1 00:00:05,950 --> 00:00:02,659 hi I'm NASA Kennedy's my little cranky 2 00:00:08,690 --> 00:00:05,960 taking you inside KSC 3 00:00:10,820 --> 00:00:08,700 Noah's joint polar satellite system one 4 00:00:12,770 --> 00:00:10,830 where GPS is one successfully launched 5 00:00:14,990 --> 00:00:12,780 atop a United Launch Alliance Delta two 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:15,000 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in 7 00:00:24,439 --> 00:00:17,490 California early Saturday morning three 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:24,449 to the JPS of spacecraft is the first in 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:26,970 a series of four highly advanced polar 10 00:00:33,020 --> 00:00:28,650 orbiting satellites and collaborative 11 00:00:35,060 --> 00:00:33,030 program between NOAA and NASA about 63 12 00:00:37,250 --> 00:00:35,070 minutes after launch the solar arrays on 13 00:00:39,650 --> 00:00:37,260 JPS s1 for deployed and the spacecraft 14 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:39,660 was operating on its own power it was 15 00:00:44,299 --> 00:00:41,730 renamed NOAA 20 after reaching its final 16 00:00:46,069 --> 00:00:44,309 orbit the data provided by the new 17 00:00:47,660 --> 00:00:46,079 satellite system will help forecasters 18 00:00:49,729 --> 00:00:47,670 better predict path of hurricanes 19 00:00:52,069 --> 00:00:49,739 eight emergency managers and responding 20 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:52,079 to events like wildfires and help show 21 00:00:57,020 --> 00:00:53,370 the extent of damage to communities 22 00:00:59,600 --> 00:00:57,030 recovering from severe storms