NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

JPSS-1

Launch Time
Sat Nov 18, 2017 09:47 UTC

Rocket

Delta II 7920-10C
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 3,511 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,844 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 9
Rocket Height: 38.9 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 8.9 m

Mission Details

JPSS-1

NOAA-20, designated JPSS-1 prior to launch, is the first of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites called the Joint Polar Satellite System.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,540.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2017

77th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

123rd mission
8th mission of 2017
122nd successful mission
118th consecutive successful mission

Delta II

154th mission
1st mission of 2017
152nd successful mission
99th consecutive successful mission