Joint Polar Satellite Launch Attempt for November 15, 2017 UPDATE Today's Launch Attempt Scrubbed Due to Upper Level High Winds

**UPDATE** 4:33 am: Today's Launch Attempt Scrubbed Due to Upper-Level High Winds. Another attempt has been scheduled for 11 pm on Thursday night.

Today at 4:47 am, if all goes well, the first satellite in the Joint Polar Satellite System will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.Yesterday's launch was delayed until today due to a bad reading on the first stage of the launch vehicle.

A NASA Youtube Live player is embedded below to watch the launch. It will be replaced later with a recorded version of the launch. NASA-TV should begin coverage at around 4:15 am or so. (All times are Eastern Standard Time)



Here is some background on the weather satellite that is scheduled to launch today from Vandenberg Air Force Base. 

The Delta II rocket set to launch NOAA’s JPSS-1 spacecraft is illuminated as night falls at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base. This will be the second to last (the penultimate!) launch of a Delta II rocket and the 53rd launch of the rocket system.

Welcome to live coverage from the countdown to liftoff of NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. The launch is planned for 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST) from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

JPSS-1 is the first in NOAA’s series of four, next-generation operational environmental satellites designed to circle the Earth in a polar orbit. JPSS represents significant technological and scientific advancements in observations used for severe weather prediction and environmental monitoring. This data is used by NOAA’s National Weather Service for numerical forecast models, ultimately helping emergency managers make timely decisions on life-saving early warnings and evacuations.

The JPSS-2 launch is scheduled to take place in 2022, JPSS-3 in 2026 and JPSS-4 in 2031.

Read more about the program at http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/


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Posted at 3:450 am on November 15, 2017