Delta 2 launches JPSS-1 weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Nov 26, 2017, 10:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
A Delta 2 successfully launched a weather satellite November 18. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 4:47 am EST (0947 GMT) and deployed the first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft into a sun-synchronous orbit about one hour later. The rocket also carried five cubesat secondary payloads. JPSS-1 is the first in a new generation of polar-orbiting weather satellites, and is expected to enter operations in three months after checking out its instruments.
A Delta 2 successfully launched a weather satellite November 18. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 4:47 am EST (0947 GMT) and deployed the first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft into a sun-synchronous orbit about one hour later. The rocket also carried five cubesat secondary payloads. JPSS-1 is the first in a new generation of polar-orbiting weather satellites, and is expected to enter operations in three months after checking out its instruments.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
China launches first Long March 12A, but booster landing fails
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:50 AM ET (1450 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Thursday, January 1
Europe’s Space Agency Says Cyber Incident May Have Hit Servers
Bloomberg News — 9:01 am ET (1401 GMT) AFSOC looks to add Starlink terminals to Ghostrider gunships
Defensescoop — 9:00 am ET (1400 GMT) US Labor Board Abandons One of Its Cases Against Musk’s SpaceX
Bloomberg News — 8:57 am ET (1357 GMT) British company that worked with Elon Musk sends tiny factory capable of reaching 1,000C into space
GB News — 8:57 am ET (1357 GMT) Space and defense boom lifted these satellite stocks by more than 200% in 2025
CNBC — 8:55 am ET (1355 GMT) |
