Delta II JPSS-1 at SLC-2
Following the postponement on Nov. 14, 2017, the countdown is again underway for the liftoff of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft. 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 NOAA and NASA. The satellite is scheduled to liftoff at 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST), on Nov. 15, 2017, atop a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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VAFB-20171114-PH_KLS01_0002
Date Created
November 14, 2017
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KSC
Media Type
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Photographer
NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location
Space Launch Complex 2
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