High-Tech Weather Satellite to Launch Early Saturday After Delays: Watch Live

MORE Partner Series High-Tech Weather Satellite to Launch Early Saturday After Delays: Watch Live The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System 1 weather satellite stands atop its launchpad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The satellite will launch Nov. 18, 2017. Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson A next-generation satellite built to make global weather forecasts more accurate than ever will now launch into space no earlier than Saturday (Nov. 18) after two delays earlier this week, NASA officials said. The satellite, called the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Saturday at 4:47 a.m. EST (0947 GMT) atop a Delta II rocket, NASA officials said in an update. More

(Source: Space.com - Nov 18)