.NOAA’s newest 🛰️, JPSS2 (NOAA21), is heading toward orbit! JPSS-2 is the third in a series of five advanced polar-orbiting satellites that boost our ability to predict extreme weather events and climate change. More: Photo credit: ulalaunch
JPSS-2, NOAA's third satellite in the Joint Polar Satellite System, successfully lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 10, 2022, at 1:49 a.m. PST .JPSS-2, NOAA's third satellite in the Joint Polar Satellite System, successfully lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 10, 2022, at 1:49 a.m. PST .
The satellite will join its predecessors, Suomi NPP and NOAA-20, as they circle the globe 14 times a day, and provide a continuous stream of data used for weather forecasting, including extreme — potentially deadly — events, and will help track and monitor climate change. “NOAA is operating the most advanced fleet of weather satellites in the world,” said Steve Volz, Ph.D, director of NOAA's Satellite and Information Service. “In conjunction with our international partner, EUMETSAT, which provides similar observations from the morning orbit, our polar satellites provide essential data for numerical weather models, producing forecasts daily.”
"Data from satellites like JPSS-2 are the foundation for our weather forecasts," said Ken Graham, director of NOAA’s National Weather Service."The constellation of weather satellites provides essential support to National Weather Service forecasters, which in turn, allows the public to be better prepared and for emergency managers to preposition response assets to save lives."
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