Locally-Built Rocket Launched Into Space Helps Weather Forecasts
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VANDENBURG BASE, Calif. (CBS4) - A state of the art weather satellite is now in orbit thanks to the Delta II rocket built by the Colorado-based United Launch Alliance.
Crews helped with a successful liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Saturday.
The new satellite will help meteorologists predict weather in the United States.
A video camera on the second stage of our Delta II rocket beamed back this amazing view of the @NOAASatellites JPSS-1 spacecraft being deployed into orbit! (with NASA TV commentary) pic.twitter.com/JUiaohtZtm
— ULA (@ulalaunch) November 20, 2017
Five small CubeSats were also on board. They will conduct separate science experiments.
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