Science Launching on NOAA's New JPSS-2 Weather Satellite (Media Briefing)

Science Launching on NOAA’s New JPSS-2 Weather Satellite (Media Briefing) –

How will JPSS-2, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2, advance the science of severe weather forecasting and climate change research? Learn about it during a live news conference with experts. Participants include:

• Jordan Gerth, meteorologist and satellite scientist, NOAA’s National Weather Service

• Jim Gleason, senior project scientist, NASA JPSS, NASA

• Satya Kalluri, program scientist, NOAA JPSS Program

• Heather Kilcoyne, ground project manager, NOAA JPSS

• Joe Del Corso, LOFTID project manager, NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia

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, 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

For more about the LOFTID inflatable heat shield test: https://nasa.gov/loftid

Credit: NASA

#NASA #JPSS2 #Weather

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