Delta II JPSS-1 Prelaunch Press Conference
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Steve Volz, director of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service, speaks to members of the media at a prelaunch news conference for the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1. Built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, JPSS is the first in a series four next-generation environmental satellites in a collaborative program between the NOAA and NASA. Liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled to take place from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 2 at 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST), on Nov. 14, 2017.
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VAFB-20171112-PH_KLS01_0013
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November 12, 2017
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NASA/Kim Shiflett
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