28 October 2011
NPP Weather/Climate Satellite Rides A Delta Two Into Orbit!
Posted by Dan Satterfield
Ball Aerospace Lent me this 1/20th scale model of NPP. I showed it on air a few times.
NASA released this long exposure shot of the launch. The polar orbiting satellites go into orbit from Vandenberg AFB in California.
Why is this such a big deal??
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.
