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By Bob Granath NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida NASA is preparing to launch the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, satellite on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide essential data for timely and accurate weather forecasts and for tracking environmental events such as forest fires and droughts.https://parabolicarc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/JPSS-1_orbit_illustration.jpg