On Friday, Sept. 29, experts from NOAA will discuss how information from JPSS-1, the first in a series of four advanced polar-orbiting satellites called the Joint Polar Satellite System, will be used in the management of fisheries and other protected species.
![JPSS-1, the first in a series of NOAA's four next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellites, is scheduled to launch November 10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
(Image credit: Ball Aerospace) JPSS-1, the first in a series of NOAA's four next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellites, is scheduled to launch November 10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20JPSS-1%20-%20NOAA%20-%20082917%20-%202240x1068%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=83vKSkFQ)
JPSS-1, the first in a series of NOAA's four next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellites, is scheduled to launch November 10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (Image credit: Ball Aerospace)