JPSS Launch Faces Four-Day Delay

Credit: JPSS: NASA
HOUSTON—The launch of the first NOAA/NASA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft from Vandenberg AFB, California, has been delayed from Nov. 10 to no earlier than Nov. 14 due to a faulty battery on the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle. The battery will be replaced, while...

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