United Launch Alliance Enables Advanced Weather Forecasting with Launch of Climate Monitoring Satellite for NOAA and NASA
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) lifted off on Nov. 10 at 1:49 a.m. PST from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base. To date ULA has launched 155 times with 100 percent mission success.
- "We depend on accuracy and timeliness of weather prediction models for enhanced weather forecasting and climate observations.
- Our ULA team is proud to launch the JPSS-2 mission that supports advanced forecasting of extreme weather and global climate monitoring," said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs.
- Successfully deploying these two payloads is a monumental achievement; thank you to our mission partners for their outstanding teamwork."
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