NASA launches NOAA's JPSS-1 satellite to provide weather reports and forecasts across world NASA launches NOAA's JPSS-1 satellite to provide weather reports and forecasts across world The American Space Agency Has Joined Hands With The National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) And Introduced The Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) Aboard A United Launch Alliance Delta II Rocket As Scheduled At 1:47 Am (0947 GMT) From Vandenberg Air Force Base In California. News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Nabanita Chakorborty | Updated on: 21 Nov 2017, 01:33:02 PM New Delhi: NASA has completed another major milestone on its journey to space and on Saturday launched a next-generation satellite into space designed to monitor weather around the world and help improve forecasts.