JPSS 1 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 1)

Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), a NASA/NOAA polar-orbiting weather satellite, launched to sun-synchronous orbit alongside five CubeSats. Second-to-last flight of the Delta II rocket family before its 2018 retirement.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

2.2 T

Flight

9th

of 9 Delta II 7920-10 flights

Date and time

18 November 2017, 09:47 UTC

Rocket

Delta II 7920-10

Builder

ULA

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2017-073

Launches in 2017

76th of 90

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