Launch News Delta II with JPSS 1 Nov 10, 1:47:03 a.m. local time (4:47:03 a.m. EST; 0947:03 GMT)

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A new weather observatory that will track storms across the globe as it orbits from pole to pole has been trucked to its launch site in California for a long-awaited ascent into space this November.

The first spacecraft in the Joint Polar Satellite System, JPSS No. 1, is targeting a liftoff Nov. 10 at 1:47:03 a.m. local time (4:47:03 a.m. EST; 0947:03 GMT) atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
JPSS is the next American polar-orbiting weather satellite series that will collect data needed for long-range forecasts and track environmental trends. It is is a collaboration between NOAA for operational weather needs and NASA for climate research.
Built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado, the spacecraft left its factory for the 1,530-mile road-trip to Vandenberg, arriving early Friday, Sept. 1 at the Astrotech payload processing facility on the base.

It has been a struggle to reach this point after several technical issues with the satellite kept it in Boulder nearly a year longer than planned.

JPSS 1 is equipped with a suite of five instruments:


The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS)
– Atmospheric water vapor, temperature and pressure profiler
– Built by Northrop Grumman
The Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
– Visible and infrared imagery and take sea-surface temperatures
– Built by Raytheon
The Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS)
– Hyperspectral sounder for atmospheric temperature and moisture
– Built by Harris Corporation
The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS)
– Monitor concentration of ozone in the Earth’s atmosphere
– Built by Ball Aerospace
The Clouds and the Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES)
– Reflected sunlight and Earth thermal radiation measurements
– Built by NASA’s Langley Research Center
JPSS 1 will replace the existing Suomi NPP spacecraft that launched in 2011 as a gapfiller between NOAA’s legacy weather satellite constellation and the new JPSS generation.



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Sources:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/09/...tellite-shipped-to-launch-base-in-california/
 

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Wow. Didn't know they still had Delta IIs in inventory. Must be getting pretty low on those, though...
 

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Wow. Didn't know they still had Delta IIs in inventory. Must be getting pretty low on those, though...

Keep for a museum!

A 2007 article published by the Wall Street Journal speculated about the fate of the Delta II launch system after the U.S. Air Force discontinues its use of the Delta II.[27] Thomas Young, who was director of Goddard Space Flight Center from 1980 to 1982, is quoted as saying, "It's definitely an item people are quite worried about."

As of January 2015, two further Delta II launches are scheduled; the JPSS-1 and ICESat-2 satellites in 2017 and 2018.[15][28][29] ULA had previously indicated that it had "around half a dozen" unsold Delta II rockets on hand.[30] A spokesperson indicated that ULA will change some aspects of the Delta II system once the current MLV-3 contract (Medium-lift launch vehicle) with the Air Force ends and requirements imposed by the contract are lifted. The Air Force contract required that Delta II be kept ready to launch within 40 days of call up, which led ULA to maintain two launch pads at Cape Canaveral. ULA indicated it would not continue to operate two launch pads.[30]

In August 2009, the NASA assistant associate administrator for the Launch Services Program stated that NASA might purchase additional Delta II launches beyond those it had planned at that time.[31] However, on September 30, 2011, NASA modified the NASA Launch Services II (NLS-II) contract[32] to allow for the continuing order of Delta II launchers in agreement with ULA. Components for five additional Delta II vehicles had been built and two now remain unassigned to planned flights.[33] Under the terms of the revised NLS-II contract, only three Delta II configurations are available – the 7320-10, 7420-10 and 7920-10 – and launches are only available from SLC-2W at Vandenberg Air Force Base.[34] ULA has continued to update its product website[35] and continues to state that the vehicle is available for order for commercial or government offices.[36]

On July 16, 2012 NASA selected the Delta II for the launch of Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) spacecraft. OCO-2 was launched on July 2, 2014 and SMAP was launched on January 31, 2015.[37] Both launches were aboard Delta II rockets placed into orbit from Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.[38] JPSS-1 is scheduled for launch in late 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II

So around 4 left then, I guess.
 

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Launch in about 10 minutes


---------- Post added at 09:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:36 AM ----------

Launch in about 10 minutes
...and about 24 hours.... scrubbed. 2º stage yaw actuator issue.
 

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Today it was winds.... try again tomorrow.

---------- Post added 11-16-17 at 01:09 AM ---------- Previous post was 11-15-17 at 09:46 AM ----------

Today it was winds.... try again tomorrow.

Make that Saturday, as Thursday and Friday are predicted to have high winds as well. :shrug:
 

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Launch on time, and every satellite deployed! :hailprobe:
Only one more Delta 2 to go...
 
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