (forecasting) is coming #JPSS1

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Ball Aerospace‏ @BallAerospace 12 ч. назад

Built by @NorthropGrumman, ATMS collects microwave radiation from Earth's atmosphere & surface, even through clouds. http://ow.ly/BnCS30g8eRy 

atms_factsheet.pdf

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Ball Aerospace‏ @BallAerospace 12 ч. назад

Also built by @NorthropGrumman, CERES measures reflected sunlight and thermal radiation emitted by Earth. #JPSS1 http://ow.ly/wwI730g8fgS 

ceres_factsheet.pdf

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Ball Aerospace‏ @BallAerospace 11 ч. назад

Built by @HarrisCorp, CrIS provides 3D atmospheric temperature & moisture profiles for weather/climate uses. #JPSS1 http://ow.ly/9tak30g8fsi 

cris_factsheet.pdf