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JPSS the excitement is building!

November 13, 2017
NOAA's next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite, JPSS-1, is on the launch pad!
Feature Story | Office of Low Earth Orbit Observations

NOAA's next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite, JPSS-1, is on the launch pad! In these images, courtesy of the United Launch Alliance and NASA, the satellite is encapsulated atop the Delta II rocket that will take it into space tomorrow (11/14) morning at 1:47 am PST (4:47 am EST).

Visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv for live coverage of the #JPSS-1 launch beginning at 1:15 am PST (4:15 am EST) and be sure to join us as we #Countdowntolaunch on Twitter! 

Image of JPSS on the launch pad
Image of JPSS on the launch pad
Image of JPSS on the launch pad
Image of JPSS on the launch pad