GREENBELT – There will be a NASA and NOAA media teleconference on Thursday, Jan. 22, to discuss the upcoming launch of the NOAA-N Prime satellite, and important provider of data for NOAA’s weather and climate forecasts and tool for the U.S. search and rescue operations.
NOAA-N Prime is scheduled to launch on February 4 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 5:22 a.m. EST (2:22 a.m. PST).
The spacecraft will be transported to NASA’s Space Launch Complex 2 and mated to the Delta II rocket on January 15.
WHEN: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 1 p.m. EST
WHO:
- Gary Davis, director, Office of Systems Development, NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service;
- Mike Mignogno, program manager, NOAA’s Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellites;
- Wayne Higgins, director, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center
- Wayne McIntyre, program manager, NASA’s Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellites
Dial-in telephone number: 1-888-793-1765, Passcode: Prime
For more information about NOAA-N Prime and the polar-orbiting satellites, go to:
