JPSS-1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

09:47:36

Saturday November 18, 2017

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

JPSS-1

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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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

2,540 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Delta II 7920-10C

Active 1997 to 2017

United Launch Alliance logo

Agency

ULA

Rocket

Height: 38.9m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 4,844 kg

Liftoff Thrust

3,511 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Height: 8.9m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

9

Launch Site

SLC-2W

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

13 days 1 hour

Stats

Delta II


154th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2017

United Launch Alliance


123rd

Mission

8th

Mission of 2017

2017


77th

Orbital launch attempt