Prelaunch Update for NOAA’s New JPSS-2 Weather Satellite (Media Briefing)

Prelaunch Update for NOAA’s New JPSS-2 Weather Satellite (Media Briefing) –

Get a prelaunch update for the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2, or JPSS-2, set to launch Nov. 6 at 5:50 a.m. EST (1050 UTC) aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Participants include:

Tim Walsh, director, NOAA’s JPSS Program Office, NOAA

John Gagosian, director, NASA’s Joint Agency Satellite Division

Irene Parker, deputy assistant administrator, NOAA Systems, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Services

Omar Baez, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program

Gary Wentz, vice president, Government and Commercial Programs, ULA

Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate

Capt. Zack Zounes, launch weather officer, U.S. Space Force

JPSS-2 is a new generation polar-orbiting satellite system that will help improve weather forecasts and predict extreme weather events.

Also aboard the Atlas V rocket will be the secondary payload, NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID). #LOFTID will demonstrate inflatable heat shield technology for atmospheric entry and re-entry. This technology could enable a variety of proposed NASA missions to destinations such as Mars, Venus, and Titan, as well as returning heavier payloads from low-Earth orbit.

More on NASA climate science missions: https://nasa.gov/climate

Credit: NASA

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