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November 01, 2017Â MEDIA ADVISORY M17-130 Briefings, NASA Television Coverage Set for Launch of NOAA Weather Satellite
This illustration depicts the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft designed to provide forecasters with crucial environmental science data to provide a better understanding of changes in the Earth's weather, oceans and climate.
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Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA are preparing for the upcoming launch of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), the first in a series of four highly advanced NOAA polar-orbiting satellites designed to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts out to seven days.
JPSS-1 is scheduled to launch at 4:47 a.m. EST (1:47 a.m. PST) Friday, Nov. 10, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage.
JPSS-1 will use the most-advanced technology NOAA has ever flown in a polar-orbiting satellite to capture more precise observations than ever of our atmosphere, land and waters. It will provide meteorologists and other scientists with a variety of observations, including atmospheric temperature and moisture, sea-surface temperature, ocean color, sea ice cover, volcanic ash and fire detection.
Prelaunch and Science Briefings Nov. 8
NASA TV will air two JPSS-1 prelaunch news briefings on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Both briefings will be broadcast from NASA’s Press Site Auditorium at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
The prelaunch news conference will be held at 4 p.m. EST.
Briefing participants will be:
- Steve Volz, director, NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service
- Greg Mandt, director, Joint Polar Satellite System Program
- Sandra Smalley, director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, NASA Headquarters
- Omar Baez, NASA launch director
- Scott Messer, United Launch Alliance program manager for NASA missions
- Capt. Ross Malugani, launch weather officer, Vandenberg Air Force Base 30th Space Wing
Following the prelaunch news conference, a science briefing will be held at 5:30 p.m.
Briefing participants will be:
- Mitch Goldberg, NOAA chief program scientist, Joint Polar Satellite System
- Joe Pica, director, NOAA’s National Weather Service Office of Observations
- James Gleason, NASA senior project scientist, Joint Polar Satellite System
- Jana Luis, division chief, predictive services, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Media also can ask questions during the briefings via Twitter, using the hashtag #askNASA.
NASA TV Launch Coverage Nov. 10
NASA TV live coverage will begin at 4:15 a.m. Coverage will conclude after spacecraft separation. There is no planned post-launch news conference. A post-launch news release will be issued as soon as the state-of-health of the spacecraft can be verified.
Audio only of the news conferences and launch coverage will be carried on the NASA “V†circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135. On launch day, "mission audio," the launch conductor’s countdown activities without NASA TV launch commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135.
To learn more about the JPSS-1 mission, visit:
http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/
and
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/jpss-1
Join the conversation and follow the JPSS-1 mission on social media by using Twitter and Facebook at:
https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites
and
https://www.facebook.com/NOAANESDIS/
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