Global data from new advanced polar satellite to improve U.S. weather forecasts
The Joint Polar Satellite System-1, the first in a new series of highly advanced NOAA polar-orbiting satellites, is scheduled to lift off Nov. 10, at 1:47 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
![Image of California wildfires on Oct. 9, 2017, captured by the "Day-Night-Band" of the VIIRS instrument on Suomi NPP that will fly on JPSS-1. (Image credit: NOAA) Image of California wildfires on Oct. 9, 2017, captured by the "Day-Night-Band" of the VIIRS instrument on Suomi NPP that will fly on JPSS-1.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/GRAPHIC%20-%20CAFires%20-%20101117%20-%20NOAA%20-%201120x534%20-%20LANDSCAPE.png?itok=CxyoJyWp)
Image of California wildfires on Oct. 9, 2017, captured by the "Day-Night-Band" of the VIIRS instrument on Suomi NPP that will fly on JPSS-1. (Image credit: NOAA)