05.20.05 - NASA successfully launched a new environmental satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
05.18.05 - NOAA-N will launch no earlier than 6:22 a.m. EDT, Friday, May 20. The satellite has a 10-minute launch window.
05.16.05 - NOAA-N will launch no earlier than 6:22 a.m. EDT, Friday, May 20. The satellite has a 10-minute launch window.
05.13.05 - The countdown for NASA’s launch of NOAA-N aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California was terminated at 2 a.m. PDT today.
05.12.05 - NASA's launch of the NOAA-N polar-orbiting environmental weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been postponed an additional 24 hours.
Take a look back at NASA's exciting pre-launch and launch coverage activities.
The state of the atmosphere at some place and time.
Find out about NOAA-N's Earth-observing benefits.
The NOAA-N satellite is ready to join the fleet.
› View This VideoNASA's Earth-observing satellites are equipped with search and rescue features.
› View This VideoNOAA-N observes a different portion of the Earth's surface during each orbit.
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