![A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 civilian polar-orbiting weather satellite for NOAA and NASA's LOFTID lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 on Nov. 10 at 1:49 a.m. PST.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/52489574532_dc6bc4a5f7_o.jpg)
Liftoff! Successful Launch for JPSS-2, LOFTID
The Moon makes a stunning backdrop for the successful launch of the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on Nov. 10 at 1:49 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
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