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JPSS-1 Launch Highlights And Delta II Launch Profile

Chris

November 21, 2017

Last week marked the penultimate launch of the Delta II rocket, carrying the JPSS-1 satellite into a polar orbit to help with weather research and forecasting here in the United States. Today I bring you a pair of videos – the first is the launch highlights clip, produced by United Launch Alliance, showing clips of […]

JPSS-1 Is Successfully Launched On The Second To Last Delta II Rocket Ever

Chris

November 18, 2017

Space, Thoughts and Rants

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I’m glad I stayed up for this one – early this morning, 1:47 Pacific Time (3:47 Central Time for me) marked the launch of the NASA / NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System 1, or JPSS-1, weather satellite. As the name implies, JPSS-1 is the first of a new set of polar orbiting weather satellites which […]