Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
On August 19, the JPSS-2 satellite arrived by transport truck to the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, Calif., where it will spend its final weeks on Earth before its planned November 1 launch.
Once launched, the satellite, like its predecessors Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, will orbit the Earth from the North pole to South pole, sending back data that is critical to the weather forecasts. When you open the weather app on your smartphone, you’ll be using JPSS-2 data.
It will capture images and take measurements that help us plan for severe weather, such as hurricanes, floods and snowstorms. It will measure our ocean and atmosphere, map and monitor wildfires and volcanoes and tell us about the things that fill our air, like dust and smoke. It will provide important climate data on ozone and atmospheric temperature. Because of its wide swath, it will observe every spot on Earth at least twice a day.
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Credits:
NOAA
NASA
CIRA
Additional Footage Courtesy of ULA
Music:
“Solaris” by Axel Tenner [BMI], Michael Schluecker [GEMA] & Raphael Schalz [GEMA]; Berlin Production Music; Universal Production Music
On August 19, the JPSS-2 satellite arrived by transport truck to the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, Calif., where it will spend its final weeks on Earth before its planned November 1 launch.
Once launched, the satellite, like its predecessors Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, will orbit the Earth from the North pole to South pole, sending back data that is critical to the weather forecasts. When you open the weather app on your smartphone, you’ll be using JPSS-2 data.
It will capture images and take measurements that help us plan for severe weather, such as hurricanes, floods and snowstorms. It will measure our ocean and atmosphere, map and monitor wildfires and volcanoes and tell us about the things that fill our air, like dust and smoke. It will provide important climate data on ozone and atmospheric temperature. Because of its wide swath, it will observe every spot on Earth at least twice a day.
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Learn more:
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Credits:
NOAA
NASA
CIRA
Additional Footage Courtesy of ULA
Music:
“Solaris” by Axel Tenner [BMI], Michael Schluecker [GEMA] & Raphael Schalz [GEMA]; Berlin Production Music; Universal Production Music
