Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-222
NASA PLANS MEDIA BRIEFINGS ON NPP LAUNCH FROM CALIFORNIA
WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a series of news briefings from
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 4
to 6 p.m. EDT, to discuss the agency's next Earth-observing satellite
mission.
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
Preparatory Project (NPP) is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg on
Friday, Oct. 28, during a nine-minute, 10 second window that opens at
5:48 a.m. NPP will collect critical data to improve our understanding
of long-term climate change and short-term weather conditions. The
second of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa) missions
also will launch with NPP aboard a Delta II rocket.
Participants in the prelaunch news briefing are:
- Andrew Carson, NPP program executive, NASA Headquarters, Washington
- Tim Dunn, NASA launch director, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
- Vernon Thorp, program manager, NASA missions, United Launch
Alliance, Cape Canaveral, Fla.
- Ken Schwer, NPP project manager, Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Md.
- 2nd Lt. Lisa Cochran, launch weather officer, 30th Operations
Support Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base
Participants in the NPP science briefing are:
- Jim Gleason, NPP project scientist, Goddard
- Mitch Goldberg, NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System program scientist,
Silver Spring, Md.
Participants in the ELaNa briefing are:
- Roland Coelho, program lead, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo
- Garrett Skrobot, ELaNa mission manager, NASA Launch Services
Program, Kennedy
The briefings will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's
website with question-and-answer capability available from agency
field centers. Reporters also may email questions for participants
during the briefings to Steve Cole at: stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov
Emailed questions must include the journalist's name, affiliation and
a contact telephone number.
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information,
visit:
For more information about the NPP mission, visit:
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