Oct 25, 2011

Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918 stephen e cole@nasa gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-222

NASA PLANS MEDIA BRIEFINGS ON NPP LAUNCH FROM CALIFORNIA

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a series of news briefings from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Wednesday, Oct 26, from 4 to 6 p m EDT, to discuss the agency's next Earth-observing satellite mission

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg on Friday, Oct 28, during a nine-minute, 10 second window that opens at 5:48 a m NPP will collect critical data to improve our understanding of long-term climate change and short-term weather conditions The second of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa) missions also will launch with NPP aboard a Delta II rocket

Participants in the prelaunch news briefing are: - Andrew Carson, NPP program executive, NASA Headquarters, Washington - Tim Dunn, NASA launch director, Kennedy Space Center, Fla - Vernon Thorp, program manager, NASA missions, United Launch Alliance, Cape Canaveral, Fla - Ken Schwer, NPP project manager, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md - 2nd Lt Lisa Cochran, launch weather officer, 30th Operations Support Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base

Participants in the NPP science briefing are: - Jim Gleason, NPP project scientist, Goddard - Mitch Goldberg, NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System program scientist, Silver Spring, Md

Participants in the ELaNa briefing are: - Roland Coelho, program lead, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo - Garrett Skrobot, ELaNa mission manager, NASA Launch Services Program, Kennedy

The briefings will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website with question-and-answer capability available from agency field centers Reporters also may email questions for participants during the briefings to Steve Cole at: stephen e cole@nasa gov Emailed questions must include the journalist's name, affiliation and a contact telephone number

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the NPP mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/npp

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