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Delta II JPSS-1 Mission Profile

October 20, 2017
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II 7920-10 rocket will deliver the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) spacecraft to a 444-nmi (822-km) near-circular polar orbit. Liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.