News Archive / Tagged: JPSS-1

• SpaceX, ULA reschedule next launches

  Derek RichardsonNovember 16th, 2017

  Both SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) have rescheduled their next launches from the East and West Coasts, respectively. SpaceX, which will be sending the mystery “Zuma” payload into space atop a Falcon 9 rocket, opted to postpone by at least a day to examine data from a recent payload fairing test. ULA, on the other hand, is hoping to fly its Delta II after two scrubbed attempts.

• Launch of JPSS-1 scrubbed again, high upper-level winds to blame

  Jason RhianNovember 15th, 2017

  The flight of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket with its payload of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Joint Polar Satellite System 1 (JPSS-1) spacecraft has been delayed for a second time. However, whereas yesterday's (Nov. 14) scrub was caused by wayward boaters, issues with the atmosphere were to blame for today's delay.

• NOAA’s JPSS-1 satellite launch delayed to July

  Derek RichardsonJanuary 5th, 2017

  The flight of the first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) has been postponed to a date no earlier than July 2017. According to SpaceNews, the delay was because of technical issues.