Launch of JPSS‑2 Weather Satellite & LOFTID Mars Tech Demo (Official NASA Broadcast)

Launch of JPSS‑2 Weath­er Satel­lite & LOFTID Mars Tech Demo (Offi­cial NASA Broadcast)

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Watch live as a new weath­er fore­cast­ing satel­lite and exper­i­men­tal Mars tech­nol­o­gy take to the skies. 

The Nation­al Ocean­ic and Atmos­pher­ic Admin­is­tra­tion (NOAA)’s Joint Polar Satel­lite System‑2 (JPSS‑2) is now set for launch Thurs­day, Nov. 10 at 4:25 a.m. EST (0925 UTC).

The mis­sion will lift off aboard a Unit­ed Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rock­et from Space Launch Complex‑3 at Van­den­berg Space Force Base in Cal­i­for­nia. JPSS‑2 is a new gen­er­a­tion polar-orbit­ing oper­a­tional envi­ron­men­tal satel­lite system.

Also aboard the Atlas V 401 rock­et will be the sec­ondary pay­load, NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflat­able Decel­er­a­tor (LOFTID). LOFTID will demon­strate inflat­able heat shield tech­nol­o­gy for atmos­pher­ic entry and re-entry. This tech­nol­o­gy could enable a vari­ety of pro­posed NASA mis­sions to des­ti­na­tions such as Mars, Venus, and Titan, as well as return­ing heav­ier pay­loads from low-Earth orbit.

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Cred­it: NASA

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